1927 Babe Ruth Home Run Specials Gloves Ad
Big League Mitts & Gloves ~ Designed by Babe Ruth for the stars of tomorrow. Made by Reach
Babe Begins Work For 1933 Homers
Artie McGovern’s Gym, NYC - December 23, 1932
Of course, the “…man clocking him”, is Artie McGovern himself.
Babe Ruth & Will Rogers Entertain The Kids
Children’s Hospital - Boston, MA - April 24, 1929
It was 84 Years Ago today that The Babe and Will Rogers came by to cheer up the kids at the Boston Children’s Hospital. Babe was in town that day to play the Red Sox at Fenway Park. He went 1-4 with an RBI in a Yankees victory, 9-3 (I guess he didn’t promise any home runs that day!).
1914 Boston Red Sox Team Panoramic
Fenway Park - August 19, 1914
Taken before a doubleheader with the Chicago White Sox. By the way, cute dog mascot alert!
Babe Ruth Meets Mr. & Mrs. Tully
St. Petersburg, Florida - March 20, 1933
Seems like The Babe always had time for a quick photo with the fans…young or old.
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).”
1923 New York Giants Team
National League Champions
Featuring Mgr. John McGraw, Casey Stengel (middle row, 2nd left), Hack Wilson, Frankie Frisch and High Pockets Kelly.
1912 Boston Red Sox Team
Here’s a great image of the eventual “World Champion” Red Sox (after defeating the N.Y. Giants in the Series). Interestingly, this image was snapped within a second of a picture that’s at the Library of Congress, see here: “Boston Red Sox team photo at 1912 World Series ” (LC-B2- 2450-13)
78 Years Ago Today In Boston…
Babe Ruth Makes His N.L. Debut - April 16, 1935
Here’s a pic of The Babe crossing the plate after hitting his first N.L. home run off of Carl Hubbell at Braves Field, Boston. I added some color for the occasion (I’ll make a more complete version when I have time). Finally, my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in the Boston area today…..
