Polo Grounds 1911
 

better picture
 

of the version Iam creating....

Awesome!


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the land surveyors...
 

are on site...all the trees have been cleared...

Just to let everyone know....
 

West End Grounds are next......

up it goes...
 

many beams being shipped to the site....

the bleacher bums....
 

hat makers must have made a killing back then.....

Sure the mad hatters. They like messin with that mercury. hahaha You know I heard or read somewhere that the Polo Grounds were never used for polo. Don't know if it's true or not.

Zappa1
 

very true.....the very first place they played in Manhattan, was miles away to the south, that I think is where they played polo. I cant remember all the details, but I think they were moved out of that spot by the city for a park. And therefore they kept calling the polo grounds, and as you said...polo was never played there. I cant remember the first name of that first team,it might have been the Gothams. Then they became the Giants....

Its too much fun....
 

building this stuff....

main grandstand...
 

it will look better once the details are in.....

coming together...
 

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Just found this.


1885

Jim Mutrie becomes the manager of the Gothams, and he and John Day move some of the star players from the pennant-winning Metropolitans over to the National League franchise. The Gothams become known as the Giants during the season.

On May 1, they play their first game at a field once used for polo matches at 110th Street and Sixth Avenue. With six future Hall of Famers on the roster, the Gothams recorded the highest winning percentage in franchise history (.759, 85-27). Pitchers Tim Keefe and "Smiling Mickey" Welch combined for an astounding 76 victories, while slugging third baseman Roger Connor (who would hold the career home runs record until Babe Ruth came along) batted .371 as one of four players to hit over .300 for the team that season.

On June 3, after a rousing extra-innings victory over Philadelphia, manager Jim Mutrie was so overcome with emotion that he supposedly blurted out a description of his team that immediately became the franchise's new nickname. He called them his Giants.

Despite that spectacular season, the Giants still finished two games behind Chicago, losing two late-season games to the pennant-winning White Stockings.

It's looking good. Do let us know if you update your 1st park. Thanks

Zappa1.,
 

Interesting find....Iam going to do an update today on that....I just wanted to see how hard it would be to build the Polo grounds....Iam also going to try and figure out why it has no bases...mine does....

It's no biggie. It doesn't make it unplayable or anything. It's just a cosmetic thing. Have fun with polo. I was wondering why the Gothams team name changed to Giants in the 1885 season I'm playing. I never knew they changed mid-season. I learned something today. Neat stuff.

that is interesting..
 

I didn't know that either...

lots of wood...
 

will be used........

looking....
 

a little like something now....