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The Mel Ott Little League began in 1959, named for Ott soon after his death. Ott's name frequently appears in crossword puzzles, on account of its letter combination and brevity. [24] Ott is mentioned in the poem "Line-Up for Yesterday" by Ogden Nash, first published in Sport magazine in January 1949: O is for Ott Of the restless right foot.
Polo Grounds (III) (left) and Manhattan Field (aka Polo Grounds II) (right) c.1900. Polo Grounds III was the stadium that made the name nationally famous. Built in 1890, it initially had a completely open outfield bounded by just the outer fence, but bleachers were gradually added. By the early 1900s, some bleacher sections encroached on the ...
The short right field fence at the Polo Grounds. Chinese home run, also a Chinese homer, Harlem home run, Polo home run, [1] or Pekinese poke, [2] is a derogatory and archaic baseball term for a hit that just barely clears the outfield fence at its closest distance to home plate.
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
The "Polo Grounds" bat was matched to a 1921 photo that showed Babe Ruth swinging it during a game. A Babe Ruth bat from 1921 sold for a record $1.85 million at auction [Video] Skip to main content
Until 1923, the Yankees had been tenants of the Giants at the Polo Grounds, but had opened Yankee Stadium that year, and this was the site for Game 1 of the 1923 World Series on October 10. Casey Stengel's at bat in the ninth inning with the score tied 4–4 was "the stuff of legend", as Appel put it in his history of the Yankees. [ 54 ]
It does seem to have the potential for an old Polo Grounds feel. The New York Giants’ old ballpark in Harlem was shaped like an oval, with foul lines that were 277 feet down left field and 258 ...
1937 New York Giants Roster: Pitchers. 12 Tom Baker; 19 Don Brennan; 28 Jumbo Brown; 19 Ben Cantwell; 15 Slick Castleman; 14 Dick Coffman; 12 Freddie Fitzsimmons; 19 Frank Gabler; 10 Harry Gumbert; 11 Carl Hubbell