1923 Baseball ralph lauren donna pony polo Season In 1923, the giants yankees rivalry extended beyond the white lines of the baseball diamond.John mcgraw's venerable national league club evicted the upstart yankees from their newly renovated home park, the polo grounds, which the two teams had shared since 1913.The yankees responded by building yankee stadium, a monumental state of the art facility a short distance across the harlem river in the bronx.As luck would have it, both teams won their third straight pennants to meet again in october. The yankees had an easy time of it during the season, winning the american league flag by 16 games over the offensive minded detroit tigers.Detroit featured harry heilmann, the batting champ at.403;Ty cobb, who hit.340 and scored 103 runs;And first baseman lu blue, who drew 96 walks to score 100 runs on only a.284 batting av ... Read more »