| Charles "Kid" Carter | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pitcher | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
| debut | |
| 1903, for the Philadelphia Giants | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1906, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |
| Teams | |
Charles"Kid" Carter (birthdate unknown) was an American baseball pitcher in the pre-Negro leagues.
He pitched for the Philadelphia Giants [1] playing alongside William Binga,Frank Grant,Harry Buckner,and Sol White.
AndréRenéRoussimoff,better known by his ring name Andréthe Giant,was a French professional wrestler and actor. Roussimoff was known for his great size,which was a result of gigantism caused by excess growth hormone (acromegaly). It also led to him being called "The Eighth Wonder of the World".
The giant panda,also known as the panda bear,is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes used to distinguish it from the red panda,a neighboring musteloid. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora,the giant panda is a folivore,with bamboo shoots and leaves making up more than 99% of its diet. Giant pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses,wild tubers,or even meat in the form of birds,rodents,or carrion. In captivity,they may receive honey,eggs,fish,yams,shrub leaves,oranges,or bananas along with specially prepared food.
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays its home games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford,New Jersey,5 miles (8 km) west of New York City. The Giants hold their summer training camp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.
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In folklore,giants are beings of human-like appearance,but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word giant is first attested in 1297 from Robert of Gloucester's chronicle. It is derived from the Gigantes of Greek mythology.
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The giant squid is a species of deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae. It can grow to a tremendous size,offering an example of deep-sea gigantism:recent estimates put the maximum size at around 12–13 m (39–43 ft) for females and 10 m (33 ft) for males,from the posterior fins to the tip of the two long tentacles. The mantle of the giant squid is about 2 m long,and the length of the squid excluding its tentacles rarely exceeds 5 m (16 ft). Claims of specimens measuring 20 m (66 ft) or more have not been scientifically documented.
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The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan,New York City,used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 through 1963. The original Polo Grounds,opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889,was built for the sport of polo. Bound on the south and north by 110th and 112th streets and on the east and west by Fifth and Sixth (Lenox) avenues,just north of Central Park,it was converted to a baseball stadium when leased by the New York Metropolitans in 1880. The third Polo Grounds,built in 1890,was renovated after a fire in 1911 and became Polo Grounds IV. The fourth Polo Grounds is the one generally indicated when the Polo Grounds is referenced. It was located in Coogan's Hollow and was noted for its distinctive bathtub shape,very short distances to the left and right field walls,and an unusually deep center field.
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