#Mets night game at Polo Grounds (their first home), 1962. pic.twitter.com/nf6AcpBZh2
— MLBcathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) November 3, 2014
Polo Grounds hosted every game of the WS in 1921 & 22. Only park to that besides Sportsman’s, 1944. #Giants #Yankees pic.twitter.com/U8TFLNtZcR — MLBcathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) October 6, 2014
High res aerial showing #Giants Polo Grounds (top right corner) and Yankee Stadium together. 1938-46 (no lights yet) pic.twitter.com/54vfTlSLoO — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) September 9, 2014
Workers take a break to watch the game during the expansion of Polo Grounds, 1923. #Giants pic.twitter.com/5BytfC12to — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) September 8, 2014
A packed Polo Grounds for the Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Randy Turpin fight in 1951 pic.twitter.com/OYVbaOicHG — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) August 29, 2014
When the Giants asked the #Yankees to leave Polo Grounds because of their rising popularity (Ruth) they didn’t go far pic.twitter.com/cGmzLdVKFI — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) August 12, 2014
Pic showing the 21 foot deck overhang at Polo Grounds. Being only 258′ from home plate (279′ to wall), lookout roof. pic.twitter.com/YVldWwDwNJ — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) August 6, 2014
The Chesterfield sign at Polo Grounds would puff smoke after a #Giants home run. (Pic credit LIFE) pic.twitter.com/QsjVBPZbr1 — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) August 5, 2014
Polo Grounds with a #Mets pennant, 1962/1963. Their first home while waiting for Shea to be completed for 1964. pic.twitter.com/ch0IFde7R5 — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) July 29, 2014
Night shot from CF of Polo Grounds. The #Giants, #Mets, and #Yankees at one point called her home. (Pic credit LIFE) pic.twitter.com/Nrv48KrALx — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) July 20, 2014
Nice aerial of Polo Grounds showing how short it was down RF line and far it was to CF. #Giants #Mets pic.twitter.com/NWY4aXhvLG — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) July 14, 2014
Polo Grounds. When the #Mets moved to Shea in ’64 the fate of the former Mets, #Giants, and #Yankees home was sealed. pic.twitter.com/AMntMMKAvb — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) July 8, 2014
The #Mets first bullpen (1962, pictured) was in play in deep left center field at Polo Grounds. pic.twitter.com/r5pp2Nu7x1 — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) July 4, 2014
Polo Grounds color action shot, 1951. #Giants former home in Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/SFJl2K17aJ — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) June 19, 2014
A plaque dedicated to the 1st @MLB player to die in war (WWI), Eddie Grant, sat in CF at Polo Grounds from 1920-57. pic.twitter.com/BkA7TCYkkH — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) May 26, 2014
This rare 1931 aerial of Manhattan shows both Yankee Stadium (left) and Polo Grounds (right). #Yankees #Giants pic.twitter.com/o0QdwBfuNS — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) May 10, 2014
Not so fun fact. The same wrecking ball that destroyed Ebbets Field also destroyed Polo Grounds. #Giants #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/ivZPVKqYyQ — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) May 10, 2014
The ultimate Yankee Stadium shot from Polo Grounds. Pic was possible for only one year. 1923. YS opened, PG expanded. pic.twitter.com/QK8eAmYSpq — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) April 26, 2014
Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium together. You’ll know it when you see it. #Giants #Yankees pic.twitter.com/IwjH2MMgEQ — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) April 26, 2014
The ornate Polo Grounds ca. 1913. Then both home of the #Giants and #Yankees pic.twitter.com/N1AMZpRq9D — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) April 11, 2014
Rarely seen detail of the ornate Polo Grounds, 1913. #Giants #Yankees pic.twitter.com/P7vCIW9Xez — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) April 11, 2014
A shot and angle of Polo Grounds not even seen here until now. Two year old wooden bleachers, 1914. #Giants #Yankees pic.twitter.com/GpOLw9iyOY — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) March 14, 2014
The 1921 World Series was an all Polo Grounds affair (pictured). Both the #Yankees and #Giants called it home then. pic.twitter.com/glAUsPDh7p — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) February 1, 2014
Incredible color shot of Polo Grounds, Sep. 5, 1952. (Courtesy of http://t.co/jrQrIop3mS) (2/2) pic.twitter.com/Ax5xYKUUI0 — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) January 6, 2014
Every game of the 1921 and 1922 World Series were played at Polo Grounds. The NY Giants beat the NY Yankees in both. pic.twitter.com/gVJglpfF1b — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) December 19, 2013
A shot from Coogan’s bluff during Polo Grounds’ 1923 expansion. A brand new Yankee Stadium can be seen beyond CF. pic.twitter.com/1J17vHOdSj — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) December 1, 2013
There wasn’t a game at Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium at the same time, often. Rare photo; both parks lit at night. pic.twitter.com/uSAMP4Tmja — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) November 17, 2013
Giants played here, the Yankees moved in here and left. Mets were born here. Now they were gone too. Polo Grounds pic.twitter.com/IEoBTbeGsS — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) November 6, 2013
A 1930’s aerial of both Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium. pic.twitter.com/bL6m6RfSUs — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) October 29, 2013
NY Giants Polo Grounds clubhouse attendant takes a minute to reflect, as bags are all packed for San Francisco. 1957 pic.twitter.com/Jyai0ZlaKS — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) October 27, 2013
There’s something about an OF upper deck that’s flush w/ the field making a roof blast possible. Polo Grounds ’36 WS pic.twitter.com/Ed9CdKEvKN — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) October 25, 2013
Casey Stengel, the Mets, Polo Grounds, and color! Before a game against the Pirates July 5,1963. pic.twitter.com/4eTiFf05FD — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) October 22, 2013
You dig and you dig and on occasion you find a rare gem; an interior shot of Polo Grounds in 1913. #NewYorkGiants pic.twitter.com/EsDSS3mgcm — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) October 21, 2013
Just beyond this ramshackle fueling station on the Harlem River are the OF grandstands of the Polo Grounds. pic.twitter.com/szykPzxoa1 — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) October 16, 2013
The Twitter of 1913. Telegraph reporters transmit news during the 1913 World Series at Polo Grounds. .– — .– pic.twitter.com/hpetBWm2z9 — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) October 14, 2013
Follow the stream of fans across the bridge. Polo Grounds, New York 1912 or 1913. pic.twitter.com/i7Y8UfsFty — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) October 10, 2013
For their first 2 years of existence (’62,’63) the New York Mets called Polo Grounds home. Rare color outside shot. pic.twitter.com/B3oPLbLFus — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) October 10, 2013
AT&T Park wasn’t the first park to be built on the water, just the first to take advantage of it. Pic, Polo Grounds. pic.twitter.com/ntnyB6ggu0 — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) September 25, 2013
Polo Grounds 1962 pic.twitter.com/J5VjHHdkcN — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) September 19, 2013
A seat from the Polo Grounds. You can thank Camden Yards for bringing this detail, among others, back to ballparks. pic.twitter.com/lDW2xdfHvO — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) September 18, 2013
Polo Grounds would be, at one point, home to the @SFGiants, @Yankees, and @Mets. Seen here in the 1912 World Series. pic.twitter.com/TQbkPCcu4L — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) September 17, 2013
A, “souvenir from the Polo Grounds.” #Mets pic.twitter.com/SMgziIjBcb — Michael Baron (@michaelgbaron) July 3, 2014
LF overhang at Polo Grounds hung over the field a massive 21 ft, making a 251 ft pop up HR possible. #Giants #Mets pic.twitter.com/hXYkgzBvKL — Baseball Cathedrals (@MLBcathedrals) June 9, 2014
Home of the New York Giants (1912-1957), the New York Yankees (1913-1922), and the New York Mets 1962-1963)