The Early Polo Grounds

by Arnold Hano and Chris Epting

Book Overview

The Polo Grounds is one of baseball's most sacred ballparks. Built below Coogan's Bluff in 1891, the bathtub-shaped stadium played host to iconic baseball moments, including Willie Mays's famous catch in the 1954 World Series and Bobby Thomson's "shot heard "round the world." The era before those moments holds a history all its own, when the New York Giants, Yankees, and the football Giants shared the park. The dawn of the 20th century through the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738562874
• ISBN13: 9780738562872
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.2"