need IDs
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 10:50 (seven years ago) link
1. ernie orsatti2. eddie grant3. larry benton4. baby doll jacobson
― velko, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 11:08 (seven years ago) link
rolling newly discovered color footage of old-tyme baseball
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/sports/ted-williams-film-last-game.html
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
just barely beat ya to it
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
i failed at searching : /
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:35 (five years ago) link
https://phildellio.tripod.com/clemente.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 06:57 (two years ago) link
There's some Yankee fan page or something that keeps showing up on my FB wall with great photos.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BSoQlS-CUAAQgpE.jpg
― clemenza, Friday, 1 April 2022 03:14 (two years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/61/f4/6c/61f46cbfcb8e6a28a7859da261fdf098.jpg
― clemenza, Friday, 1 April 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
wow, when eras collide
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 1 April 2022 08:12 (two years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPTs6HkVIAM52N5?format=jpg&name=medium
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 April 2022 13:58 (two years ago) link
I'd never seen this till yesterday.
Ozzie Smith and Eddie Murray, high school teammates. Because that really happened. pic.twitter.com/G474z1OVjp— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) August 31, 2021
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 13:32 (one year ago) link
I'm in one of those Facebook groups for the small town where I grew up. Someone posted this morning, identifying it as 1971 and soliciting names.
https://i.postimg.cc/3wxP8GHQ/baseball.jpg
97% sure that's me just to the coach's right. (Couldn't remember his name, but someone ID'd him as Mr. Morton in the comments.) I'm so proud of those pants--I hadn't even read Ball Four yet, but I was already bucking the system. Typically, I'm trying to sneak a glance at the lineup card, worried about where I'm batting or even if I'm starting.
― clemenza, Saturday, 3 February 2024 14:44 (three months ago) link
Great photo. Looks like you guys were getting in some fall ball.
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 3 February 2024 15:04 (three months ago) link
I think you're right--the weather still made sense then.
― clemenza, Saturday, 3 February 2024 17:15 (three months ago) link
I think I posted in the portraits thread about how great Walter Iooss is (probably misspelled his name as I can’t find it in search) but was reminded of this by this thread & a SFG photography book I bought recently.https://i.postimg.cc/ZqywVGpd/IMG-4819.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/5Nw2vyXc/IMG-4816.jpgYogi Berra & Whitey Fordhttps://i.postimg.cc/gkJqM9P2/IMG-4817.jpgDiMaggio (at old timers day)https://i.postimg.cc/52y7FYtp/IMG-4820.jpgJuan Marichalhttps://i.postimg.cc/NfpCM7Q5/IMG-4821.jpgMayshttps://i.postimg.cc/bJc3Mm9F/IMG-4822.jpgKoufaxhttps://i.postimg.cc/vBr3d5P8/IMG-4825.jpg
I follow former SI photographer Walter Iooss on IG (you should too) and he posted this pic he took of Willie Mays the other day on Mays’s 90th bday. Pull this picture out every time someone says “they didn’t have athletes then like we have now.” pic.twitter.com/y6buSb1o54— Harry Arnett (@harryarnett) May 7, 2021
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 3 February 2024 17:46 (three months ago) link
Some background for some of these photos here
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 3 February 2024 17:47 (three months ago) link
that first one is Dodger Stadium is just sensational. and the Piazza graphic! so 90s.
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 3 February 2024 18:49 (three months ago) link
I think the three trees on the left are these ones
Fun Fact: The three palm trees in the left field bullpen are nicknamed, "The Three Sisters". They're so iconic to the stadium and to the team, the Dodgers actually incorporated them as part of their sock design. 🌴🌴🌴 pic.twitter.com/SjFysBE83g— All Sports History (@AllSportHistory) April 6, 2020
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 3 February 2024 18:56 (three months ago) link
He turned 80 last year, still alive. His site:
https://www.walteriooss.com/
Backatcha, Dick Allen:
https://i.postimg.cc/Vvt8S7QL/walter.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 3 February 2024 19:49 (three months ago) link
Dave Parker, 1973 Charleston Charlies. @Pirates pic.twitter.com/nbq4vRmH0H— Vintage Jerseys & Hats (@PolyesterUnis) January 27, 2024
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 February 2024 21:09 (three months ago) link
First Jays spring training, 1977. Some weird kind of calisthenics drill, I think.
https://i.postimg.cc/XvMxCT5r/roy.jpg
― clemenza, Friday, 23 February 2024 13:39 (two months ago) link
Is that not just sliding practice?
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 23 February 2024 14:38 (two months ago) link
Joking!
― clemenza, Friday, 23 February 2024 15:22 (two months ago) link
Sorry!
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 23 February 2024 15:24 (two months ago) link
I often assume everyone's on my wavelength. In my local Facebook group yesterday, someone linked to a big table of census-derived data for our town. In the comments I said "You know, a census taker once tried to test me...the rest of the story isn't important." The poster responded "Funny, but not"--I couldn't tell if she got the reference or not.
― clemenza, Friday, 23 February 2024 15:46 (two months ago) link
Cosell at Exhibition Stadium:
https://i.postimg.cc/Sx7NR6f2/cosell.jpg
― clemenza, Sunday, 3 March 2024 19:20 (two months ago) link
I like this one: Ted Williams at spring training, 1981, invited by then-Jays coach Bobby Doerr. (I get some of these from a FB page called Cooperstown in Canada that shows up on my feed.)
https://i.postimg.cc/4N3yMWG1/ted.jpg
"Just get the bat out front, John, and launch that fucking thing into space."
― clemenza, Saturday, 9 March 2024 20:52 (one month ago) link
20-year-old prospect Cito Gaston.
https://i.postimg.cc/GptvRyc4/cito.jpg
― clemenza, Friday, 22 March 2024 19:02 (one month ago) link
The Alous, 1966. (SI's Neil Leifer.)
https://i.postimg.cc/XYJPSPHW/alous.jpg
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 April 2024 01:21 (three weeks ago) link
Frank Robinson, 1966--it was a very good year.
https://i.postimg.cc/wTWTXFdF/frank.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 02:26 (three days ago) link