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Reply With QuoteHere's one of John McGraw.
Hope I do this right
Here's one of John McGraw.
Here's Mel Ott
Another one of Mel
Great shots, thanks
King Carl and Prince Hal in practice. The best 1-2 righty-lefty combination ever. This one from 1933, I believe.
The first photo, Dave Bancroft of the Braves and Frank Frisch of the Giants lay a wreath(sp) at the base of the Eddie Grant monument, sometime in the mid 20's.
Concur, these are terrific. Thanks!Originally Posted by jimm
The Life archive has some phenomenal photos that I'll try and put up later tonight.
Very nice photos. The Mel Ott one is neat. One I haven't seen before.
Sean
p.s. MEL OTT RULES!
Big 6 - Christy Mathewson
Another shot of Matty
Seen this photo before. Great shot of "Muggsy". Travis Jackson at bat.
That photo of Sal is the most awesome pitcher photo of all time!
p.s. MEL OTT RULES!
I'm going to put the odds at about 1/1 that the next pitch went right under the hitter's neck.
You'd be right on the money with that one- especially at Ebbets Field.
When Maglie pitched the game that clinched the pennant for the Giants in 1954, he beat the Dodgers at Ebbets Field. When he won that night, it brought his lifetime record against the Dodgers to 22-8- and 11-1 at Ebbets Field.
I agree about that picture, too- everything you need to know about the Giants-Dodgers rivalry in those years can be summed up in that picture.
That is a picture I have on the wall of my modest abode. You're correct, Gary,it says it all!
http://pushpull.wordpress.com/2007/0...ng-sal-maglie/
18 year-old Phillies lefty, Curt Simmons was allowed to make his major league debut as the starting pitcher of the last game of the Phillies 1947 season as a reward for an impressive minor league season, after he signed with Philadelphia that Spring out of high school.
In that major league debut on Sept. 28, 1947, Simmons gained a complete game victory, winning 3-1 after shutting out the New York Giants through the first eight innings.
Among those he faced in the Giants' lineup that day was the Hall Of Fame - bound, Mel Ott, who was playing in his FINAL major league game.
While not on the same level as Ott, Simmons had a good career, that spanned 21 years, 1947 to 1967. Simmons was 193-183 lifetime and a three-time National League All-Star, and had he not missed the last month of the 1950 season, all of 1951 and the first month of the 1952 season due to Korean War Era military service, Simmons would have been a sure 200 game winner.
Nice photos guys, both from the Ott and Mays eras.
Trivia such as this, is far from trivial. Thanks. Curt Simmons was a solid starter for a long time, and Mel Ott was... "46 down" in 185 New York Times Crossward Puzzles.
Trawling through the flickr archives:
Cool photo of what looks like the construction of PG IV after the 1911 fire:
Some rare photos of the expansion in 1923:
Some pieces from the Museum of the City of New York exhibit on NYC baseball:
(Willie Mays' cap, and a new, different NY monogram)
great pics
This post on my blog may interest ya'll.
http://pushpull.wordpress.com/2007/1...not-much-left/
You're using my scan of the NY Daily News front page! Now that I'm home I can do some more (They have the 1954 World Champions front page as well). The book I have them in is huge, which is why the page looks funny - it's two scans chopped in half and matched up!
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