Wednesday, January 4, 2017

This Day In New York Yankees History 1/4: Sunday Games at Ridgewood Park


On this day in 1904 the New York Highlanders, soon to be the Yankees, announce plans to play Sunday home games at Long Island's Ridgewood Park. This will be overruled in March by National Commission chairman August Herrman since the park is so close to the home of the Brooklyn Superbas, soon to be the Dodgers.