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Every dog has its day!
During the pre-1920 era in major league baseball, a number of teams had canine mascots that stayed on the bench with the players and posed with them for team pictures. As we enter the dog days of summer, I thought it would be appropriate to compile the photos that I've found into a single thread. (Several of these have previously been posted by others in different threads on Baseball Fever.)
With the move to the Between Innings forum, I am going to add photos of minor league teams and amateur teams of the Deadball Era* (with dogs) as I find them.
I will begin with this baseball card issued by Old Judge Cigarettes in 1888:
1888, New York Giants player Art Whitney with dog
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*When I began posting in this thread in 2012 and 2013, I did not make a distinction between the Deadball Era and Eighteenth Century Baseball. This thread includes images from the 1880's through 1919.
During the pre-1920 era in major league baseball, a number of teams had canine mascots that stayed on the bench with the players and posed with them for team pictures. As we enter the dog days of summer, I thought it would be appropriate to compile the photos that I've found into a single thread. (Several of these have previously been posted by others in different threads on Baseball Fever.)
With the move to the Between Innings forum, I am going to add photos of minor league teams and amateur teams of the Deadball Era* (with dogs) as I find them.
I will begin with this baseball card issued by Old Judge Cigarettes in 1888:
1888, New York Giants player Art Whitney with dog
image_106931.jpg
*When I began posting in this thread in 2012 and 2013, I did not make a distinction between the Deadball Era and Eighteenth Century Baseball. This thread includes images from the 1880's through 1919.
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