Chicago Cubs star pitcher Orval Overall, in 1910, by Paul Thompson. Overall had simply outclassed opposing batters since joining the Cubs in mid-1906. Coming up with the… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Orval Overall”
Category: Detroit Tigers
Art of the Game: Ty Cobb, by Clare Briggs of the Chicago Tribune
Wednesday, May 10, 1911, the Chicago Tribune, and cartoonist Clare Briggs expresses the Chicago fans’ displeasure at Ty Cobb’s recent dominance of their local heroes, and of… Read more “Art of the Game: Ty Cobb, by Clare Briggs of the Chicago Tribune”
Pearl Harbor: December 1941, Hank Greenberg to re-enlist in the Army
December 1941, and Tigers’ star Hank Greenberg, having just served a stint in the US Army, having been inducted on May 7 and been honorably discharged on… Read more “Pearl Harbor: December 1941, Hank Greenberg to re-enlist in the Army”
Behind the Bag 