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Mets prospect Channing Austin turned ‘chip on the shoulder’ into a homecoming breakout

Nypost · · 112 words · By Andrew Battifarano
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What to know about Mets prospect Channing Austin turned ‘chip on the shoulder’ into a homecoming breakout

The drive to Maimonides Park was always special to Channing Austin.

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What happened

The drive to Maimonides Park was always special to Channing Austin.

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Common ground

Try it freeOn the trek from Bedford-Stuyvesant, he passed by the Parade Ground, just blocks away from where Ebbets Field once stood and near where his parents still live.

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Claim 1: “On the trek from Bedford-Stuyvesant, he passed by the Parade Ground, just blocks away from where Ebbets Field once stood”
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While the evidence confirms that Ebbets Field was located in the Flatbush/Crown Heights area of Brooklyn, none of the provided sources mention a 'Parade Ground' or its proximity to Ebbets Field. The evidence describes the current state of the Ebbets Field site (apartments) but does not provide the geographical relationship to a Parade Ground.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brooklyn, coextensive with Kings County, is the most populous of the five boroughs and counties in New York City, United States. Located at the westernmost end of Long Island and formerly an independe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Crown Heights is bounded by Washington Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Ralph Avenue t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Heights
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Flatbush is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood consists of several subsections in central Brooklyn and is generally bounded by Prospect Park to the north, East F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatbush
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Claim 2: “the undulating tracks of the thrill rides at Luna Park in Coney Island, just beyond the outfield wall of the stadium where the Mets’ High-A affiliate plays its home games”
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The evidence confirms that Luna Park is an amusement park in Coney Island (Wikipedia) and that the Brooklyn Cyclones are the High-A affiliate of the New York Mets playing on the Coney Island boardwalk (TikTok/Web search). Geographically, the Maimonides Park (where the Cyclones play) is located immediately adjacent to the Coney Island amusement area, including Luna Park, corroborating the claim that the park is 'just beyond the outfield wall'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luna Park is a name shared by dozens of currently operating and defunct amusement parks. They are named after, and partly based on, the first Luna Park, which opened in 1903 during the heyday of large…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Park
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luna Park was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1903 to 1944. The park was located on a site bounded by Surf Avenue to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Park_(Coney_Island,_1903)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luna Park is an amusement park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. It opened on May 29, 2010, at the site of Astroland, an amusement park that had been in operation from 1962 to 2008, and Dreaml…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Park_(Coney_Island,_2010)
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