Cricket ground for baseball

New York's Jewish Week newspaper reveals and interesting factoid about the home of the minor league Staten Island Yankees, which ties in with the recent story in Britain's Guardian newspaper about the transition from cricket to baseball in 19th Century America:

The [Staten Island] Yanks’ home, Richmond County Bank Ballpark, just yards from the ferry terminal, was built on the old St. George Cricket Grounds, home for the original New York Metropolitans who called Staten Island their major league home in 1886 and ’87. The great Lipman Pike — the first Jewish major leaguer, who four times led the league in homers — went hitless in his one game for those primordial Mets.