http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Christy_Mathewson2.jpg/800px-Christy_Mathewson2.jpg
― 867-5309 (abdul) (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 10:40 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/b71470cb002e42c1_landing
― 867-5309 (abdul) (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 10:57 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.phawker.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/joe-dimaggio.jpg
― 867-5309 (abdul) (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 10:59 (fifteen years ago)
http://kermittheblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/barry_bonds.jpg
― 867-5309 (abdul) (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 11:03 (fifteen years ago)
My favorite baseball photo (this may be a little small):
http://www.scpauctions.com/Userfiles/Image/Stengel-crystal-ball.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 11:11 (fifteen years ago)
Actually, this would be my favorite baseball photo (I'm hoping it's not blocked):
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/04/14/fidrych.obit/Mark-Fidrych-SI.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:18 (fifteen years ago)
A.J. Foyt! There's a name from the past.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 15:32 (fifteen years ago)
The Christy Mathewson photo is outta sight
Also lol at Bonds swinging the same aluminum Easton bat that all the kids used at my school
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 15:34 (fifteen years ago)
Haha yes -- fuck a piercing Bombat.
Though once I started using 32- and- 33-inch bats, it was TPX all the way.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 15:40 (fifteen years ago)
this one rich kid had his own easton black magic : /
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 15:56 (fifteen years ago)
yeah, the christy pic definitely inspired the thread
― 867-5309 (abdul) (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:26 (fifteen years ago)
I think people have commented on the resemblance between Mathewson and Seaver; James also once wrote something about a picture of Mathewson and Cobb shaking hands, how their personalities (Mathewson: self-assured, confident/Cobb: frightened, small) were perfectly reflected in their expressions.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:34 (fifteen years ago)
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ggbain/09800/09869v.jpg
^
― 867-5309 (abdul) (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:36 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ozzie_smith_mirrors.jpg
― http://tinyurl.com/vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)
^^ That's one to right-click and "Open Image in New Window".
― http://tinyurl.com/vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:40 (fifteen years ago)
http://i54.tinypic.com/jqkigz.jpg
http://www.life.com/image/ugc1065781/in-gallery/47141/babe-ruth-rare-and-unpublished
A never-before-published photo of Babe Ruth and two unidentified men, taken by Ralph Morse in the locker room at Yankee Stadium, June 13, 1948. "This picture works so much better in color than it would in black and white," Morse says. "Because with black and white, you might get a sense of how frail Ruth was, but you wouldn't really feel it, the way you do here. In black and white, you wouldn't see how gray his face looked, how the cancer had really destroyed him. To put it bluntly, Ruth wouldn't look as sick in black and white as he does in color. The man was dying, after all -- and it showed." Coming back into the locker room after addressing the crowd (so the story goes), Ruth was offered a beer by his old teammate, "Jumping Joe" Dugan, who asked the Babe how he was doing. Ruth took the beer, and looked Dugan in the eye. "Joe, I'm gone," he said -- and broke down in tears.
― Pussy.ogg (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:03 (fifteen years ago)
Roxymuzak: thanks, that's the one. I was wrong about them shaking hands...I think what James said was that even though Cobb was the older and presumably wiser and more self-assured player, it looks as if it's he who's in awe of Mathewson.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:50 (fifteen years ago)
Pretty basic, but iconic:
http://jackierobinsonfacts.com/images/Jackie_Robinson.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:52 (fifteen years ago)
Not a portrait...but man, I love this photo:
http://www3.whig.com/whig/blogs/uponfurtherreview/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/BobGibson_68.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:59 (fifteen years ago)
Did Storm Thorgerson take the Ozzie Smith? WOW.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 23:15 (fifteen years ago)
Not Thorgerson, obv.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 23:22 (fifteen years ago)
how do I get mathewson's jacket?
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 25 November 2010 06:14 (fifteen years ago)
You're too late--it's been cut up into a thousand Upper Deck inserts.
On DiMaggio's birthday, one of the other guy:
http://blog.detroitathletic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ted-williams.jpg
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 November 2010 12:21 (fifteen years ago)
^emo
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 25 November 2010 14:08 (fifteen years ago)
williams looked so great back then.
― 867-5309 (abdul) (roxymuzak), Thursday, 25 November 2010 19:10 (fifteen years ago)
http://photos.mycapture.com/STLT/731526/23161147E.jpg
― EDB, Thursday, 25 November 2010 19:13 (fifteen years ago)
https://phila8.securesites.com/ppp/images/autoph/2009Dom2.jpg
the ultimate other guy
― 867-5309 (abdul) (roxymuzak), Thursday, 25 November 2010 19:14 (fifteen years ago)
ian johnson reminds me of joe dimaggio sometimes
― O⎠o⎠O⎠o⎠O (roxymuzak), Friday, 26 November 2010 20:47 (fifteen years ago)
http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2008/02/09/wJQhul5t.jpg
― leTeReL (Leee), Friday, 26 November 2010 22:24 (fifteen years ago)
that is neither a portrait, nor great
― O⎠o⎠O⎠o⎠O (roxymuzak), Saturday, 27 November 2010 01:28 (fifteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/DzQ89.jpg
― Disgraced Homo Cop (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 27 November 2010 01:30 (fifteen years ago)
Potato, potato, roxy.
― leTeReL (Leee), Saturday, 27 November 2010 06:39 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.sealclubbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/sammy_sosa_hitbypitch.jpg
― van smack, Saturday, 27 November 2010 20:17 (fifteen years ago)
not a proper portrait, still:
http://product.images.prosportsmemorabilia.com/44-01/44-01180-F.jpg
― circa1916, Saturday, 27 November 2010 20:26 (fifteen years ago)
aaaw robin ventura got his blood on nolan ryan's face!
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 27 November 2010 20:38 (fifteen years ago)
this thread es fantastique
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 27 November 2010 20:43 (fifteen years ago)
http://grab.by/7BBJ
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 27 November 2010 20:46 (fifteen years ago)
lol
http://images.chron.com/blogs/sportsupdate/archives/ryan_ventura.jpg
bloody ryan pic linked above is from a bo jackson-hit ball.
― circa1916, Saturday, 27 November 2010 20:53 (fifteen years ago)
I was going to find a Donny baseball mustache pic...kudos on the double wammy with Boggs
― van smack, Saturday, 27 November 2010 22:13 (fifteen years ago)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yCdkXPm18SQ/RezR1OztT9I/AAAAAAAAAAk/QXyxnHt6cnw/s320/tekulve.jpg
― van smack, Saturday, 27 November 2010 22:15 (fifteen years ago)
http://mdd2403.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/ted_williams_pilot.jpg
― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Sunday, 28 November 2010 06:37 (fifteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/HYtTa.jpg
― Disgraced Homo Cop (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 28 November 2010 06:53 (fifteen years ago)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wFtDGrTjvGs/TNLOTxHLhpI/AAAAAAAABIg/ynAWdLy3oCM/s1600/27marichal_186115314.jpg
― leTeReL (Leee), Sunday, 28 November 2010 07:09 (fifteen years ago)
http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b84f69e2011570361948970b-400wi
There are leg kicks and there are leg kicks.
― earlnash, Sunday, 28 November 2010 08:08 (fifteen years ago)
http://shootthemoose.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/babe_ruth_02.jpg
― van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:10 (fifteen years ago)
Love all the leg kicks. A couple more: Dontrelle Willis, who turns up all over the place on a "high leg kick" search, and Palmer, whose stride was probably longer than it was high.
http://detectovision.com/pics/dontrelle%20willis24.jpg
http://www.sportsmemorabilia.com/image.php?productid=180885
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:19 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.millerparkdrunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gorman-thomas.jpg
― van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:20 (fifteen years ago)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xoqYhFMIB-0/SJMiI_yXQaI/AAAAAAAAASc/4mgkPCfw_VE/s320/rod-beck.jpg
― van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:22 (fifteen years ago)
I call your Thomas, and raise you one Mad Hungarian.
http://www.hotstoveleague.org/images/AL%20HRABOSKY.jpg
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 16:42 (fifteen years ago)
ok Ross Grimsley
http://www.survivinggrady.com/ross_grimsley.jpg
― van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:16 (fifteen years ago)
http://7is.neswblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/pete-Vukovitch-mustache-brewers-topps.jpg
― van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:20 (fifteen years ago)
http://cjciaramella.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/gamble1.jpg
― leTeReL (Leee), Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:30 (fifteen years ago)
Potato, potato:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T8xffaEz-OA/Sv89_bUsGoI/AAAAAAAAGfQ/syes1giYiaY/s400/doc+ellis1.jpg
― leTeReL (Leee), Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:31 (fifteen years ago)
Damn, someone beat me to Oscar Gamble...I know about Doc, but where do you get some of whatever Grimsley was flying on?
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:35 (fifteen years ago)
We've gone from eloquent portraiture of Mathewson, Paige, and DiMaggio to Bad '70s Hairapalooza...
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:39 (fifteen years ago)
I HATE Brandon Arroyo's leg kick.
― leTeReL (Leee), Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:40 (fifteen years ago)
I really get a kick looking at 70s baseball players. I love a diverse thread
― van smack, Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:47 (fifteen years ago)
Let's hit the '80s/'90s then:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-2gf151WQ-A/THUOLQW0j-I/AAAAAAAACDo/wfDrt0TPJfI/s320/jose_lind.JPG
― leTeReL (Leee), Sunday, 28 November 2010 18:55 (fifteen years ago)
I was just kidding--I worship '70s baseball. I still count it as baseball's greatest decade, from start to finish.
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 19:12 (fifteen years ago)
i imagine a bizarro universe where Donald Sutherland plays Kent Tekulve in a We Are Family dramatization
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:13 (fifteen years ago)
Speaking of which, another SI cover I always loved:
http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/81801763.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA548466ADC25164C7432DB420DDC0B0BEB293115CB9955BE58A5
They should revisit it at some point--have, say, Halladay and Hernandez recreate the exact same shot.
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:24 (fifteen years ago)
doesn't work
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipr-wS5iBv0 (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:27 (fifteen years ago)
How so? One's not tall enough?
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:42 (fifteen years ago)
http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/07/19/sp-rickey19_port_421968361.jpg
― http://tinyurl.com/vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:46 (fifteen years ago)
http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1003/hot.tub.time.machine.sports/images/rickey-henderson-hot-tub-05718717.jpg
― http://tinyurl.com/vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)
hrabosky shot is incredible
― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Monday, 29 November 2010 04:22 (fifteen years ago)
― clemenza, Sunday, November 28, 2010 4:42 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark
No, I meant the link doesn't work.
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipr-wS5iBv0 (Princess TamTam), Monday, 29 November 2010 04:43 (fifteen years ago)
ricky bein ricky
― ice cr?m, Monday, 29 November 2010 05:21 (fifteen years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Leerichmond.jpg
― tim lincecum in a giants snuggie (roxymuzak), Sunday, 12 December 2010 06:39 (fifteen years ago)
http://squareamerica.com/playball/
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 December 2010 07:18 (fifteen years ago)
http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/50455170.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A147AD33C0359540723464D150AFC29DB9248EBBB238667E8E4B01E70F2B3269972
― dark link (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 04:42 (fourteen years ago)
Lee Richmond pic is hilarious. That guy looks like he should be working at some vegan co-op, riding a fixie.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 13:30 (fourteen years ago)
haha otm!
― dark link (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 15:08 (fourteen years ago)
http://90feetofperfection.com/
http://mightyflynn.tumblr.com/
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 17:10 (fourteen years ago)
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lguolq6BUV1qzniimo1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Monday, 21 February 2011 01:02 (fourteen years ago)
http://90feetofperfection.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ted-williams-minneapolis-millers-1938.jpg%3Fw%3D466%26h%3D584
"Ted Williams as a member of the Minneapolis Millers in 1938. The Millers were the Red Sox AA affiliate that Williams played for after he was bought from the San Diego Padres of the PCL after the 1937 season."
Blaaarrgfgkjdhfglzjhalkdjgfalksdjbvlakdjhvak;djhv;advbakdfnvjad;kvjnad;fvnadf;vhadf;bjva
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 21 February 2011 01:19 (fourteen years ago)
look at that smug bastard
― mookieproof, Monday, 21 February 2011 01:31 (fourteen years ago)
that picture is breathtaking
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 21 February 2011 01:47 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.celebritysmackblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ted-williams-cryonics.jpg
"I'd only seen him years later when he was worn down by life..."
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 21 February 2011 01:48 (fourteen years ago)
the two different color tones on that young ted williams picture are weird... keep it all the same d00dz
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 10:48 (fourteen years ago)
Orange and teal...
― Mark C, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 11:36 (fourteen years ago)
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li6sel99Sb1qzniimo1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 March 2011 19:55 (fourteen years ago)
http://community.post-gazette.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.01.11.72/parker_2C00_-dave.jpg
― omar little, Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:26 (fourteen years ago)
http://90feetofperfection.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dick-allen.jpg?w=333&h=400
― omar little, Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:27 (fourteen years ago)
http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0422/pg2_g_rallen_400.jpg
― omar little, Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:28 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/bill%20lee_36.jpg
― Get me two meatball sandwiches Utah, TWO! (chrisv2010), Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:32 (fourteen years ago)
Bill Lee looks almost as much like a fixie vegan co-op dude as Lee Richmond.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:44 (fourteen years ago)
http://90feetofperfection.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/joe-adcock-pimp.jpg
ladies love joe adcock
― mookieproof, Sunday, 3 April 2011 00:49 (fourteen years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Ed_Walsh_portrait_1911.jpg/800px-Ed_Walsh_portrait_1911.jpg
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Monday, 4 April 2011 15:53 (fourteen years ago)
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljbhyzNJX31qzniimo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1302402577&Signature=o%2FEyOW2%2BCw7fD%2BvHE9I0vC3fdPo%3D
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 April 2011 02:36 (fourteen years ago)
http://denverpost.slideshowpro.com/albums/001/496/album-104784/cache/97433871TP026_RANGERS.sjpg_950_2000_0_75_0_50_50.sjpg?1302396395
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Sunday, 10 April 2011 00:51 (fourteen years ago)
http://denverpost.slideshowpro.com/albums/001/496/album-104784/cache/97587367CG009_San_Francisco.sjpg_950_2000_0_75_0_50_50.sjpg?1302396395
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Sunday, 10 April 2011 00:54 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/photos/photos_galleries/historic_baseball_photos_by_leslie_jones/#/1
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 22:54 (fourteen years ago)
http://uptownflavor.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/mays.jpg
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Thursday, 14 April 2011 00:31 (fourteen years ago)
this fuckin guy
http://90feetofperfection.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/dave-parker-shirt.jpg
<3 <3 <3
― mookieproof, Monday, 25 April 2011 02:16 (fourteen years ago)
that is so great
― roxymuzak, Monday, 25 April 2011 02:31 (fourteen years ago)
I haven't looked at this thread in a while.
One thing about the Dick Allen photo above, the one where he's smoking and juggling three baseballs: that was used for the cover of Sports Illustrated. I can't remember if it was '72, heading into his near-Triple Crown year, or '73, right after. Pretty sure such a cover shot would be verboten today; there's lots of things the player could be doing that wouldn't have been okay then, but it's the other way around when it comes to juggling baseballs...I mean, smoking.
― clemenza, Monday, 25 April 2011 03:45 (fourteen years ago)
gr8080sizemorecellphone.gif
― sanskrit, Monday, 25 April 2011 13:51 (fourteen years ago)
speaking of cell phones
http://acidcow.com/pics/20100809/the_30_worst_baseball_cards_of_all_time_03.jpg
― frogbs, Monday, 25 April 2011 14:50 (fourteen years ago)
these are great too
http://acidcow.com/pics/20100809/the_30_worst_baseball_cards_of_all_time_12.jpghttp://acidcow.com/pics/20100809/the_30_worst_baseball_cards_of_all_time_27.jpg
― frogbs, Monday, 25 April 2011 14:51 (fourteen years ago)
those are portraits?!
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 25 April 2011 14:56 (fourteen years ago)
sure
― roxymuzak, Monday, 25 April 2011 14:58 (fourteen years ago)
cmon don't turn this one into a semantics argument
― frogbs, Monday, 25 April 2011 15:41 (fourteen years ago)
I tried to post this way upthread and it didn't take. One of my favourite SI covers ever:
http://www.krakov.net/si/images/1979/0409_large.jpg
I wish they'd redo it with either Halladay and Lincecum, or Pujols and...Hallady and Lincecum it is.
― clemenza, Monday, 25 April 2011 16:49 (fourteen years ago)
is it pretty jarring to see all these big time, big-assed Pittsburgh players, they've been horrible ever since I was 7!
― frogbs, Monday, 25 April 2011 17:18 (fourteen years ago)
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkwc7sADgX1qzniimo1_400.jpg
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 May 2011 03:49 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/15833u_0.jpg
"Harvard Eddie" Grant, third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, 1911. Eddie, a Harvard grad who practiced law after his retirement from baseball, was among the first to enlist in the Army after the United States entered World War I in 1917. An infantry captain, he was killed by an exploding shell in France, where he is buried.
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 May 2011 23:30 (fourteen years ago)
A friend just e-mailed this to me--pretty great.
http://www.life.com/gallery/60701/never-seen-photos-willie-mays?xid=weeklytopten#index/0
― clemenza, Friday, 10 June 2011 18:58 (fourteen years ago)
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpl4sygdXZ1r14kguo1_400.jpg
the grandy man
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 21:40 (fourteen years ago)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/BabeRuth-Dodger-1938.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:06 (fourteen years ago)
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?num=0&parent_id=137159&word=&snum=&s=¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&sort=&imgs=20&pNum=
omg u guys
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 19 May 2012 21:07 (thirteen years ago)
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ajg5BzrP1qk9es5o1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Sunday, 20 May 2012 02:10 (thirteen years ago)
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ef9e6Vfz1qzniimo2_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 00:23 (thirteen years ago)
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0nkiit251r6i35po1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:25 (thirteen years ago)
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc1si3g1CW1r9hrxoo1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:26 (thirteen years ago)
im a little late but yikes
― flag this post and die (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 01:29 (thirteen years ago)
http://24.media.tumblr.com/aaecf5d022a95d2044d18297cb4b4ddf/tumblr_mexpzcYCp41qdsqb1o1_500.jpg
honus wagner in the '40s
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:56 (thirteen years ago)
aw i love that!
― flag this post and die (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:26 (thirteen years ago)
it is kinda weird considering how much honus wagner already sounds like '40s penis slang
― kristof-profiting-from-a-childs-illiteracy.html (schlump), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:38 (thirteen years ago)
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr251/mookieproof/maddog_zpsb5264152.jpg
this bill madlock poster hangs on the wall of my childhood bedroom; photo courtesy of my dad
― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 January 2013 03:36 (thirteen years ago)
<3
― flag this post and die (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 17:38 (twelve years ago)
http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/7e838db645965269738e293497f0db66/tumblr_mjbjyrdQrW1qzniimo1_500.jpg
le grand chat, circa 1979 (age 18)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 March 2013 01:32 (twelve years ago)
― purp (roxymuzak), Sunday, 10 March 2013 07:47 (twelve years ago)
who is that near-nudie you posted a few posts up
― purp (roxymuzak), Sunday, 10 March 2013 07:48 (twelve years ago)
that is ted williams
― mookieproof, Sunday, 10 March 2013 07:50 (twelve years ago)
holy shit. i cant believe i didnt recognize him but its rare that i see him in tiny silk booty shorts, to be fair
― purp (roxymuzak), Sunday, 10 March 2013 16:38 (twelve years ago)
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/mzing12/joe_zps51280c6e.jpg
here's a picture of joe dimaggio with my great grandfather. he was director of the Yankees broadcast when Joe was an announcer and eventually became close friends. hope it's relevant.
― Spectrum, Sunday, 10 March 2013 17:11 (twelve years ago)
that is SO cool.
― purp (roxymuzak), Sunday, 10 March 2013 17:11 (twelve years ago)
http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/32c51c42739da28448826d75822dbbe0/tumblr_mmz2efCTOU1qb0ctno1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 01:09 (twelve years ago)
How old was Giambi in that picture?
― earlnash, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 04:42 (twelve years ago)
19
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 04:46 (twelve years ago)
that's not steve zahn?
― shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat (zachlyon), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 04:54 (twelve years ago)
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/u/images/stevestone2.jpg
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:12 (twelve years ago)
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/u/images/philgarner.png
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/u/images/stevemccatty.png
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:13 (twelve years ago)
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/u/images/jerryremy.png
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:14 (twelve years ago)
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/u/images/rickeyhenderson.png
rem dawg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:31 (twelve years ago)
87-year old Cy Younghttps://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/66890_455665151169500_878851992_n.jpg
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 04:36 (twelve years ago)
love it
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Sunday, 11 August 2013 03:05 (twelve years ago)
http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1004830_418849861554839_92803135_n.jpg
Sports Illustrated had a good Reggie slide show a couple of weeks ago:
http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1207/reggie-jackson-classic-photos/images/jackson-dimaggio.jpg
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/photos/1207/classic-photos-of-reggie-jackson/
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 August 2013 13:35 (twelve years ago)
http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/1689b7613dd3da8c5a7ee8ea2ebf6c7e/tumblr_mrtlqwpPrb1qaihw2o1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 August 2013 06:37 (twelve years ago)
http://sports.cbsimg.net/images//visual/whatshot/Ralph-Kiner-ladies-man-082413.jpg
Ralph Kiner, ladies' man
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 August 2013 15:51 (twelve years ago)
http://www.fangraphs.com/not/poem-to-a-photograph-of-dave-parker
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 21:36 (twelve years ago)
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BWoDfKECYAEY5Ai.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 15:59 (twelve years ago)
http://1-akamai.tapcdn.com/images/thumbs/taps/2013/08/stan-musial-vin-scully-1963-97f21dd9-sz527x700-animate.jpg
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:18 (twelve years ago)
http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/10/22/new_york_public_library_presents_a_g_spalding_s_collection_of_early_baseball.html
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 20:04 (twelve years ago)
Miller, Bartman & Mr Met too
http://flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/arboldebeisbol.html
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 17:02 (twelve years ago)
wow, thanks for linking that. i love it.
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 18:08 (twelve years ago)
i was scanning it for the rally squirrel, this is what dating a phillies fan does to you
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 18:56 (twelve years ago)
dearest rox, a team can't sink lower than ripping off a rally critter from Anaheim
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 19:13 (twelve years ago)
hahaha i cant wait to say that to him tbh
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 19:22 (twelve years ago)
top of bat out of frame, still great imohttp://www.achievement.org/achievers/may0/large/may0-048.jpg
― Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ (brimstead), Friday, 3 January 2014 02:52 (twelve years ago)
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr251/mookieproof/gapbat_zps53a8b2c2.jpg
my dad, circa 1940 (age 4)
only existing photo of him batting righty
― mookieproof, Sunday, 2 February 2014 00:01 (eleven years ago)
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bg3SOm4CMAAMJW1.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 20:30 (eleven years ago)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUPXsbfX9SQ/Ufcty-b32xI/AAAAAAAAF7M/mZyoyf55sO8/s1600/chap2.png
― earlnash, Thursday, 20 February 2014 01:32 (eleven years ago)
mookie i love that pic of your dad
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 20 February 2014 02:36 (eleven years ago)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 February 2014 04:58 (eleven years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bhw_kCNIEAEBeNi.jpg:large
― earlnash, Monday, 3 March 2014 13:33 (eleven years ago)
http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/0287af60371cb00216ac3512ccaab315/tumblr_n1m5kjBlVA1qdzsl5o1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Sunday, 9 March 2014 09:07 (eleven years ago)
http://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/assets/4378735/Screen_Shot_2014-04-29_at_9.25.03_AM.png http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4378763/Screen_Shot_2014-04-15_at_3.33.36_PM.png
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 17:39 (eleven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/M0PLlVk.jpg
1915
― go to evangelical agonizing eternal hell (Karl Malone), Friday, 23 May 2014 00:47 (eleven years ago)
v good
― Spottie, Friday, 23 May 2014 04:21 (eleven years ago)
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bp7_JrxCcAA5kf4.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 June 2014 14:50 (eleven years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwDssdGIIAAlyYy.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:18 (eleven years ago)
http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/casey_stengel.jpg
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 02:12 (eleven years ago)
http://www.corbisimages.com/images/Corbis-U96663ACME.jpg?size=67&uid=1f6d369b-36f6-4b48-95b8-ff675cc73272
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 November 2014 22:03 (eleven years ago)
^Ruth and Gehrig at Dexter Park in Brooklyn* for an exhibition game inOctober 1928
*Wikipedia sez that Dexter Park was over the borough line, in Woodhaven, Queens.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 November 2014 22:21 (eleven years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7Ppyb7CcAAO1zh.jpg
clark griffith, washington senators, 1912
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:03 (eleven years ago)
http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/1/4/8/111156148/cuts/legkick_cq7zqxf7_prstujei.jpg
murray state pitcher john lollar
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 17:22 (ten years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CB8QK3oWIAEYUk9.png
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 21:37 (ten years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCkTg9DWEAEdnFC.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zOB6cnl5778/TdNdNm9gkeI/AAAAAAAACEA/HkKAUgDIXD4/s320/Ross+Stamp.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:36 (ten years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CE0m07mWAAA3aBh.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:27 (ten years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJVSfsBVEAAtz9I.jpg
your 1977 NL all-stars
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 18:51 (ten years ago)
ellis valentine with the obvious lack of media training
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 04:04 (ten years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMGNhmcVEAAw3v-.jpg
― earlnash, Saturday, 15 August 2015 03:38 (ten years ago)
http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_images/randmid_1343147216_tkzubaz.jpg
former twins manager tom kelly
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 October 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbB4hB5VAAAOiYu.jpg
pet bird ruffles
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 February 2016 17:10 (nine years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ceuay3CXIAASNe0.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 15:28 (nine years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ce90qqKWIAAvItS.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 April 2016 15:11 (nine years ago)
ty
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 April 2016 15:52 (nine years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjPvrjpVAAIwVjQ.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 19:46 (nine years ago)
http://www.colimdo.org/media/2631779/rico_carty.jpg
― velko, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 07:29 (nine years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/qn5DzQa.jpg
― brimstead, Sunday, 28 August 2016 05:08 (nine years ago)
willie mcgeehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwR_2OYW8AQh827.jpg
― Spottie, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:41 (nine years ago)
satchelhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2D3UfZXgAAKnIB.jpg
― Spottie, Friday, 13 January 2017 19:27 (nine years ago)
Curt Flood at the canvas
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WyIYb-I_s8E/Utl058_mG_I/AAAAAAAAEdQ/d_7y4FAfEPQ/s1600/floodmlkcrop.JPG
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 17:07 (eight years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4twVJaVYAEFK-i.jpg
manny sanguillen and cane
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 17:00 (eight years ago)
This team shot of the 1975 NL All Stars was really cool. Lots of cool players in that picture. Kinda neat to see a young Gary Carter in the front row. Look how big Greg Lusinski looks, he is a big beast next to Lou Brock and Bill Madlock.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7026/6495659655_a2bea308e9_b.jpg
― earlnash, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 02:16 (eight years ago)
i did not remember how big jerry reuss was
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 02:26 (eight years ago)
and to Lasorda's right, Red Schoendienst, still around at 94.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 14:29 (eight years ago)
That's Walter Alston!
― timellison, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 19:02 (eight years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9ytPl1UAAAZQzk.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 17:30 (eight years ago)
https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/hunter-pence.jpg?w=1000&h=600&crop=1
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:31 (eight years ago)
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18581805_1815788792071489_5524496500300713293_n.jpg?oh=8d8d450e0fb51cfd6c9e273d449b73ed&oe=59A7CE0D
― earlnash, Friday, 19 May 2017 03:06 (eight years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/1898_Cleveland_Spiders.jpg
the 1898 cleveland spiders
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:52 (eight years ago)
dudes
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:58 (eight years ago)
https://twitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/astros_flag.jpg
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 October 2017 12:54 (eight years ago)
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/CIswXriLkCsfn8094_7FeeDIExA=/0x0:3703x2464/1200x0/filters:focal%280x0:3703x2464%29/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12550273/1020432186.jpg.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 16:50 (seven years ago)
you're the best manager out there, imo!that may be true but YOU'RE the best person in baseball, period, and it's not just me who says that!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 17:01 (seven years ago)
not really a portrait or a player, but i feel like it would make good statuary
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 17:04 (seven years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxyJYRKVsAAwfmS.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 25 January 2019 22:17 (six years ago)
On June 6, 1944, Lawrence P. Berra served his country as an 18-year-old gunner for the U.S. Navy, manning a rocket-boat during the Allied invasion of Normandy. #DDay75thAnniversary pic.twitter.com/MWuEhJIJjS— Yogi Berra Museum (@Yogi_Museum) June 6, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 June 2019 18:01 (six years ago)
For lack of a better thread:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27425987/guy-ball-crotch-story-funniest-baseball-card-ever-made
I laughed way too hard while reading this.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:52 (six years ago)
That is a beautiful story. That is life in one article.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 19:02 (six years ago)
yes i read that this morning and lol'd at the crazy glue stuff and his wife's reaction
― na (NA), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 19:22 (six years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVAjFsAUYAQ2-bT?format=jpg&name=large
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:17 (five years ago)
Congrats to @TheCUTCH22 for securing what may be the coolest baseball card ever #Phillies @Topps pic.twitter.com/KToJ1sthwT— Dick Allen (@DickAllen_15) June 26, 2020
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 June 2020 20:55 (five years ago)
I must say this is my All Time Favorite card. https://t.co/PyCHXw52p3— andrew mccutchen (@TheCUTCH22) June 26, 2020
cutch is the best
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 26 June 2020 21:55 (five years ago)
EKERSLY1.BMF pic.twitter.com/dKd8RfoH7W— Corel Gallery 1994 (@Clipart1994bot) November 20, 2020
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 November 2020 01:28 (five years ago)
haha sweet!
― brimstead, Friday, 20 November 2020 03:19 (five years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Evl27DSUcAA8L7t?format=jpg&name=large
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 March 2021 16:41 (four years ago)
man.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 4 March 2021 16:43 (four years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCriKJPWEAc0_vR?format=jpg&name=medium
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 05:09 (four years ago)
billy 'bad wheels' buckner and... who?
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 09:22 (four years ago)
eastern tennessee's own phil 'scrap iron' garner
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 10:37 (four years ago)
ahh of course!
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 11:09 (four years ago)
i still love that photo of neikro and torre both reduced to bashful little boys by the sheer fabulousness of olivia newton-john
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 11:11 (four years ago)
the brows/eyes/moustache kinda make buckner look like a literal muppet!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 12:26 (four years ago)
close enough
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU7Sw_YVAAI88Gu.jpg
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 November 2021 17:00 (four years ago)
I should know...Siouxsie Sioux? Doesn't really make sense.
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 November 2021 22:07 (four years ago)
i believe that's a madonna
― just staying (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 November 2021 22:35 (four years ago)
indeed. photo by the late mick rock
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 November 2021 23:17 (four years ago)
Yikes, how did I miss that...
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 November 2021 02:07 (four years ago)
twitter thread of some:
What’s the coolest picture ever of a baseball player? My nominations: pic.twitter.com/PQzndOaxxk— Ben Porter (@Ben13Porter) December 16, 2021
― Spottie, Friday, 17 December 2021 16:44 (four years ago)
the more i know about ted williams, the more i'm like fuck ted williams
― Karl Malone, Friday, 17 December 2021 18:19 (four years ago)
Magazine cover--can't find the original photo--but this would be high on my own list:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/9/99/Sportsillustrated1977.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20181030143543
― clemenza, Friday, 17 December 2021 23:30 (four years ago)
(Fidyrich/Big Bird cover)
^ this tbh
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 17 December 2021 23:49 (four years ago)
Why do you guys say that? One thing I know about him is this.
https://www.mlb.com/news/ted-williams-hall-of-fame-speech-honored-negro-league-players
(I guess his speech is marginally undermined by his words about Yawkey, but he was hardly alone there.)
― clemenza, Friday, 17 December 2021 23:58 (four years ago)
i guess it's just recency bias (as in, i recently learned about it), but he seems to have really gone out of his way to fuck gil hodges over by refusing to let roy campanella (one of the HOF voters that year for the veteran's committee, I think) vote via phone, even though campanella was very ill and died a couple months later. campanella would have been the 12th and clinching vote.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 18 December 2021 16:38 (four years ago)
Been reading up--didn't know that. I agree with him that Hodges was a weak candidate, but that does seem petty (not to mention not letting someone in a wheelchair vote by phone). Must be some decades-long grudge.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 December 2021 18:11 (four years ago)
Rube Marquard
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Rube_Marquard_by_Bain%2C_1912.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:56 (three years ago)
How much would you give for one of those cardigans.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 3 February 2022 22:00 (three years ago)
when did the name "Rube" die out?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 4 February 2022 05:47 (three years ago)
intrigued by the evolutionary process of ears
andrew siciliano is certainly a throwback
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 February 2022 06:54 (three years ago)
rube was a nickname for a country bumpkin but marquard was a city boy, and people called him that because he reminded them of another lefty pitcher, rube waddell
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 4 February 2022 10:09 (three years ago)
this thread is cool but don't sleep on this rolling old-tyme baseball photograph thread
― buzza, Friday, 4 February 2022 10:55 (three years ago)
ah thanks!
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 4 February 2022 11:30 (three years ago)
Congrats to Sean Doolittle on hitting 10 years of Major League service today! pic.twitter.com/ICKm6scJyj— Kyle Brostowitz (@KyleBrostowitz) May 26, 2022
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 May 2022 03:33 (three years ago)
mushrooms
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 May 2022 06:18 (three years ago)
from the pittsburgh press, 22 may 1982
https://i.imgur.com/k8oFYMG.jpg
alas, he did not win the batting title (although teammate bill madlock finished second to al oliver), but he did rank fifth in slugging and OPS
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 May 2022 22:24 (three years ago)
https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Rickey-Henderson-Blue-Jays.jpg
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Friday, 27 January 2023 03:53 (two years ago)
https://ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2019/09/gty-1171386230.jpg?resize=1024,724
― here you go, muttonchops Yaz (gyac), Friday, 27 January 2023 09:08 (two years ago)
tom seaver and gary gentry
https://i.imgur.com/5iZ1JGd.png
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 04:42 (two years ago)
Are they replacing all those divots?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 04:45 (two years ago)
they're checking out the carnage, i guess! it's from after the 1969 world series
― z_tbd, Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:01 (two years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/x1xB5Fj.png
― z_tbd, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 20:56 (two years ago)
I love the harry dean stanton phase of matt carpenter's career
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 22:22 (two years ago)
he's rugged
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 00:27 (two years ago)
Needs cigarette.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Thursday, 2 March 2023 02:19 (two years ago)
damn it's been a minute since i really followed baseball and i never wouldve guessed that's matt carpenter! it's amazing what a beardless mustache does for a guy's look. take all those pesky ad patches off the uniform, run that thing through a sepia filter, and it would fit right in on a goudey gum card from the 1920s (ok the uniform fit is a bit off)
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 2 March 2023 18:25 (two years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/n718gF4.png
― z_tbd, Thursday, 2 March 2023 18:59 (two years ago)
whoops, meant to do the sepia as well. might as well triple post this image and get it right, so that we can remember this great old timer from the days when winning the world series money meant not having to work at taco bell for the winter
https://i.imgur.com/nOZRK1v.png
― z_tbd, Thursday, 2 March 2023 19:02 (two years ago)
kinda like this:
https://imgur.com/a/79i8ZlS
lol xpost - considered adding a cigar myself!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 2 March 2023 19:14 (two years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/13k8eUo.jpg
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 2 March 2023 19:15 (two years ago)
oh there you go, much better!
― z_tbd, Thursday, 2 March 2023 19:18 (two years ago)
now we're talkin, thank you photoshop wizards
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 3 March 2023 17:38 (two years ago)
Al Oliver, circa 1973 @Pirates pic.twitter.com/INLoLyWaZa— Vintage Jerseys & Hats (@PolyesterUnis) March 18, 2023
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 March 2023 21:11 (two years ago)
More than 10,000 rare baseball images from the @ruckerarchive are now available online in the #SABR Research Collection: https://t.co/lKc9XlI8Y3 pic.twitter.com/BMDGGHWjM0— SABR (@sabr) April 4, 2023
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 15:27 (two years ago)
i don't think i'm doing this right
https://i.imgur.com/9bJzwhg.png
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 15:29 (two years ago)
USC's Rod Dedeaux and a couple of fresh-faced punks (one of whom was cut from the team).
https://phildellio.tripod.com/dedeaux.jpg
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 May 2023 19:16 (two years ago)
Trivia lost to time: RJ*'s battery-mate on that team was Jack Del Rio**, both two-sporters.
*RJ: baseball & basketball **JdR: baseball & football
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 25 May 2023 19:48 (two years ago)
Checked to see if there was a book on Rod Dedeaux, and there is, from 2013--very short, but may order a copy. He coached a lot of great players, starting with those two and Seaver.
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 May 2023 20:16 (two years ago)
https://i.postimg.cc/3r9q5cZq/IMG-4436.jpgI kept forgetting to post this, truly iconic photo of Lincecum imo. This is his first postseason game in 2010 vs Halladay’s Phillies. Other photos from this game are (maybe?) more well known because of the Phillies fans whistling/jeering at him but this one is incredible for the composition: the windup, the incongruity, the lights. Everyone remembers this game for the two Cody Ross “ssory doc” homers but Ross himself was talking about this game on a podcast and said Lincecum was the forgotten man of this game - held a loaded Phillies lineup to 3 runs in 7 innings. Anyway.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Tuesday, 4 July 2023 10:35 (two years ago)
Not quite what this thread is, but if I could have seen any three pitchers ever, these'd be the three.
https://phildellio.tripod.com/pitchers.jpg
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 July 2023 06:03 (two years ago)
again not a portrait but what a great picture. manny in left.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/resizer/2DTF0wzLfkbxg3lL4KNsmxmxIJ0=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-bostonglobe/ATSRF6HK3PH3C5KPX34DDHFEOE.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 06:31 (two years ago)
from this article: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/24/sports/fenway-park/
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 06:43 (two years ago)
Speaking of Boston and left field:
https://i.postimg.cc/65kv740X/yazted.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 29 July 2023 18:29 (two years ago)
Awww.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 5 August 2023 10:51 (two years ago)
Yaz? Yaz.https://www-bostonherald-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/0918-NWS-BHR-L-carlmikeyaz002.jpg?w=978
― a love song for connor wong (gyac), Saturday, 5 August 2023 11:13 (two years ago)
I guess this is a famous photo? I'd never seen it till this morning, when it turned up on my FB wall.
https://www.welovedc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2010-08-10-carter-wipes-away-tear-500x333.jpg
Carter's wiping away a tear as Dawson is honoured by the (then still relatively new) Nationals franchise.
― clemenza, Saturday, 5 August 2023 14:35 (two years ago)
Brendon Barynov (bbflicks on Instagram) is an MLB photographer who mainly photographs the Giants and visiting teams. Some of his usual work:https://i.postimg.cc/Sx2pF42F/IMG-7051.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/FHMXh63f/IMG-7054.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/L4Dqhty4/IMG-7055.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/c4Jv3vjR/IMG-7056.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/YqyhzpKJ/IMG-7057.jpgJP one particularly cool cos his dad is this guy (who I don’t know but clemenza might).Anyway recently he’s been using a disposable camera for shots and the aesthetic really works: something about combining the goofiness of players when they see a disposable camera, which many people associate with fun/informality, with the older/grainer look to the pictures making them look timeless. Padres Polaroid effect?!https://i.postimg.cc/DZyScm03/IMG-7047.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/NMJ5CY29/IMG-7048.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/1zKg6D9K/IMG-7049.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/y8c31wtt/IMG-7052.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/KYbkR0yz/IMG-7050.jpg
― ydkb (gyac), Sunday, 6 August 2023 16:34 (two years ago)
Sorry, missed that--don't know much about the CFL (my friend's brother knows so much, he's been hired by the league for a panel charged with naming the 150 greatest players ever).
Ichiro shaking hands with George Sisler's daughter:
https://i.postimg.cc/ydmLbsds/ichiro.jpg
― clemenza, Friday, 11 August 2023 23:03 (two years ago)
Not sure if I see Fernando in there!
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/USATSI_21190152.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 14 August 2023 16:16 (two years ago)
A little haircut goes a long way
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 14 August 2023 17:56 (two years ago)
https://i.postimg.cc/s2NxMSY3/eckson.jpg
― clemenza, Friday, 18 August 2023 16:35 (two years ago)
We lived down the road from Denny McLain when I was a young child, there were always references to the Tigers around my house, so I was kind of aware of baseball, but this is the first picture (and play) I can remember:
https://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1-rudi-4.jpg
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 18 August 2023 23:35 (two years ago)
I guess not really a portrait, but it's what immediately came to mind when I read the thread title. It's etched in my mind.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 18 August 2023 23:40 (two years ago)
Here's a portrait to make up for it.
https://www.si.com/.image/t_share/MTY4MTI4MjI3NTU1Mjg4MzM3/1969-0622-reggie-jackson-001161220jpg.jpg
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 18 August 2023 23:43 (two years ago)
A shocking omission from the underwear pics upthread
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kOsAAOSwekpiF-O6/s-l1600.jpg
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 18 August 2023 23:57 (two years ago)
McLain is fascinating. I tried to get a filmmaker friend interested in exploring a possible documentary on him 10 years ago, but we never pursued it. Still alive, 79.
― clemenza, Saturday, 19 August 2023 00:56 (two years ago)
Rudi--along with Fingers--is in the Reggie documentary on Prime, the three of them sitting around reminiscing.
McLain was the dark side to the beloved Mickey Lolich.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 19 August 2023 20:39 (two years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/lNK2VAZ.png
this is a bad baseball portrait, sorry, but notably bad!
― z_tbd, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 14:45 (one year ago)
finally, pete rose made the hall!
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 15:00 (one year ago)
I collect those postcards--I'm right up to date as of the 2023 group. I look forward to purchasing my Notably Bad Whitey card sometime soon. (You know who else was a pretend architect? George Costanza.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 17:32 (one year ago)
Saw this on the official mlb account and it’s a great shot IMO; the bubble; the swing of the necklace; and the right arm readying the throw. https://i.postimg.cc/1zzKRgjn/IMG-2993.jpg
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 10 July 2024 12:49 (one year ago)
https://i.imgur.com/maNuhol.png
― z_tbd, Sunday, 24 November 2024 23:37 (one year ago)
I don’t know where else to share this great photo of Sparky Anderson. He looks like he’s conjuring up a spell or somethinghttps://media.gettyimages.com/id/452540735/photo/detroit-mi-manager-sparky-anderson-of-the-detroit-tigers-smokes-on-his-pipe-prior-to-the-start.jpg
― brimstead, Monday, 24 February 2025 20:08 (ten months ago)
well shit, nevermind https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/manager-sparky-anderson
23 pages of sparky Anderson pics… not how I imagined i would spend my night, but here I am
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 25 February 2025 05:32 (ten months ago)
59yo at the time
https://i.imgur.com/zcHzFiP.jpeg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 06:05 (ten months ago)
that’s the one, thanks mookie
― brimstead, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 14:44 (ten months ago)
i think as a young baseball fan i was always amazed at how old Sparky looked, though maybe not as amazed as i was about Phil Niekro still pitching for the Braves when he was by all appearances in his late '70s.
― omar little, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 19:58 (ten months ago)
70s!
― omar little, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 19:59 (ten months ago)
i’m not sure how this escaped my attention until now, but the first known photo of someone - anyone, baseball or not - giving anyone the finger is this one of old hoss radbourn, in this 1886 boston beaneaters team photo
https://i.ibb.co/FkY3ypSC/Screenshot-2025-12-26-at-7-29-18-PM.png
― z_tbd, Saturday, 27 December 2025 01:33 (two weeks ago)
idk this feels like a pixels situation
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 December 2025 04:13 (two weeks ago)
i do not know what a pixels situation is! you mean like a doctored photo?
the sad truth, i first saw this picture because i was seeing whose birthday it is today (checking facebook) and the photo was served to me on the feed because it knows i always pause over baseball stuff. but i did visit wikipedia, which said
Radbourn is also known for being the first person photographed gesturing the middle finger. In 1886, an image was captured of him "flipping off" a member of the New York Giants in a team photo.[15]
― z_tbd, Sunday, 28 December 2025 17:13 (two weeks ago)
i don’t get how people used to be able to do athletics while wearing sweaters
― budo jeru, Sunday, 28 December 2025 17:16 (two weeks ago)
i figure it was a combo of playing without gloves and drinking gallons of whisky
― z_tbd, Sunday, 28 December 2025 17:30 (two weeks ago)
xp I feel this way every time I see baseball players wearing leather belts
― colonic interrogation (gyac), Sunday, 28 December 2025 17:45 (two weeks ago)
it’s crazy that they used to play without gloves, even crazier when you consider that the ball used to be made of pure steel and heated to 400 degrees before gameplay
― budo jeru, Sunday, 28 December 2025 19:18 (two weeks ago)
not to mention the then-common habit of chewing on lead as a way to treat stomach conditions
― z_tbd, Sunday, 28 December 2025 19:54 (two weeks ago)
no longer common, thank god
https://i.postimg.cc/9QZNmRxr/suarez.jpg
Eugenio Suárez #28 of the Seattle Mariners blows a bubble during batting practice prior to game five of the American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers at T-Mobile Park on October 10, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 5 January 2026 00:42 (one week ago)