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Polo Grounds Field Dimensions
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:17 pm
Was the Polo Grounds the only field back then that had strange dimensions like that?
You can hit a pop fly down the line for a homerun, but hit a freaking bomb to the power alley and be out of luck.
This post was edited on 2/11/11 at 4:19 pm
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Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:26 pm to LST
I'm sure there were plenty on inside-the-park homers too.
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:28 pm to LSUAce007
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I'm sure there were plenty on inside-the-park homers too.
Youre probably right. I wonder how coaches positioned their outfielders on that field. I guess they would just give up the lines since they were so short.
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:31 pm to LST
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:32 pm to LST
Memorial Coliseum
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:34 pm to LST
Wanna waste 2 or 3 hours....
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Wrigley Field LA-So you thought Wrigley Field was in Chicago? Yes, but there was also a minor league Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, and in fact, this one was named "Wrigley Field" before the "namesake" in the Windy City!
Baker Bowl-former home of the Philadelphia Phillies (1895-1938)
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Wrigley Field LA-So you thought Wrigley Field was in Chicago? Yes, but there was also a minor league Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, and in fact, this one was named "Wrigley Field" before the "namesake" in the Windy City!
Baker Bowl-former home of the Philadelphia Phillies (1895-1938)
This post was edited on 2/11/11 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:36 pm to LST
Most of those old ballfields were asymetrical. I don't think any had such drastic dimensions as the Polo Grounds did, though.
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:45 pm to LST
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:46 pm to LST
Yankee Stadium 1928:
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:48 pm to YouthInAsia
This is Polo grounds II, I think.
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:51 pm to Prominentwon
Posted on 2/11/11 at 4:55 pm to Prominentwon
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Polo Grounds today
Nice depressing series of pics for a Friday afternoon....
Posted on 2/11/11 at 5:00 pm to Prominentwon
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Polo Grounds today
I've always wanted to go to the home plate marker but am a scared
also something I just learned..I drive the Harlem River Drive all the time and didn't realize I basically driving through what was the Polo Grounds..I think thats kinda cool
This post was edited on 2/11/11 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 2/11/11 at 11:25 pm to geauxlsu07
Braves Field in Boston had a humongous outfield, especially out to center.
Those are some cool images from that one site.
Ebbets Field, as I have read it, was teeny tiny on the inside.
Wrigley Field in L.A. was more symmetrical than it's counterpart in Chicago. It's also where the original Home Run Derby was filmed.
Braves Field
When the park first opened, there weren't all the outfield stands in right field, and the playing field actually went all the way to the borderlines you see forming a square, it was over 500 feet to deepest CF. Ok Clem says over 440 feet, but I've read other books that had it at over 500.
Those are some cool images from that one site.
Ebbets Field, as I have read it, was teeny tiny on the inside.
Wrigley Field in L.A. was more symmetrical than it's counterpart in Chicago. It's also where the original Home Run Derby was filmed.
Braves Field
When the park first opened, there weren't all the outfield stands in right field, and the playing field actually went all the way to the borderlines you see forming a square, it was over 500 feet to deepest CF. Ok Clem says over 440 feet, but I've read other books that had it at over 500.
This post was edited on 2/11/11 at 11:38 pm
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