Cool baseball related photos

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Pete Gray, the one-armed outfielder for the Browns, takes a practice swing. He was born this day in 1915.

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Urban Shocker of the St. Louis Browns pitched two complete games against the Chicago White Sox and won both, 6-2, September 6. 1924.

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May 30, 1997 ... Mo Vaughn had perhaps his best day ever in a Red Sox uniform against the Yankees at Fenway Park in this game. In five plate appearances, he was perfect. He singled off the wall, homered into the Red Sox bullpen, homered to left-center, walked, and homered into the Red Sox bullpen again, as the Sox beat the Yankees 10 to 4.
After Mo's third home run of the game, it was expected that the Fenway fans would give the Sox first baseman a curtain call and they did. Who could doubt him after he hit everything in sight? It wasn't just the fans who appreciated what they saw here, it was his teammates.
The official distance of his home runs was 392 feet, 447 feet, and 410 feet. Total: 1,249 feet, or 71 feet shy of a quarter-mile.

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"It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know." ~ Pittsburgh #Pirates legend Willie Stargell

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Dodgers holding tryouts in Puerto Rico for local players including bottom right of the photo wearing a #12 on his back - 18-year-old Roberto Clemente, Sept 17, 1952.

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