Sunday, June 25, 1944, Comiskey Park in Chicago, Game 2 of a doubleheader between the White Sox and Indians, bottom of the 5th inning and Thurman Tucker… Read more “A Moment in Time – 6/25/44”
Category: Indians
A Moment In Time – 7/27/58
Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians “lets out a howl” (as the Sporting News put it) as he crosses home plate after crashing a grand slam in… Read more “A Moment In Time – 7/27/58”
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #11 (and #11a) – Cleveland Municipal Stadium and League Park
In 1937, Ed Burns, a sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune, penned a series of articles on every major league park at the time (15 articles in all,… Read more “Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #11 (and #11a) – Cleveland Municipal Stadium and League Park”
Pastime Portraiture: Ralph Kiner
Ralph Kiner, spring training, Tuscon, AZ, March 1955. Kiner’s final spring, and final season. After nine seasons in the NL, and a bad back betraying the prolific… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Ralph Kiner”
Veeck – as in wrecked?
I’ve already had an earlier post about the crazy genius Bill Veeck in this blog’s youth, and I expect to have a few more. This was probably… Read more “Veeck – as in wrecked?”
Now batting, NUMBER THREE, Babe Ruth…
Babe Ruth in his first year wearing #3, 1929 Yankee Stadium, Opening Day, April 18, 1929. And if you look close (or click the photo to… Read more “Now batting, NUMBER THREE, Babe Ruth…”
Veeck – as in yecch?
When baseball maverick Bill Veeck purchased the Cleveland Indians in mid-1946, he needed to appeal favorably to the Tribe’s fans, who hadn’t won anything since 1920, and… Read more “Veeck – as in yecch?”
Behind the Bag 