Gothamist: Did They Ever Play Polo at the Polo Grounds?

spiritross

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:54:22 -0500

T-I-T-A-N-S TITANS TITANS TITANS!! I must say the fact that the stairway is in that condition in the first place is an insult to all the history of the Polo Grounds.

Toby von Meistersinger

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:26:48 -0500

Actually, Bobby Thompson was born in Glasgow.

blablanyc

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:25:12 -0500

BTW Bobby Thompson is a Staten Island native.

Toby von Meistersinger

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:02:36 -0500

Kevin Walsh - I was just going by what the caption at the source said. I actually had the pleasure of meeting both Bobby Thompson and Ralph Branca at Carnegie Hall of all places where the two of them were giving a talk about baseball along with the performance of baseball related music about ten, twelve years ago.

MaiaW

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:22:08 -0500

Thanks for the article! BTW, if anyone is interested, there is a New York Baseball Giants Nostalgia Society group, which likes to discuss this kind of stuff: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nybgns/

Kevin Walsh

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:02:18 -0500

>>>Bobby Thompson and the Giants return, June 1, 1962 Unless Thomson was coaching with the Jints in 1962, he wasn't with them then. He was traded to Milwaukee in 1954 and retired in 1960.... www.forgotten-ny.com

blablanyc

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:21:38 -0500

Thankfully Manhattan will never have another large stadium like this.

DFHdez

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:19:26 -0500

there is a picture of the Brush Stairway here http://www.flickr.com/photos/dfhdez/1404755912/

S.D.

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:51:22 -0500

Nice, that's a great article.

matty

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:47:58 -0500

"That paragraph is correct, it just needs clarification. The second mention of Giants is the baseball Giants." ah, my bad.

Outter Burrougher

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:45:15 -0500

Gaelic football? Awesome! Best sport. And great post

Politburo

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:44:30 -0500

That paragraph is correct, it just needs clarification. The second mention of Giants is the baseball Giants.

theevilone

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:44:25 -0500

This was a great read - thanks!

matty

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:35:42 -0500

Interesting article though!

matty

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:35:25 -0500

"The final incarnation stadium was also home for the football Giants from 1925 to 1955 and the Titans, later renamed the Jets, from 1960 until 1963. The Titans were the only tenant after the Giants decamped to the west coast in 1957 until the Mets came into the National League in 1962. The Mets and Jets moved into the new Shea Stadium in 1964." I think you're confusing the Ny Giants (baseball) with the Ny Giants (football). The NY Giants (football) are still in New York - Ahem - New Jersey.

MT

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:34:51 -0500

That was quite the awesome bit of reporting. Can we have more stories like these?