tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301111177105932342.post317896685786596484..comments2023-09-17T20:31:56.132-05:00Comments on '59 topps: one f/g card at a time: #160 Dick GroatCommishbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301111177105932342.post-74607515153997699592012-08-06T23:30:46.025-05:002012-08-06T23:30:46.025-05:00I always assumed the place was made for polo. Heck...I always assumed the place was made for polo. Heck, it looked perfect for it. But according to <a href="http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/PoloGrounds.html" rel="nofollow">Clem's Baseball</a> (a site I've found very useful before) polo was never played here. Football was.Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301111177105932342.post-9815890349656392982012-08-06T23:10:34.654-05:002012-08-06T23:10:34.654-05:00I knew that Forbes had some odd dimensions but I n...I knew that Forbes had some odd dimensions but I never realized it was due to the place doing double duty as a football stadium.<br /><br />Exhibition Stadium in Toronto was a somewhat ungracefully-converted football stadium, but they handled the dimensions by rotating the baseball field such that home plate was in one corner. Made for some very odd seating if you were way out in the one grandstand.<br /><br />http://mopupduty.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/10331_1195756188141_1655559341_522721_1148399_n.jpg<br /><br />The Polo Grounds were odd-shaped. Same reason?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com