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A 1986 Card Collectors 1951 Bowman Reprint baseball card of Hank Arft. The back of card number 173 in the set reads, “Hank Arft First Base – St. Louis Browns Born: Manchester, Mo., Jan. 28, 1922 Height: 5-10 1/2 ft. Weight: 190 Bats: Left Throws: Left Hank, of “Bow Wow,” as he is sometimes called […]

Other than being eaten alive and shot at, Waycross was great. — Hank Aaron (1953)   On March 18, 1953, the Boston Braves did something no club had managed to do since 1903, when the Orioles fled Baltimore to become the New York Highlanders. They moved. To Milwaukee. Among the goods and chattels they brought […]

After their on-field exploits of 1961, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were sought by film producer Tom Naud for a Hollywood feature. (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)   Occasionally, baseball films spotlight sequences or storylines that are Florida-centric. Not surprisingly, they primarily are linked to spring training—and some even have real-world connections. Slide, Kelly, […]