#polo grounds

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Willie Mays holds trophies presented to him before the start of a twin bill with the Chicago Cubs at the Polo Grounds, June 5, 1955. The statuette named Mays as the Most Valuable Player in the National League the previous year. The plaque was given by the Baseball Writers Association. The silver bat was presented by the Hillerick Bradsby bat company in recognition Willie's .345 batting average, which topped the league.

Photo: Jacob Harris for the AP via the NY Daily News

[baseballbybsmile]

Today In 1954: New York Giants legend Willie Mays makes "The Catch" and throw of a lifetime in Game 1 of the World Series at the Polo Grounds, NYC!

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Willie Mays and the Giants return to the Polo Grounds to play the Mets

(Arthur Rickerby. 1962)

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[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1947 – All-Ireland Football Final played at the Polo Grounds, New York.

The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the sixtieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. For the first and only time, the final was played outside Ireland, at the Polo Grounds in New York City, to cater to the large Irish-American community there.…

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An overview of 1950s era American sports stadiums.

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[onceuponatown]

Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees in action at a packed Polo Grounds, 1921.