Where was the Polo Grounds?

[running_coach]

@John_DiFool

Odd off-topic note: David Simmons hasn’t been here in 4 years, yet is still a Charter Member. Either he reups each year before the deadline, only to not actually use his membership, or he paid up for multiple years at once sometime years ago.

Or he’s dead and he retains his Chartership.

[RealityChuck]

@dougie_monty

I have found it interesting that, while many people criticized Walter O’Malley, the Dodgers’ owner in the 50s, for moving the team into the L. A. Memorial Coliseum and setting up its own Green Monster,

No one complained about the dimensions of the Coliseum; they were too busy complaining about the fact O’Malley moved there in the first place. And the dimensions of the Polo Grounds were not exactly ignored. They even had a term for home runs that landed down the foul line at 257 feet: a Chinese home run.

When the ballparks were built, those sort of odd dimensions were the rule. People did observe how short the fence was in the Coliseum, but it was just another baseball quirk like the Green Monster or the hill in the outfield in Crosley Field (IIRC).

[John_DiFool]

@runner pat

Or he’s dead and he retains his Chartership.

[Foot in Mouth Mode I Just Love the Taste of Leather]

Sorry about that guys-totally forgot. :smack: