January 17, 2008
Picturing the Past
The Library of Congress posted a series on Flickr of news photographs from the early 1910's. There are many baseball photos included. This search found most of them. One of my favorites is this one of Hal Chase. Hal was one of the truly evil men to play the game. Just as Jose Canseco was a major vector for spreading steroids, Chase was the big reason throwing games was a problem in the teens. Read Bill James article on Chase in his Historical Baseball Abstract.
Thanks to Adrian Arroyo for the link.
Posted by David Pinto at
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they also found Julio Franco's rookie card..
Julio's rookie card was etched in stone, that's all they had back then.
Yeah, and it showed him hunting Buffalo in right field. I hear he set the rookie record for mammoths caught in a season, but I still have to look that one up to be sure it ain't just rumor.