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by James Card
The Brooklyn Tip Tops, shown at right in a pregame ceremony with the Buffalo Bisons, played in Washington Park, the Dodger's old facility, for two...
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by James Card
The Ball Team, young glass workers in Indiana, by Lewis Hine, 1908
Photographer and social reformer Lewis Hine used his camera on behalf of the Na...
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by James Card
China's sketchy and erratic baseball history dates back to 1863, when American missionaries established the Shanghai Baseball Club. Later missiona...
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by James Card
Songwriters routinely used baseball as a metaphor for romance, as in "Ive Been Making a Grand Stand Play for You" (1911) and "You're Batting a Tho...
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by James Card
John Phillip Sousa, master of the American military march and patriotic hymn, wrote "The National Game" (1925) in honor of the sport that he had p...
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by James Card
Aside from ruminations on going to the game, wanting to go to the game, and being at the game, another favorite baseball subject was the intense d...
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by James Card
A picture of the Yankee Clipper taken during his 56 game hitting streak graced the cover of this energetic number that celebrated his amazing feat...
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by James Card
Dick Rudolph, pitcher for the Boston Braves, demonstrates his fastball grip the year he won 27 games and the "Miracle Braves" soared from last pla...
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by James Card
Hot dog vendors at Ebbets Field fill orders next to a lemonade stand, offering a menu that had been available at Major League ballparks since the ...
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by James Card
The Female Giants gather after a game before their fans who regularly turned out int he thousands to see Bloomer Girls in action. In time, men on ...
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by James Card
Casey Stengel, seen here in the fourth year of his fourteen-year Major League playing career, has modest (and apparently stylish) success on the f...
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by James Card
Eddie Cicotte led the American league in wins in 1919, the year he helped the Sox throw the World Series. The pitcher accepted $10,000 in cash fro...
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