
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...
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...