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03-24-2006, 10:47 PM
#126
----------------------------------------------Some Prominent Players, 1920-1929
-------------------------------------------------------The Age of The Babe
Babe Ruth, Yankees' OF, April, 1923, Yankee S.------1920-21, Polo Grounds---BB-Reference---Babe Ruth Thread/Photos---Babe Books---Babe Ruth video
"Too bad about Ruth. If he had remained a pitcher, he might have lasted a long time and become famous."
Tris Speaker, Ruth's team mate in 1915, on hearing the news in January, 1920, that the Yankees had acquired Babe and planned to use him full time as an OFer.
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03-24-2006, 10:51 PM
#127
Babe Ruth, Yankees' OF, Polo Grounds, 1920---BB Reference---Babe Ruth video
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03-24-2006, 10:55 PM
#128
--------------------------------Babe Ruth, Red Sox, 1918-----------------------------June 4, 1920, Yankee Stadium----BB Reference
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03-24-2006, 11:49 PM
#129
October 10, 1923, Polo Grounds, exhibition playing with Giants. Yes, you are seeing right. Babe in a Giants' uniform.
Babe Ruth, Yankees' RF, 1921, Fenway Park---BB Reference---Babe Ruth video
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03-25-2006, 12:28 AM
#130
----------------Babe Ruth/Rogers Hornsby-----------------------George Sisler/Babe Ruth, -----------------------Babe Ruth/George Sisler
--------------------1920, Polo Grounds----------------------------1922, Sportsman's Park -------------------May 14, 1924, Yankee Stadium
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03-25-2006, 12:54 AM
#131
Babe Ruth/Joe Jackson, 1920, Comiskey Park--------------------------------------------------The One and Only Babe, 1932 World Series --BB Reference
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03-25-2006, 11:53 AM
#132
Rogers Hornsby, Giants' 2B, March 23, 1927, Spring Training, Sarasota, FL, Roger Bresnahan is in the background----------------------------1925--- BB Reference---Hornsby Thread/Photo
----------------Cardinals' 2B, May 12, 1921---------------------------------------------------1918-19
October 3, 1926, Yankee Stadium, before game 2 of the 1926 World Series-------------------------------1925-26
-------------------Cardinals' 2B, May 12, 1921, Polo Grounds---------------------------------1920, studio shot with canvass backdrop
------Cardinals' SS, July 7, 1917, Polo Grounds
--------Cardinals' SS, July 7, 1917, Polo Grounds-----------Giants' 2B, 1927--------------------------------1920
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03-25-2006, 11:55 AM
#133
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03-25-2006, 12:04 PM
#134
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03-25-2006, 12:08 PM
#135
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03-25-2006, 12:12 PM
#136
Frankie Frisch, Giants' 2B, 1919-21----------------------------------1919, Polo Grounds---BB-Reference
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03-25-2006, 01:13 PM
#137
------------Dazzy Vance, 1922-'24--------------1932, Brooklyn Robins-----------------------Yankees' P, 1915----BB-Reference
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03-25-2006, 01:16 PM
#138
Yankees' Pitching Staff, Polo Grounds (1923)---BB Reference
L-R: Sam Jones, Joe Bush, Bob Shawkey, Waite Hoyt, Carl Mays, Herb Pennock, Oscar Roettger, George Pipgras.
L-R: Bob Shawkey, Joe Giard, Myles Thomas, Urban Shocker, Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, Wilcy Moore, Don Miller, Dutch Ruether, George Pipgras.
1927 Yankees' Pitching Staff---BB Reference
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03-25-2006, 01:18 PM
#139
COOGAN'S BLUFF, Highbridge Park
Coogan’s Bluff, a large cliff extending northward from 155th Street in Manhattan, once was the site of the fabled Polo Grounds, home of the New York baseball Giants, and the first home of the New York Mets. It sits atop a steep escarpment that descends 175 feet below sea level. In 1891, John T. Brush (1845-1912), the Giants’s owner, bought the land for the stadium from James J. Coogan (1845-1915), a real estate merchant and Manhattan Borough President (1899-1901).
The Giants originally played in a polo field on 111th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Brush kept the name, Polo Grounds, when he moved the team to Coogan’s Bluff in 1891. In April 1911, the Polo Grounds, an elaborate wooden structure, burned to the ground. By October, the Giants were hosting the Philadelphia Athletics for the 1911 World Series in a rebuilt stadium of concrete and steel. The new Polo Grounds boasted box seats of Italian marble, ornamental American eagles on the balustrade, and blue and gold banners, 30 feet apart, flying from a cantilever roof. At the time, it was the premier Major League Baseball stadium.
The Polo Grounds hosted the:
NY Giants, June 28, 1911 - September 29, 1957;
NY Yankees, May 30, 1912 - October 8, 1922;
NY Mets, April 13, 1962 - September 18, 1963.
Demolished: 1964
In 1957, the owner of the Giants, Horace Stoneham (1903-1990) broke many New York hearts when he announced that he was moving the Giants to San Francisco. The Polo Grounds remained for seven more years, serving as home to the New York Mets for the 1962 and 1963 seasons. In 1964 the stadium was demolished and now the Polo Grounds Towers, a housing project, occupies the site. All that is left of the original Polo Grounds is an old staircase on the side of the cliff that once led to the ticket booth.
Today, Coogan’s Bluff is part of Highbridge Park, which was assembled piecemeal between 1867 and the 1960s, with the bulk being acquired through condemnation from 1895 to 1901. The cliffside area from West 181st Street to Dyckman Street was acquired in 1902, and the parcel including Fort George Hill was acquired in 1928. The park extends from 155th Street in North Harlem to Dyckman Street in Washington Heights/Inwood. The Friends of Highbridge Park are involved in preserving the park's history and the New York Restoration Project has cleaned the park and restored its trails.
--Coogan's Bluff Overlooking Polo Grounds, home of the Giants/Mets. Notice the fans who climbed the trees to see the baseball games for free.
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03-25-2006, 01:21 PM
#140
Gabby Hartnett, Cubs' C, 1933-36------------------------------------------------ September 26, 1935---BB Reference
Johnny Bassler, Detroit C, 1925-27---BB Reference-------1921
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03-25-2006, 01:36 PM
#141
Ken Williams, Browns' LF, 1918-23----BB-Reference--------------------------------------------------------------1920------------------------------Goose Goslin, Senators' LF, 1921-23---BB-Reference
-----Cy Williams, Phillies' RF, 1925-30---BB-Reference-----------------------------------------------1923.[/url]
2 shots of Ken Williams: 1930-31, in the minors with Portland.
Cy Williams
Harry Heilmann, Detroit OF/1B, 1918-22, Navin Field---BB-Reference-----------Bob Meusel, Yankees' LF, May 20, 1922---BB Reference
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03-26-2006, 10:43 PM
#142
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03-31-2006, 10:24 PM
#143
Lefty Grove, Philadelphia Athletics' P, 1929-30--BB Reference -------------Baltimore Orioles, 1920-25
Lefty Grove, Red Sox' P, 1935
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03-31-2006, 10:26 PM
#144
L-R: 1935: Joe McCarthy, Jake Ruppert, George Weiss, Ed Barrow--------------Top Row: L-R: 1951: Will Harridge, Ford Frick, Bob Quinn.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bottom Row: L-R: Clark Griffith, Connie Mack.
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03-31-2006, 10:30 PM
#145
JG Taylor Spink, Owner/Editor-In-Chief of the Sporting News, 1914-1962.---This shot was taken in 1940.
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03-31-2006, 10:32 PM
#146
Glenn Wright, Pirates' SS, 1925---BB-Reference--------------------------------------------------------1924-28
Glenn Wright, Pirates' SS, 1925-----------------------------------------------------------------Riggs Stephenson, Cubs' LF, 1932---BB Reference
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03-31-2006, 10:37 PM
#147
-------Bill Terry, Giants' 1B, 1929 ----------------------------1933-------------------1924-27----BB-Reference
Bill Terry, Giants' 1B, 1932-------------------------------------------------------------------------Bill Terry, Giants' 1B, 1932
------1931----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1932
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03-31-2006, 10:42 PM
#148
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03-31-2006, 10:45 PM
#149
Pie Traynor, Pirates' 3B, 1923,---BB-Reference---How Good Was Pie? Thread/Photos-------------------------------------------------------1922
-------------Pirates' 3B, 1923-31 ----------------------------------1925-----------------------------------1925
-------------------------1920-----------------------------------------------------------1925
-------------------- Pie Traynor, Pirates' 3B, 1933----------------------------------September 30, 1925
--------------1932------------------------------1923-31--------------------------1937
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03-31-2006, 10:50 PM
#150
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