Great view of Polo Grounds 1910 pic.twitter.com/dGPK9W9xO7
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) January 8, 2024
End of Polo Grounds started,`61 when City administration wanted to claim the area. Last baseball game on September 18,`63, only 1,752 fans attended it. Stadium was officially closed on December 13, 1963, demolition began on April 10, 1964, by workers wearing Giants’ jerseys. pic.twitter.com/cyQzDF2Hxi
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) January 7, 2024
Name a ballpark that no longer exists that you wish you could’ve visited.
— Baseball’s Greatest Moments (@BBGreatMoments) January 3, 2024
I’ll start: The Polo Grounds pic.twitter.com/VdIV8qSM0E
"When the ball left Thompson’s bat I knew it was going to hit the wall, but it didn’t occur to me it was going over. There were very few HR`s hit into lower deck at the Polo Grounds, because of the overhang from the upper deck. Only a line shot ever went there"
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) December 30, 2023
Mgr. Leo Durocher pic.twitter.com/8trZjSrAk5
Located off the Harlem River in Manhattan at the footsteps of a beautiful hill inside an open meadow. This hill is termed the "Coogan’s Bluff" and the spectators often stood on it to view the game without buying a ticket.
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) December 27, 2023
Polo Grounds pic.twitter.com/wJ2KuZyZ56
Polo Grounds, 1923
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) December 26, 2023
More renovations with extension of the double deck & addition of center-field bleachers & clubhouse. But the new arrangement made it for suitable for football than baseball. Yankee Stadium still had more desirable seats than Polo Grounds for watching baseball pic.twitter.com/4FSU5YXqrg
Sad! 