Thursday, March 22, 2012

Myrtle Beach fields

While in Myrtle Beach, we will be playing our games on replicas of stadiums no longer in existence.  Here are the fields we will be playing on, as well as a few statistics on each park.



Polo Grounds-Upper Manhattan, New York
Date opened: April 19, 1890
Demolished: April 10, 1964
Capacity: 55,000
MLB team: New York Giants (now San Francisco Giants)
Right field: 258 ft
Center field: 483 ft
Left field: 279 ft


Griffith Stadium-Washington D.C.


Date opened: July 24, 1911
Demolished: January 26, 1965
Capacity: 27, 550
MLB team: Washington Senators (now Minnesota Twins)
Right field: 320 ft
Center field: 421 ft
Left field: 388 ft




Ebbets Field-Brooklyn, New York


Date opened: April 9, 1913
Demolished: February 23, 1960
Capacity: 31,902
MLB team: Brooklyn Dodgers (now Los Angeles Dodgers)
Right field: 297 ft
Center field: 395 ft
Left field: 348 ft

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