Babe Ruth at the Catholic Boys Home, Minneapolis, 1926.
Babe Ruth was in town the week of November 1, 1926. He visited the Catholic Boy’s Home, worked out with the football Gophers, visted a friend in the hospital - as well as did some vaudeville at the Pantages. He also was getting over a very bad cold during all the activities.
The Catholic Boys Home is now the St. Joseph’s Home for Children.
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So long, Joe
September 30, 2018
Target Field
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Photos by TS Flynn
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Mauer’s Final AB
September 30, 2018
Target Field
Minneapolis, Minnesota
video by TS Flynn
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Right now, we’re just not winning the innings. It sucks, but the guys in here are not down on themselves. They’re not mad by lack of effort. They’re professionals understanding that the other team drives nice cars too.
Adam Jones (via @EddieInTheYard/twitter)
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Dark & Stanky, 1967
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“Baseball is purer than life; it’s symmetrical, fair, and dignified.”Marvin Cohen (via @ToughPoets/twitter)
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Brockmire & Brockmire, 1975
Missouri
IFC
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Ichiro
April 17-19, 2017
Safeco Field
Seattle, Washington
Photos by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images
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SEATTLE
None of his Marlins’ teammates were surprised when he did it.
And probably none of the Mariners’ fans or any baseball fans anywhere watching Wednesday’s game should have been either when it came to Ichiro Suzuki.
“Of course he did that,” teammate Christian Yelich said. “What else would he do in a moment like that?”
- Andre C. Fernandez (Miami Herald)
Read the rest: “Ichiro’s final at-bat home run a fitting swan song in likely SEattle farewell”
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We managed to get in, scramble up a ramp, and find a place to stand behind the last row of grandstand seats. Then they shut the gates. No place remained to stand.
Robinson came up in the first inning. I remember the sound. It wasn’t the shrill, teenage cry you now hear, or an excited gut roar. They applauded, long, rolling applause. A tall, middle-aged black man stood next to me, a smile of almost painful joy on his face, beating his palms together so hard they must have hurt.
When Robinson stepped into the batter’s box, it was as if someone had flicked a switch. The place went silent.
- Mike Royko on seeing Robinson’s first game at Wrigley Field (Chicago Daily News)
Read the rest: “Jackie’s Debut a Unique Day” (scroll down)
Robinson & Pee Wee Reese image: “Jackie Robinson at Wrigley Field 1947″ video (screen cap via TheArchivist/YouTube)
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Griffey Jr.
April 13, 2017
Safeco Field
Seattle, Mariners
Photo via Seattle Mariners/twitter
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I took my sketchbook to a game yesterday. #whitesox #scorecard #twins #rentaricky #baseball
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