The Polo Grounds, a name that once echoed with the roar of New York fans and the legends of baseball's past, also carried some of the darkest chapters the sport has ever known.

From a ferocious fire that leveled it, to the death of the only MLB player ever killed by an in-game injury, and even a fan struck by a stray bullet, this is the story of the ballpark that refused to die. MLB eyes $4.2 billion expansion with two cities leading way in potential East Coast snub

A ballpark that underwent countless transformations through many decades, yet refused to disappear.

Over the years, four different stadiums bore the name Polo Grounds in Manhattan. The original wooden grounds opened in the 1880s but were soon replaced by a second version in 1889. Polo Grounds III opened in 1890 and helped

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