Similar to my Burns-Eye Views of Big League Parks post a while back, from the 1937 Sporting News, this is another interesting series I discovered in the… Read more “Visiting Major League Parks – Complete Set from the 1933-1934 Sporting News”
Category: League Park
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”
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 