The New York Giants had called this version of the Polo Grounds home since the original stadium burned down in 1911. Pirates' pitcher Bob Friend notched the win and Johnny Antonelli picked up the Giants' final Polo Grounds decision. Ebbets Field was demolished in 1960. In its place, developers built a housing development and a junior high school. Centerfield was paved over, and is now an asphalt playground named Willie Mays Field.
Basketball hoops stand where the outfield wall once stood.
Where the two legendary teams once played, only plaques remain. The Giants' and the Dodgers' departures left much of the city with no one to root for until expansion brought National League baseball back to New York in 1962. In a nod to disenfranchised fans, the Mets donned a combination of Dodger blue and Giants orange. It was a bittersweet salve for the scars of 1957. Inc. All rights reserved.