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The finest photos/sportswriting/art, each a story behind the story of classic baseball. Tom C. alpineinc on Baseball Fever. SABR member. Also Instagram/FB/Blog behindthebag.net Elysian Fields Joined May 2016
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Vin Scully's first #Dodgers radio broadcast, in the Radio Programs listing of the Brooklyn Eagle, April 18, 1950. Scully replaced Ernie Harwell, who left Dodgers for Giants booth in '50, but any game in town is a Best Bet, all but one announcer being eventual Ford C Frick winners

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“Respect the fans; fans last longer than players.” “You are a unique person to be a major leaguer; always be supportive of the game.” “People won’t remember so much what you say or do, but everyone will remember how you made them feel.” #RIP Carl Erskine #Dodgers

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5 years ago

Jackie Robinson awaits his first at bat in the majors, Ebbets Field, 4/15/47, by Irving Haberman. From the blog: How did the press cover the "first" #JackieRobinsonDay? Coverage from the NYT, Sporting News, Brooklyn Eagle, & Pittsburgh Courier #Jackie42 behindthebag.net/2018/04/15/the…

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3 weeks ago

#RIP #Mets 2x All-Star catcher Jerry Grote. Caught every game of the 1969 post-season. "We were not supposed to do anything, and we did it all.” Caught all of October 1973 as well. Mets Hall of Fame 1992. 1969 illustration by Bruce Stark. #LGM

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4 weeks ago

First MLB games played on Easter? April 23, 1905 (3 NL games, 2 AL). Illegal in NY, only Brooklyn attempted "Sunday baseball without interference", selling programs in lieu of tickets to do so, with "1000 women decked in Easter finery" as Superbas Mal Eason shut out Boston 4-0

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#OpeningDay (4/13)1962: "City Welcomes #Mets; Debut at PG Today". Casey: "We hope to build this Met team better than the Yankees-and put that down in your hat!" That would wait; "Mets Open, Foreclosed by Bucs" was the next headline as Pirates beat Amazins 4-3 at the Polo Grounds

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Stan Musial "the line drive manufacturer from Donora, PA" with manager Billy Southworth, St Petersburg, FL, Feb 1942. "I believe Musial could make any club as a regular" - #STLCards owner Sam Breadon. He was right - Stan hit .315 in his first full campaign to begin his HOF career

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First baseball games in Ireland, August 1874, with Boston and Phila. clubs vs “11 of Ireland”. “Base ball is not ‘rounders’…which has always been an outlaw and outcast among games…base ball, on the contrary, is constructed on…scientific principles.” #HappyStPatricksDay

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2 months ago

“Florida will be overrun with ball players by March 1. Good reports are already heard from the land of oranges, which, Harry Wright says, is the ideal spot for #SpringTraining.” Cap Anson’s “colts” are in “fine form”, with Phillies “exceeding expectations.” - Inquirer, Feb 1890

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#OTD 100 yrs ago, Waite Hoyt arrives without gear at #Yankees camp in New Orleans from Hot Springs where he “engaged in extensive tubbing” & “seems to have forgotten that he came south to train.” Hoyt did buy gear at “considerable expense” & won 18 for NYY in 1924 #SpringTraining

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“Victory! Victory! Victory!” - Dick Young, NY Daily News. #OTD in 1962, Al Lang Field, St Petersburg, FL: Elio Cachón walks it off in 9th, singling in Richie Ashburn for 4-3 victory over Cardinals for #Mets first ever win. Amazins would finish 12-15 in 1st spring #SpringTraining

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2 months ago

Pumpsie Green, April 1959. “The Boston #RedSox, in #SpringTraining, at least … broke the color line.” - Globe. Despite hitting .327/4HR that spring, Green didn’t go north with the club, causing quite a stir; he would eventually debut in Chicago on July 21, integrating all of MLB

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Pete Rose & Frank Robinson reunite at Al Lopez Field, Tampa, March 1966, after Robinson was traded from #Reds to #Orioles in offseason. Robinson would pace MLB in runs/HRs(career high 49)/SLG/OPS/TB as he won his 2nd career MVP, & also WS MVP as O’s took 1st title #SpringTraining

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Sad Sam Jones & Tony Lazzeri, Avon Park, Florida, #SpringTraining 1940. Released by NY Giants mid-1939, Lazzeri piloted Toronto Maple Leafs 1939-1940, then a player/mgr in minors through 1943, passing in 1946. Jones came out of retirement to coach/pitch final time w/Leafs in ‘40

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Bill Veeck and Satchel Paige, Olive Memorial Stadium, Burbank, CA, #SpringTraining 1952. Paige would win 12 games for the #StLBrowns in 1952 with a 2.85 ERA, earning his first AL All-Star nod at age 46. Photo by Ed Clark, LIFE Magazine

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2 months ago

Casey Stengel goes fishin’ with a baseball bat at Boston Braves camp, Waterfront Park, St. Petersburg, FL, Spring 1925. It would be Casey’s last season as a major league player, starting his managerial career in the minors later that year #SpringTraining

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Willie Mays and Leo Durocher at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, March 1955, by the great Hy Peskin. For the reigning World Champs Mays would lead majors in HRs (51)/SLG/OPS/TB (9.2 WAR!) but finished 4th in NL MVP voting as #Giants slipped to third place with 80 wins #SpringTraining

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Ted Williams, Miami Stadium, 1951. That year Ted would lead majors in walks, OBP and the AL in SLG, OPS and total bases, and earn his 9th All-Star nod. #RedSox would finish 3rd with 87 wins, the highest total for the remainder of Ted's career #SpringTraining

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