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Polo Grounds

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The Polo Grounds was a group of sports stadiums in Manhattan, New York City, used under that name from 1890 until 1963. It is most closely associated with the New York Giants baseball team, which played there for decades, and with the New York Giants football team. The venue also hosted other baseball, football, and boxing events before the final stadium was demolished.

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Which New York teams played at the Polo Grounds?

The New York Giants baseball team was the venue's most famous long-term tenant, and the New York Giants football team also played there from 1925 to 1955. The New York Yankees, New York Mets, and New York Titans also used the site during different periods.

When did the Polo Grounds open?

The best-known later Polo Grounds stadium originated in 1890, when the Players' League's New York Giants built a park called Brotherhood Park. The name and site history are complicated because several different ballparks in Upper Manhattan were called Polo Grounds.

Why did the Polo Grounds have such strange baseball dimensions?

Its horseshoe-shaped layout was unusually favorable to some football configurations and produced extreme baseball distances, including roughly 483 feet to center field. The asymmetrical walls became part of the stadium's identity.

What famous baseball moment happened at the Polo Grounds?

On October 3, 1951, Bobby Thomson hit the walk-off home run known as the Shot Heard 'Round the World for the New York Giants. The Polo Grounds was later demolished in 1964 after the baseball Giants moved to San Francisco.

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