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2019 Ford C. Frick Award – Al Helfer

Quick post on Al Helfer, the recipient of the 2019 Ford C. Frick Award, who nows enters the hallowed halls of the Baseball Hall of Fame! A… Read more “2019 Ford C. Frick Award – Al Helfer”

December 12, 2018December 16, 2018 by Alpineinc

You Gotta Believe (in YouTube)!!

Although my first Mets’ game was in 1971 (Mets won 2-0 over the Phillies), and I saw another game at Shea in 1972, I really didn’t become… Read more “You Gotta Believe (in YouTube)!!”

September 12, 2012June 12, 2018 by Alpineinc

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In Memoriam: Al Jackson
Pastime Portraiture: Freddie Lindstrom
Bronx cheers for Robin Roberts
Pastime Portraiture: Zack Wheat
A Moment in Time – 3/20/73: Roberto Clemente is posthumously voted into the HOF by special election
Pastime Portraiture: Rocky Colavito
Pastime Portraiture: Stan Musial
Quick Pitch: Ralph Kiner’s first Spring Training
A Moment in Time – 3/8/68: Tom Seaver and Gil Hodges, Al Lang Field
Tom Seaver bids farewell
In Memoriam: Don Newcombe
Pastime Press: Shoeless Joe Jackson and the WWI draft, Chicago Tribune/Sporting News 1918/1919
Pastime Portraiture: Jimmy Johnston
In Memoriam: Frank Robinson
Pastime Portraiture: Jimmy Sheckard
Pastime Portraiture: Sherry Magee
In Memoriam: Mel Stottlemyre
A Moment in Time – 8/14/46: Pete Reiser steals home, setting NL record
Art of the Game: Merry Christmas!
Pastime Portraiture: Orval Overall
Pastime Portraiture: Ace Adams
Art of the Game: Ty Cobb, by Clare Briggs of the Chicago Tribune
2019 Ford C. Frick Award – Al Helfer
Art of the Game: Monte Irvin, by Ric Roberts of the Pittsburgh Courier
Pastime Portraiture: George Sisler
Pearl Harbor: December 1941, Hank Greenberg to re-enlist in the Army
Art of the Game: The debut of Willard Mullin’s Brooklyn “Bum”
Pastime Portraiture: Bob Johnson
Pastime Portraiture: Stan Musial
Happy 500!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Pastime Portraiture: Elbie Fletcher
In Memoriam: Willie McCovey
Pastime Portraiture: Ivy Olson
The first World Series walk-off home run
Pastime Portraiture: Duffy Lewis
Pastime Portraiture: Casey Stengel (1916)
Pastime Portraiture: Roberto Clemente
A Moment in Time – 5/18/51: Inside-the-park Jack
A Moment in Time – 6/25/44
Pastime Portraiture: Ted Williams (#2)
A Moment In Time – 5/14/47
Pastime Portraiture: Hank Aaron
A Moment in Time – 5/22/52
Pastime Portraiture: Willie Mays
In Remembrance of Eddie Grant
Pastime Portraiture: Ted Williams
A Colorful Exit: Babe Ruth’s last game film
Pastime Portraiture: John Stone
The Grace of the Game: Hank Greenberg
Pastime Portraiture: Lou Gehrig
The First Jackie Robinson Day – in 1947
Pastime Portraiture: Harmon Killebrew
A Moment in Time – 5/7/41
Pastime Portraiture: Roger Maris
A Moment in Time – 9/19/61
A Moment in Time – 8/23/36: The East-West All-Star Game
In Memoriam: Bobby Doerr
A Moment in Time – 4/12/32
Dodger Stadium’s First Championship
A Moment in Time – 5/31/69
Sketches of Major League Parks by Gene Mack – From the 1946-1947 Sporting News
Visiting Major League Parks – Complete Set from the 1933-1934 Sporting News
A Moment In Time – 7/27/58
A Moment In Time – 5/20/69
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks – COMPLETE SET from the 1937 Chicago Tribune and Sporting News!
Yankee Stadium Yogi
A Moment In Time – 6/14/32
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #11 (and #11a) – Cleveland Municipal Stadium and League Park
The Last Summer at the Polo Grounds
Hal Smith: Bucs Bridesmaid, World Series Hero
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #10 – Comiskey Park
Camera Day at classic Shea!
Pastime Portraiture: Willie Mays
Pastime Portraiture: Ralph Kiner
A Moment In Time – 7/5/37
Radio Broadcast – 4/22/50, Dodgers vs Giants, Ebbets Field
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #9 – Navin Field
A Moment In Time – 6/27/59
Pastime Portraiture: Nellie Fox
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #8 – Fenway Park
A Moment In Time – 5/21/55
Radio Broadcast – 9/20/34, Yankees vs Tigers, Navin Field
Pastime Portraiture: Richie Ashburn
A Moment In Time – 7/28/25
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #7 – Yankee Stadium
Ruth in 1925; a gut-punch to the Yankees
Pastime Portraiture: Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron
Pastime Portraiture: Mickey Mantle
Pastime Portraiture: Frank Robinson
A Moment In Time – 4/15/58
1946 NL Pennant? It’s in the Cards
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #6 – Shibe Park
Radio Broadcast – 6/4/57, Dodgers vs Cubs, Ebbets Field
A Moment In Time – 7/12/55
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #5 – Sportsman’s Park
The Call Heard ‘Round The World
A Moment In Time – 8/16/25
Griffith Glory
Say Hey, one that got away?
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #4 – Ebbets Field
Dizzy Bean
A Moment In Time – 5/17/64
Veeck – as in wrecked?
Now batting, NUMBER THREE, Babe Ruth…
The Last Weekend at the Polo Grounds – but the first Mets Banner Day!
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #3 – the Polo Grounds
A Moment In Time – 8/17/47
The Last Summer at Crosley Field
A Moment In Time – 9/17/32 (first in a series)
It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #2 – Baker Bowl
So Long, Shea
You Gotta Believe (in YouTube)!!
Welcome to Shea Stadium; now batting, #7, Mickey Mantle
Burns-Eye Views of Big Time Parks, #1 – Braves Field
Veeck – as in yecch?
Big Train, In Vain
The “Rare” Rotunda

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“In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing ‘base’, a certain game of ball…Let us go forth awhile and get better air in our lungs; let us leave our close rooms; the game of ball…is glorious.” ~ Walt Whitman

BEHIND THE BAG will attempt to illuminate the smaller stories behind the big teams, big parks and big games of the classic baseball park era (up through the 1970s or so). The blog’s name is from Vin Scully’s classic call from the 1986 World Series (thoroughly enjoyed by this die-hard Mets fan), but I think “Game 6” evoked a feeling of baseball past – not necessarily the superstar winning it all, but the everyday player or players being in the spotlight in a particular place or time, and maybe becoming a hero for eternity, or perhaps just for one day. Those who are regulars to baseball-fever.com’s Ballparks forums will know me as “alpineinc”, a long-time poster who scours the ends of the internet for classic photos and articles that would otherwise be forgotten. From there, I decided to start this blog to expand on themes and ideas started there, and I haven’t stopped! Also, enjoy the rotating ballpark headers at the top of the site, classic shots of classic parks! And, all photos on this site are linked to larger versions that open in separate tabs/windows for closer viewing. Anyway, have fun and feel free to respond to anything here! ~ Tom Conmy (alpineinc)

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