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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 Polo Grounds had almost no parking, and the neighborhood around it had become less desirable. While seeking a new stadium to replace the crumbling Polo Grounds, the Giants began to contemplate a move from New York, initially considering Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, which was home to their top farm team, the Minneapolis ...
Manhattan Field aka Polo Grounds (II) Home of: New York Giants (1889 part – 1890) Location: 155th Street (south, third base); Eighth Avenue (east, first base) – next to site of Polo Grounds Currently: Apartment buildings Polo Grounds as it looked 1911–1923 Polo Grounds (III) / (IV) orig. Brotherhood Park Home of: New York Giants – PL (1890)
The Giants had been contemplating a move from New York when they were seeking a new stadium away from the crumbling Polo Grounds. Initially, Giants ownership was thinking of moving to Minnesota. However, San Francisco had its mayor at the time, George Christopher, approach the Giants about relocation to San Francisco.
A freezing rain the night before the game froze the Polo Grounds field. [10] After Giants end Ray Flaherty remarked to head coach Steve Owen that sneakers would provide better footing on the frozen playing surface, [11] Owen sent his friend Abe Cohen, a tailor who assisted on the Giants sideline, to Manhattan College to get some sneakers. [2] [12]
Originally built in just six weeks, the park sat 16,000, with standing room for an additional 10,000 or so. The bleachers were covered in 1911, and also bleachers to seat an additional 5,000 fans were built in 1911 (partially to accommodate Giants fans, who were temporary tenants after the Polo Grounds fire) in center field.