#Baseball history

[newyorkthegoldenage]

On April 10, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American ever to be admitted into the major leagues. He is shown here right after he signed his contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers at the Dodgers' office.

Photo: Associated Press

#vintage New York #1940s #Jackie Robinson #MLB #vintage baseball #baseball history #first black ballplayer #Brooklyn Dodgers #April 10 #10 April #vintage Brooklyn

[usnatarchives]

⚾ Before #WWII, women played #baseball in junior and minor leagues throughout the United States. In 1930, Universal News highlighted a "All-Girls Teams in Slug-fest," a game played between Niles and Oakland. ⚾

#openingday #baseball #opening day #women's history #women's history month #sports history #sports #baseball history #national archives #women's sports #women's baseball

[detroitlib]

Group portrait of Detroit Tigers with batboy and dog. Printed on front: "American League Champions, 1907 [sic]." Typed on label on back: "Detroit 'Tigers', 1905. Left to right, top row: Donovan, Disch, Lindsay, Doran, McIntyre, Eubanks, Mullin. Middle row: Lowe, Drill, Killian, Crawford, Armour (mngr.), Wiggs, Cobb, Barrett, O'Leary. Bottom row: Kitson, Warner, Coughlin, Schaefer."

Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library

#detroit tigers #1907 #detroit #tigers #baseball #baseball history #ty cobb #detroit history #detroit public library

[luxshine]

#baseball used to be more inclusive, before money got involved. Way back in 1890, there were female teams named the Bloomer Girls (due to the pants they wore looking a lot like the fashion a suffragist named Amelia Bloomer wore), which didn't segregate by race -as far as I've been able to research, I may be wrong- and more importantly, played against men's teams. Even MORE importantly, they used to have one or two male players, sometime even three. They were called "Toppers" as they would be using wigs to look female, as well as the same uniform as the girls. While some Toppers were cis men, they weren't "better" than the women in the team, and it's very possible that some of them were trans women who took advantage of the tradition in order to present female, at least while playing the sport. Here I show my #originalcharacter from #travelingseers, Spoiler, wearing what would have been the Traveling Seers Bloomer uniform in 1930. #luxshineart #calicochimera #commissionsopen #baseballhistory #LGBTQ+ #playballwednesday

#baseball #Traveling Seers #Original Character #LGBT+ #Baseball history #Trans athletes #Calico Chimera #Comissions open #Playball Wednesday #Baseball History #Luxshine Art

[thingsmk1120sayz]

Rest in peace Brooks Robinson and may your memory be a blessing

#Brooks Robinson #MLB #mlb history #baseball #baseball history #vintage #history #retro #rip #rest in peace #may your memory be a blessing #baltimore orioles

[codedsoul]

50 years ago (April 8, 1974), Hank Aaron made history

#715 #mlb history #hank aaron #braves #baseball #baseball history #legendary #big krit #highlights

[baseballsisco]

It seems like yesterday when NL Umpire John McSherry collapsed on the field during Opening Day 1996 in Cincinnati. He would subsequently pass away. This one hits a little close to home.

I was working a law firm im Yonkers,, NY and we were at a local bar in Riverdale having lunch when he collapsed live on TV. The bartender and some patrons were shocked and got up to use the payphones since McSherry was not only a native of the Bronx, but he was a regular at that exact bar.

When we got back to the office, one of the secretaries asked me what was happening with the game. I told her that an umpire collapsed on the field. She got hysterical and asked if it was "John." We told her that it was indeed John McSherry. She started crying. He lived in her building. Her and her husband Doc were close friends with him. It was truly one of the saddest moments I've beared witness to.

May you continue to Rest in Peace John "Big John" McSherry.

#John McSherry #Baseball History #Historia Del Beisbol #Yakyū No Rekishi #Baseball #Beisbol #Pro Yakyu #BaseballSisco

[musingsofahistorymajor]

I finally found some time to watch the A League of Their Own show and OH MY GOD IT'S GOOD!!!

I have so many feelings right now I don't even know how to properly express myself. This may be completely incoherent and I apologize for that but its tumblr so I can be incoherent here.

As a woman, a former softball player, a member of the lgbtqia+ community, and a historian I am on cloud nine and I am legitimately crying right now. This show means so much and the care that went into telling these stories is so evident I can hardly believe it. You can see how much they researched and how much of this is set in real history. The stories being told, the history being shared is so important and I love that it's being told. God I'm emotional. Little girls are gonna see the show and see these amazing women, these amazing queer and poc women, and be inspired. That is why I study and share womens history. I'm crying. I'm crying so much. These stories are so important. And all those idiots saying this show sucks because of added wokeness or whatever bullshit they're saying in their review bombs can SUCK IT because THIS IS HISTORICALLY ACCURATE!!! These stories happened!! The characters may be fictional and some things in the show are fictionalized but their stories are true!! The creators of this show did extensive research and talked to former members of the league. You can't claim this was made up for woke points because THIS IS FACT!!! Queer women were in the AAGPBL. Black women were barred from the AAGPBL but still found a way to play professional baseball and their stories are real and needed to be told.

As someone who has extensively studied women's history during World War II, I am screaming! I've been so excited for this show to come out. I love womens history and especially women during the 1940s and I love the story of the AAGPBL and I'm so freaking happy to see it depicted in a show. I'm also a big fan of the original movie. I am impressed with how much you can tell that these creators researched the period and the league. You can tell which stories they found to draw from and how speaking to former players like Maybell Blair influenced the story they are telling. To be able to tell queer and POC stories for a modern audience set within a historical time period. I'm just blown away. I'm so impressed.

And I'm not just in awe of the overall story being told but I'm so happy with the tiny details. I'm so often disappointed by costuming and dialogue and such but not with this show. There is period accurate clothing!! The dresses, the colors and designs, the luggage, the hair, the jewelry, THE UNDERWEAR! ACCURATE!! That never happens in period shows!!! They even got the peaches logo right on the uniform!!!

God I've teared up so many times. First it was because this is a tv show about WOMEN'S HISTORY. Which is something that never gets told! I want 1,000 more shows just like about other aspects of womens history please. This was perfect. Then I cried was because this is a show with an entire cast of women! So many women! How many TVs show are just about women! Then I teared up because baseball! And baseball history! And womens baseball history! And then I teared up because POC women!!!!! And POC women's history!!! And then I teared up because queer women!!!! And i teared up because of female friendships!!!

I'M DOING A LOT OF CRYING ON MULTIPLIE ACCOUNTS HERE!!!

Anyway, please do yourself a favor and WATCH THIS SHOW!!!!!!! There really is nothing else like it.

#stephs stuff #a league of the own series #a league of their own #aloto #women's history #badass ladies of history #wwii history #wwii #women in wwii #period dramas #tv shows #baseball history

[the-football-chick]

New York Yankees RF Aaron Judge just tied Roger Maris' single-season home run record of 61 when Judge went deep in the 7th inning off Toronto Blue Jays' pitcher Tim Mayza.

IG: mlb (9/28/22)

#mlb #aaron judge #they didn't walk him! #baseball #roger maris #61 home runs #baseball history #pitcher knew immediately #roger maris jr

[baseballisabunchofweirdmen]

Did you know the first baseball player to ever come out as gay (back in the 1970s) was also one of the two people to invent the high five?

Although homophobia from teammates saw him retire early, Glenn Burke still left a big mark on American sports.

#lgbt #history #baseball history #Glenn Burke #dodgers

[sywenai]

Baseball is so funny because you got guys in the field with names like

#i know this is different from what i post #baseball players #baseball history #ossee schreckengost and peek-a-boo veach are my favourites #what's yours

[usnatarchives]

President Obama Awards Vin Scully the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House, 11/22/2016, NARA ID 200283945.

#RIP Vin Scully Voice of the Dodgers for 67 seasons

Vin Scully at the White House with President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan, by Pete Souza, 10/26/1988. Reagan Library photo.

Coming soon: All American: The Power of Sports! National Archives Museum, DC, 9/16/22-1/7/2024

This 3,000-square-foot exhibit showcases more than 75 items including original records, artifacts, and photographs. Highlights include original sports equipment and jerseys gifted by star athletes to Presidents, early 20th-century tobacco baseball cards, trophies, rare pictures and film footage, patents, and more! Press release here. All American: The Power of Sports is made possible in part by the National Archives Foundation through the generous support of AT&T, AARP, and Mars, Incorporated. Additional support provided by HISTORY® and the Lawrence F. O'Brien Family. 

Related records:

Special Topics page: Baseball at the National Archives

eBook: Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives

Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate

Pieces of History blog post: Jackie Robinson’s 100th

Online Exhibit: Letter from Jackie Robinson to IKE about the Little Rock 9

#baseball #baseball history #dodgers #brooklyn dodgers #la dodgers #ripvinscully #reagan #reagan library #obama #obama library #presidential medal of freedom #letsgododgers #vinscullynight

[detroitlib]

Compilation of baseball records for the Detroit Tigers from 1907-1949. Printed on cover: "Tiger records, 1907-1949."

Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library

#tiger #tigers #detroit tigers #vintage #baseball #baseball history #mlb #detroit #1949 #animal illustration #detroit public library

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"BASEBALL IN PRISONS." Kingston Daily Standard. August 3, 1912. Editorial. --- We learn from the New York World that on Sunday last there was played the first of a series of baseball games at Comstock, N.Y., having a considerable interest for others besides "fans." It was played by two teams made up of convicts in the Great Meadow Prison, where the Warden has organized a five-team league from among the 540 prisoners to contest for the prison championship.

Those who think that prisons are intended to reform the criminals will welcome this as an enlightened policy; those who think that punishment is the primary object of imprisonment may object to it. For our own part we welcome it. It is in line with what the Hon. Mr. Hanna is doing on the prison farm. How would it do to try a similar experiment out at Portsmouth? They have an excellent umpire out there in the person of one of the officials while we have no doubt there are many good ball players among the unfortunates confined within the four walls and for whom life at best is none too inviting. To be sure it is their own fault that they are there; but would not this taste of freedoms make them long yet more for the greater freedom that comes from clean, honorable living? Punishment is punishment; but back of all the law is, or should be, the higher purpose of reformation.

#editorial #comstock ny #great meadow prison #kingston penitentiary #penal reform #prison sports #baseball #baseball history #sport in prison #rehabilitation #guelph reformatory #w. j. hanna #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada

[luxshine]

#Baseballhistory Wednesday! Professional #Womensbaseball started on September 11, 1875 between the Blondes and the Brunettes in Springfield, Illinois, and ever since then, there have been women's leagues, officially and unofficially all over the world. But they only played in skirts when they were the #AllamericanGirlsProfessionalBaseballleague to bring in viewers while the men players were in world war II. Because seriously, you don't want to slide in home with a skirt!

#travelingseers #Calicochimera #Luxshineart #baseball #Baseball history #Women's baseball #All american Girls Professional Baseball leauge #Luxshine art

[thingsmk1120sayz]

Baseball field Japan 1960s

#1960s #Japan #baseball #vintage baseball #retro baseball #baseball history #vintage #history #retro