Q 01/05

Which Giants center fielder made the running grab known as The Catch at the Polo Grounds in 1954?

A) Mickey Mantle

B) Willie Mays

C) Duke Snider

D) Monte Irvin

Answer · why

B) Willie Mays

Willie Mays ran down Vic Wertz's drive about 420 feet from home plate with the score tied 2–2 in the eighth inning. His throw back to the infield stop...

Q 02/05

Which footwear did the football Giants switch to at halftime to win the 1934 NFL title game on a frozen Polo Grounds?

A) Sneakers

B) Golf shoes

C) Galoshes

D) Hiking boots

Answer · why

A) Sneakers

Sneakers borrowed from a nearby college's basketball team gave the Giants footing on the ice, and they scored 27 points in the fourth quarter. They be...

Q 03/05

Whose 1951 pennant-winning home run at the Polo Grounds is known as the Shot Heard 'Round the World?

A) Alvin Dark

B) Whitey Lockman

C) Bobby Thomson

D) Johnny Mize

Answer · why

C) Bobby Thomson

Bobby Thomson's three-run homer in the ninth inning turned a 4–2 deficit into a 5–4 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers. It decided the third and final game...

Q 04/05

Which slugger was the only batter to reach the Polo Grounds' distant center-field stands before the 1923 rebuild?

A) Lou Gehrig

B) Jimmie Foxx

C) Hack Wilson

D) Babe Ruth

Answer · why

D) Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth hit his first home run for his New York club at the Polo Grounds on May 1, 1920, clearing the right-field grandstand. His longest drive ther...

Q 05/05

The baseball-painted wrecking ball that razed the Polo Grounds in 1964 had earlier demolished which ballpark?

A) Ebbets Field

B) Shibe Park

C) Forbes Field

D) Griffith Stadium

Answer · why

A) Ebbets Field

Ebbets Field, home of the Giants' great rivals the Brooklyn Dodgers, fell to the same ball in 1960. The Polo Grounds crew wore Giants jerseys and need...