Polo Grounds' baseball finale was 'Latino All-Star Game': 'Have to honor their own'

Pregame festivities featured a hall of fame induction ceremony, a home run derby competition and music performed by three of the biggest Latino entertainers at that time.

Four future Hall of Famers, several current All-Stars and other future stars dotted both rosters. And one team was managed by Roberto Clemente.

Almost a month after the last major-league game was played at the Polo Grounds in 1963, the historic ballpark situated between the Harlem River and Coogan's Bluff in upper Manhattan played host to one final baseball game — featuring two teams made up almost entirely of Latino major leaguers.

Cuban-born Tony Oliva was just 24 with a grand total of 16 major-league at-bats in two seasons with the Minnesota Twins but found himself among the Latino giants of the game: future Hall of Famers Clemente, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal and Luis Aparicio, among others.

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