Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
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| Former names | Manila Carnival Grounds |
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| Location | P. Ocampo St. corner Adriatico St., Malate, Manila, Philippines |
| Owner | City Government of Manila |
| Operator | Philippine Sports Commission |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
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| Opened | 1934 |
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The Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium located inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 10,000.
The Far Eastern Championship Games (also known as Far East Games) was a small Asian multi-sport competition considered to be a precursor to the Asian Games. In 1912, E.S. Brown, president of the Philippine Athletic Association and Manila Carnival Games, proposed the creation of the "Far Eastern Olympic Games" to China and Japan. It was at that time that Governor-General William Cameron Forbes was the president of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Association from 1911-1913. Governor-General Forbes formed the Far Eastern Olympic Association.
The first Far Eastern Championship Games was held in the Manila Carnival Grounds in Malate, Manila, Philippines on February 4, 1913. Forbes was also the one who formally declared the games open. Six countries participated in the eight-day event: The Philippine Islands, Republic of China, Empire of Japan, British East Indies (Malaysia), Kingdom of Thailand and British crown colony Hong Kong. The Philippine Islands hosted the games two more time in 1925 and 1934.
The Manila Carnival Grounds was then changed into Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in 1934 in honor of the country's national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, before the 10th Far Eastern Games. Baseball was a main event in every Far Eastern Games and, in that year, the games were played at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium where legendary players Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth hit the first and second home runs, respectively. The game that saw the participation of an All-star team, which included Gehrig, Ruth and Jimmy Foxx, was one of the highlights of the stadium’s history.
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