Polo Grounds

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Polo Grounds

Essays and Memories of New York City's Historic Ballpark, 1880-1963

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Collection: McFarland Historic Ballparks

Language: English

Published by: McFarland

Published on: 19th February 2019

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 296 pages

ISBN: 9781476633589


About the Polo Grounds

In an era of unique baseball stadiums, the Polo Grounds in New York stood out from the rest. With its horseshoe shape, the Polo Grounds had extremely short distances down the foul lines and equally long distances up the alley and to center field. Some of baseball's most historic moments—Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard Round the World, Willie Mays' Catch, Fred Merkle's infamous blunder—happened at the Polo Grounds.

Book Description

This book offers descriptive text and photographs that give a sense of the glory of this classic ballpark. Additionally, it contains historical articles and memories submitted by more than 70 former players who played at the Polo Grounds.

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