@BeschlossDC I think* the same ball was used on the Polo Grounds a few years later.
Will check sources.
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@nickbarnicle Thanks -- I hate to think it happened twice! -
@BeschlossDC oh but it did...two beautiful places of worship gone forever. Destroyed by the same 'tasteless' hand. http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/story-of-the-week/2009/the-last-of-the-polo-grounds.html#.UZLDGsu9KSM …
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@BeschlossDC Robert Moses probably painted it...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC Lost to history is just how badly O'Malley wanted to stay in Brooklyn. Did most everything he could.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@kelseypepe MT“@BeschlossDC: Wrecking ball used on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field 1960 was painted white w stitches: pic.twitter.com/I46x0aRS42”
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@BeschlossDC I remember that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC I actually think that's pretty clever.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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