1946 Negro League West All-Star Team
East-West All-Star Game - Comiskey Park - August 18, 1946
For more about the game, go here: 1946 East-West Game - Second Game excerpt: “The second 1946 East-West Game was held at Comiskey Park on August 18, 1946. The West avenged their loss from three days earlier, beating the East, 4-1, behind a three-man pitching show. 45,474 fans turned out to watch the contest. It was the last East-West Game to feature Josh Gibson. While Gibson would be the all-time East-West leader in walks and hits (tied in the latter category), he put up an unimpressive showing offensively in his last East-West affair (0 for 3, BB, 3 steals allowed in 6 tries).”

Fighting Words From Coach Babe Ruth
Polo Grounds, NYC - August 28, 1946
Babe was the manager for the East Team in the ‘East-West Esquire All-American Boys Game’. Who was the manager for the West? Some guy named Ty Cobb.

1946 St. Louis Cardinals Team
World Series Champions

1946 Chesterfield Ad - Bill Dickey & Mel Ott
This ad features managers Bill Dickey (Yankees) and Mel Ott (Giants). What’s interesting about it is that Dickey only managed the Yankees for 105 games in 1946. That ended up being the full extent of his managing experience, as he never skippered another MLB club again. So an ad featuring Dickey as manager is understandably pretty rare.

Babe Ruth, Red Barber & Pee Wee Reese - CBS Radio 1940’s
Looks like Pee Wee is getting some last minute pointers from Red Barber. I don’t know the exact year, but it looks like post-war ca.1946-48. LOVE those old microphones!