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==Polo Grounds II==
[Note: Bottom 20% of the picture disappears when clicked ][[File:Manhattan Field ca1901.JPG|thumb|left|350px|Manhattan Field c. 1901 with Polo Grounds outfield in background. [[High Bridge (New York City)|High Bridge]] crossing the Harlem River at about 173rd Street is in the background. The bridge's center spans over the river itself were replaced by a large single span in the 1920s. The tower on the left is [[Highbridge Park|Highbridge Water Tower]].]]
The new site was overlooked to the north and west by a steep promontory known as [[Coogan's Bluff]]. Because of its elevation, fans frequently watched games from the Bluff without buying tickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hhoc.org/j-wright-hood-park/|title=J Wright Hood Park|first=|last=admin|date=May 23, 2018|website=Hudson Heights Owners Coalition|accessdate=April 15, 2019}}</ref> The ballpark itself was in bottomland known as Coogan's Hollow. The grandstand had a conventional curve around the infield, but the shape of the property made the center field area actually closer than left center or right center. This was not much of an issue in the "[[Dead-ball era|dead ball era]]" of baseball. The land remained in the Coogan estate, and the Giants were renters for their entire time at Polo Grounds II, III and IV. The [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] played a pair of home series at this ballpark in late July and early August 1890.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1890/PKL_NYC091890.htm|title=1890 Log For Polo Grounds III in New York, NY|website=Retrosheet.org|accessdate=April 15, 2019}}</ref>
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