Hello baseball fans! These pages list general posts relating to the best sport in the world. Enjoy.
December 31. King Kelly is born in 1857.
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December 31, 1857. Joseph ‘King’ Kelly is born. Cartoon advertising card with a characature of King Kelly catching, from 1887, Tobin Litho Company.
December 29. Frank Delahanty is born in 1882.
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December 29, 1882. Frank Delahanty is born in 1882. Portrait of Frank Delahanty from a 1907 fold-out postcard for the New York Highlanders in 1907.
December 27. Henry Kimbro is born in 1912.
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December 27, 1912. Henry Kimbro is born. Henry Kimbro in a Cuban candy card from the mid-1940s in Havana.
December 24. Frank Taveras is born in 1949.
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December 24, 1949. Frank Taveras is born in 1949. Frank Taveras in action with the New York Mets in 1980.
December 23. Fritz Maisel is born in 1889.
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December 23, 1889. Fritz Maisel is born. Fritz Maisel as a New York Yankee in 1915.
December 20. Fred Merkle is born in 1888.
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December 20, 1888. Fred Merkle is born. Portrait of Fred Merkle in West Side Park in Chicago in 1918.
December 19. Ramon Herrera is born in 1897.
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December 19, 1897. Ramon Herrera is born. Ramon Herrera poses with Armando Marsans (left)
December 18. Ty Cobb is born in 1886.
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December 18, 1886. Ty Cobb is born. Cracker Jack card of Ty Cobb from 1914.
December 17. Oscar Tuero is born in 1893.
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December 17, 1893. Oscar Tuero is born. Portrait of Tuero in Almendares Park in Havana, Cuba in 1924.
December 16. Sammy Strang is born in 1876.
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December 16, 1876. Sammy Strang is born. Sam Strang in New York Highlanders uniform from 1907.
December 15. Eddie Robinson is born in 1920.
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December 15, 1920. Eddie Robinson is born. Black and white Bowman Gum Card with Eddie Robinson from 1953.
December 14. Bobby Adams is born in 1921.
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December 14, 1921. Bobby Adams is born. Bobby Adams’ 1953 Bowman Baseball Card.
December 12. Ralph Garr is born in 1945.
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December 12, 1945. Ralph Garr is born. Ralph Garr in action with the Atlanta Braves in 1972.
December 11. Hoss Radbourn is born in 1854.
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December 11, 1854. Hoss Radbourn is born. Radbourn in a Goodwin & Company photo from 1888.
December 10. Steve Renko is born in 1944.
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December 10, 1944. Steve Renko is born. Steve Renko in a portrait photo with the Montreal Expos.
