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. It served as the main baseball stadium of the 1954 Asian Games and also hosted the baseball of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig each hit home runs here in 1934. Gehrig became the first player to ever hit a home run in the baseball stadium on December 2, 1934, while Ruth was the second. It is currently being used as the venue for the games of Baseball Philippines, the country's top baseball league.
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