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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 19:12:31 GMT
cracking one out to dead center would be damn near impossible
The dimensions of the Polo Grounds baseball field were:
Left field: 279 ft (85 m)
Left-center: 450 ft (137 m)
Center field: 483 ft (147 m)
Right-center: 449 ft (136 m)
Right field: 258 ft (78 m)
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 19:15:13 GMT
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 19:16:37 GMT
Wonder how much crime was in that neighborhood with all the section 8 housing?
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 19:17:57 GMT
Dusty Rhodes cracked one out to right in 1954
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Post by mikeman on Oct 24, 2024 19:19:12 GMT
dead pull hitters could clean up with those short fences down the lines.
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Post by mikeman on Oct 24, 2024 19:21:33 GMT
cracking one out to dead center would be damn near impossible The dimensions of the Polo Grounds baseball field were:
Left field: 279 ft (85 m)
Left-center: 450 ft (137 m)
Center field: 483 ft (147 m)
Right-center: 449 ft (136 m)
Right field: 258 ft (78 m)
Look at the size of those foul ball areas too? i would guess back then there weren't as many foul balls. |
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 19:22:13 GMT
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 19:26:43 GMT
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 19:27:23 GMT
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 19:30:13 GMT
They liked to smoke a lot back in the 50's
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 19:35:21 GMT
On August 16, 1920, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by the Yankees' Carl Mays.[19] At the time, batters did not wear helmets. Chapman died 12 hours after he was hit, at 4:30 a.m. on August 17. He remains the only player to die from an injury sustained in a Major League Baseball game.
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 19:38:03 GMT
The final sporting event played at the Polo Grounds was on December 14, 1963 when the now renamed AFL team New York Jets lost to the Buffalo Bills 19–10.
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 20:04:18 GMT
What really killed Frank Fritz
The clock from the Polo Grounds in New York is no longer in existence, as the ballpark was demolished in 1964.  |
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 20:06:54 GMT
No one in recorded history has ever hit a homer over the dead center wall at the Polo Grounds
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Post by heneka on Oct 24, 2024 20:09:43 GMT
When both Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds stood you could make the walk in under 20 minutes
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