The Howard Easterling Mysteries
One Negro League star through the 1940s, Howard Easterling, has provided us with very few photos of himself, as well as a gap in his playing career. Photographs are neglected and maligned as to their usefulness in baseball historical research. They are treated as decoration to a text or a brief distraction from pages of ...
A Hot and Tired Gabby Hartnett
Gabby Hartnett can barely think as he walks the front of the dugout carrying a towel. Ever been in Chicago in August? The humidity is 110%. And this photo is so hot and humid that you can burn your hands wringing it out. Behind him sits an exhausted Dizzy Dean who has just been removed ...
Baseball Boys From Alabama – The Rucker Archive
Many a carte-de-visite with baseball imagery has passed before my eyes including these baseball boys from Alabama. I have seen outdoor scenes, studio tableaus, teams in all possible configurations, players from Minnesota and Iowa, teams from New York, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Kansas, baseball groups from Maine, Michigan, Missouri and Pennsylvania. But before this, I ...
