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The New York Giants began the 1930 season with seven straight wins, including two in walk-off fashion, but followed with six losses in their next nine games. Entering play on May 8, John McGraw’s squad (10-6) had the best winning percentage in the National League (.625), yet they stood a half-game behind the Chicago Cubs […]

After the Negro Leagues ended their regular seasons, October was an excellent time for league teams to go barnstorming, untethered from their home cities and hopping from location to location to squeeze the last gate receipts from the season before cold weather and football put an end to the baseball year. The Chicago American Giants, […]

After Dave Stewart’s masterful mound performance, leading the A’s to a dominant 5-0 win while limiting the Giants to just five hits, Oakland was clearly focused on winning the 1989 World Series. Manager Tony La Russa was pleased with his team, saying, “They’re going about it professionally. But it’s not time to back off.”1 La […]

A slide of a black-and-white photograph of page 43 of the September 1, 1941 issue of LIFE magazine. The page is titled, “Williams of Red Sox is Best Hitter.” Ted Williams is shown demonstrating his swing in six stop-action photographs. He is pictured wearing shorts without a shirt or baseball cap. The six photographs are […]

A color slide of the cover of the July 1974 edition of Pro Sports magazine showing a full-length photograph of Henry Aaron batting. Aaron is in the right-handed batter’s box, and his body twists to his left as he swings, making his jersey number 44 visible on the back of his Atlanta Braves road uniform. […]

A color slide of the cover of the 1957 issue of Sports Review Baseball featuring Mickey Mantle. Mantle is shown from the shins up, standing on the first base side of the field in front of the dugout at Yankees Stadium. He is standing sideways with his right hand on his hip and holding a […]

A  color slide of a full-length picture of Lou Brock swinging a baseball bat wildly from the May 1965 issue of Sport magazine. The picture is part of the article “The Awakening of Lou Brock” by George Vecsey. The photograph is from the first base side of the field. As he swings the baseball bat, […]

A color slide of a photograph from the January 1963 edition of Sport magazine of Mickey Mantle. The photograph is part of the article “Mickey Mantle: Behind the pain and triumph” by Leonard Shecter. On the right-hand page Mantle is visible from the chest up, wearing a New York Yankees home uniform. In the background […]

A color slide of the cover of the 1956 Dell Baseball Stars magazine featuring two images of Mickey Mantle. The main image of Mantle shows him leaning forward with his crossed arms resting on his raised left knee. He has a glove with a ball in it on his left hand. He is wearing a […]

A color slide of the cover of the 1956 Dell Baseball Stars magazine featuring two images of Mickey Mantle. The main image of Mantle shows him leaning forward with his crossed arms resting on his raised left knee. He has a glove with a ball in it on his left hand. He is wearing a […]