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No longer Anonymous – A Professional BaseBall Player? Yes Indeed!
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You can tell a real ball player from a pretender in a photograph. You can also tell a professional from an amateur just from the way they wear their uniform.…
1914 World Series Prologue
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“And what’s that big, pink elephant doing in the left field stands?” asks Boston Braves captain Johnny Evers. The discussion is going on at home plate before game two of…
Carlos Colas Triumphant
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What we know: That’s Carlos Colas riding triumphantly atop a crowd of fans, who carry their hero around the stadium. He had, just minutes before, hit a grand-slam walk off…
What triggered this wild baseball scene?
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The culprit, according to the wire photo caption, was Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale, who sent a fastball a bit too close to Johnny Logan’s head. Logan, who was ready to…
Hurdy-Gurdy Babe Ruth
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Hurdy-gurdy man Babe Ruth stands boldly in profile in this 1922 pre-season New York Yankees photograph. Half the team is wearing the white hats of the 1921 season, as they…
Hy Myers Home Run
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It’s October 9th, 1916, in Fenway Park, Boston. The ball has just left the bat of Brooklyn’s Hy Myers, who knew, immediately at that moment, that he had an extra…
Rochester House of Refuge
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In 1875 the Civil War was still playing out in an enormous orphanage and reformatory in Rochester, New York. The House of Refuge was home to thousands of boys left…
Jimmy Dykes
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This is a Wide World Agency photograph from August 12, 1939. Let me quote from the paper caption on the back: “Detroit Tigers got a kick out of this. When…
Contest First and Second Nine W.B.B.C
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It was a set up. The photographer set it up. They were all posing. Because of the nature of the camera and its shutter speed, in order to record outdoor…
A Boy’s Baseball Fantasy
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There is nothing predictable about the antique business. If it does not surprise you, you aren’t paying attention. It’s true in every field, and it’s true with early baseball photography.…
Baseball Archeology In Cuba: A Trip to Guines
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Visiting Cuba is like tripping in a time machine. We’re not talking about a beach vacation at Veradero, but a visitation to the living, working Cuba. A Cuba, where baseball…
What a doozy of a photo this one is! – African American Ballplayer Cabinet Card 1890s
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When I saw it in a fairly obscure auction listing I could not believe it. Since I have been able to closely examine it, the photo is even more baffling…
This is not just another baseball team photo on a postcard!
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This is not just another team photo on a real photo postcard, a genre which contains hundreds and thousands of examples. Way back when baseball was everything in America and…
