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It's the kind of thing that looks like it was built in Triple Play Baseball rather than real life. Beyond the outfield fence, you'll find a gorgeous view of the ocean, hear the excited screams of children and their families and you can watch in awe (and a little nauseous anxiety) as the theme park goers take on the death-defying rides. Once you walk through the gates - after snapping a photo with the Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese statue outside the entrance - you're going to get a ballpark view that simply can't be beat. There is even one attraction still standing from the Steeplechase days: The 262-foot Parachute Jump is located beyond the right field wall, and has been in Coney Island since moving from the 1939 Queens World's Fair. But that's not the only bit of history: Maimonides Park is located in the former location of Steeplechase Park, which was a Coney Island attraction from 1897 until it closed its doors in 1964. The next season, the team moved to its current digs in Coney Island where they were named the Cyclones in honor of the iconic wooden roller coaster that has been around since 1927.

For one season in 2000, the team played as the Queens Kings - surely Kevin James' favorite team - with a unique green-and-purple uniform combination. However, their existence came one year prior in a different Borough: Queens.

BROOKLYN METS PROFESSIONAL

before the 1958 season, Brooklyn was without a professional baseball team until 2001 when the Cyclones moved in at the end of Coney Island's pier. Walk down a city street and you're almost as likely to see a fan in a Brooklyn Dodgers cap as you are to see the Mets or Yankees. Baseball is, obviously, deep in Brooklyn's blood.

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