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Dead Thread - 2020

Kepler said:
People (like me) who never saw a game at the Polo Grounds simply can't conceive of how impossible that feat was.

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Shea Stadium was a rather long 410 to direct CF. The Polo Grounds was 480.

OTOH, look at how short the foul lines are:

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Fun fact: the bullpens were located on the field of play. One of the weirdest parks in history.

Here's a heart-achingly beautiful picture with both the Polo Ground and Yankee Stadium in frame. They were just across the Harlem River from each other:

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The Giants evicted the Yankees from the Polo Grounds in 1920. At least one of the two teams in the World Series played within that tiny area in 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1962, and 1964. (bold is both)
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My point about Brock was that he never seemed like a big imposing sort of guy. He ran the bases with such speed and finesse. But he really took one deep at the Polo Grounds to an area that was like Death Valley. Aaron also not known for terribly long blasts was able to do it also. Adcock was the only one of the three that could claim many of the longest home runs of his time. Speaking of which, the longest one I ever saw in person was also at the Polo Grounds as Big Frank Howard (all 6'7" of him) really tied into one against the Mets in the early 1960's. It left the park in left to left center field where you have listed 360 feet. it was a night game and the ball was still rising as it went completely over the roof above the lights! The ball was never found but estimates at the time ran from 500 to 600 feet or possibly even further!.
 
The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.

Cheap play, maybe, but couldn't resist.
 
joecct said:
Per the BBC:

Actress Dame Diana Rigg, known for roles from The Avengers to Games of Thrones, dies aged 82

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I am old enough to remember having the 'hots' for her way back when she first starred in The Avengers series. Something about her in black leather I guess. Wonderful acting talent and the answer to a James Bond trivia question. Married George Lazenby (who played the infamous 007 only once) in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (only to be killed soon after).
Finding it a bit more difficult all the time to follow along on this thread as many of those who are getting listed were not much older than I am and were childhood idols.
 
The world is just a little dimmer and less interesting today.

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My favorite Rigg role. MSND, 1968:
Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind.
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
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DrDemento said:
I am old enough to remember having the 'hots' for her way back when she first starred in The Avengers series. Something about her in black leather I guess. Wonderful acting talent and the answer to a James Bond trivia question. Married George Lazenby (who played the infamous 007 only once) in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (only to be killed soon after).
Finding it a bit more difficult all the time to follow along on this thread as many of those who are getting listed were not much older than I am and were childhood idols.
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Was The Avengers shown in the US at the same time or at least the same year as it was shown in GB? I am asking because Diana Rigg seemed to be closer in age to me than being 82 now would indicate.
 
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