Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-80748
What's going on with baseball? The Oakland Athletics have voted to authorize a strike date, and there are mumblings in the news about the search for a new pastime. It's beginning to look like the season will be interrupted by a strike.
When I saw this picture of the loss of the Polo Grounds in 1911, it made me think of the state of baseball today. The tale above almost had a miracle ending. Even with the loss of their home field, the New York Giants did make it all the way to the world series that year, where they eventually lost to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Giants played the remainder of their homegames at the Highlanders' (later Yankees) field. How devastating would a strike be to the national pastime? It took years for baseball to regain some of the popularity it lost with the last strike...
