Tuesday nite Trivia ?

[Doug]

That was what I meant by I didn't want to cheat, because I had to look up the first name. I was waiting for someone else to guess it first so they could get the credit (if that is the answer).

[tedzan]

Charles Stoneham is a reluctant party to the "conspiracy". Ther are two bigger names involved.


TED Z

[Doug]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Charles Stoneham is a reluctant party to the "conspiracy". Ther are two bigger names involved.


TED Z

Huston and Ruppert?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Maybe John Mcgraw was involved?

[tedzan]

Doug and Peter

OK, here's my understanding of the events...circa 1920 - 1923.

The Yankees, with the acquisition of Babe Ruth in 1920, significantly outdrew the Giants at the Polo Grounds.
This drove McGraw "nuts" with envy. That year, Ban Johnson, John McGraw, and Charles Stoneham "ban-ded"
(excuse the pun) together to force the Yankees to leave New York and move to Boston.

Fortunately, this attempt was aborted. A motivated Colonel Huston and Jake Ruppert in May 1921 purchased
a property in the Bronx to lay the groundwork for a Stadium that would exceed the capacity (60,000 seats)
of the Roman Colosseum. A year later construction started and on Opening Day 1923 Yankee Stadium opened
its gates to the public.


TED Z

[Doug]

That's really interesting. I could only imagine how heated the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry would be like if they were both in Boston!

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by Doug

That's really interesting. I could only imagine how heated the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry would be like if they were both in Boston!

Interesting thought! Maybe New York could support 3 teams back then but it is doubtful Boston could have if this went down. The Red Sox probably would not have made it out of the 20's trying to compete with old friend and now established Mega Star, the Babe.

[tedzan]

Huston and Ruppert certainly were the guys who made it happen.

They were the ones who reacted constructively to the "eviction".

The "rest of the story" is still out there ? ?


TED Z

[tedzan]

McGraw was one of the suspects.

He was green with envy of the Yankees significantly out-drawing his Giants at the Polo Ground and the huge fan attraction that Ruth was.


TED Z

[Peter_Spaeth]

Ban Johnson?

[Doug]

Since I ran out of real guesses I'm just going to assume that the two bigger names involved were the devil and the super devil after watching this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29khj...eature=related

[ChiefBenderForever]

I think Babe Ruth is still turning in his grave cursing the name A-roid !!!!! I'm glad you had fun Ted and sure it is a nice stadium, but I still feel like it was a crime against baseball to tear down the house that Ruth built, but at the same time a very American thing to do !

[tedzan]

I'm with you on that...I have very fond memories of the original Yankee Stadium (1923 - 1973).

Best regards friend,

TED Z