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History Of The Polo Grounds

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The Polo Grounds. If you’re a baseball fan you’ll probably know about it because it makes Wrigley Field look cheaply made. The stadium was known as the bathtub for its oval like look that it gave off and people still remember it to this day. The stadium build in the late 1800’s was torn down in 64’ but many people who remember the days the Giants were living in New York.

As stated earlier the Polo Grounds was built in the late 1800’s and had four different versions. It originally was an all purpose field but eventually became the home of the New York Metropolitan baseball club. When the team disbanded the field became the Giants historic playground of the inside the park home run. The field during this era had no back wall meaning all

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