Ruth's multitude of home runs proved so popular that the Yankees began drawing more people than their National League counterpart, the Giants.[1] In 1921 — the year after acquiring Ruth — the Yankees played in their first World Series.[36][37] They competed against the Giants,[37] and all eight games of the series were played in the Polo Grounds.[38] After the 1922 season, the Yankees were told to move out of the Polo Grounds.[39] Giants manager John McGraw was said to have commented that the Yankees should "move to some out-of-the-way place, like Queens",[citation needed] but they instead broke ground for a new ballpark in the Bronx, right across the Harlem River from the Polo Grounds.[39] In 1922, the Yankees returned to the World Series again and were dealt a second defeat at the hands of the Giants.[40] Manager Miller Huggins and general manager Ed Barrow were important newcomers in this period.