Thorn: Before the Polo Grounds, New York’s first ballpark was built for women’s baseball
From SABR member John Thorn at Our Game on May 20, 2019: While baseball had been played at open grounds in Manhattan since the 1820s — notably at Madison Square by the Knickerbockers and the Gothams — no one had thought to construct an enclosed park with a grandstand: i.e., seats for which an admission might be paid. The […]