Cool baseball related photos

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Rollie Fingers pitching at the old Yankee Stadium, 1970s

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The members of the New York Yankees infield for 1927 pose together before a game in Yankee Stadium: Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Mark Koenig, and Joe Duga.

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Sorry, double post

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Roger Maris the day he broke Ruth’s record against the Boston Red Sox at Old Yankee Stadium in 1961…

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Johnny Evers won two World Series Championships in Chicago and proved himself a capable player-manager. But after 12 seasons as a Cub, the second baseman was Boston bound in early 1914.

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Willie Mays eats part of the birthday cake presented to him before the start of a game with the Phillies on May 6, 1972. He was traded to the Mets a week later.

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Horlick Field, Racine, WI - From 1943 to 1950 this small but historic ballpark that still stands today was home to the AAGPBL's Racine Belles from 1943 to 1950. The Belles won the first AAGPBL'S championship in 1943, just like they did in the film "A League of Their Own", except they won it against the Kenosha Comets and not Tom Hank's Rockford Peaches as depicted in the movie.
Horlick Field was also home to two NFL teams in the 1920s, the Legion (1922-1924) and the Tornadoes (1926).
Designed in 1907 and opened in 1917 it's capacity was 5,000.The ballpark was named after William Horlick, the inventor of malted milk, who donated the land for it to be built on.

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1921 - Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis places eight members of the Chicago White Sox on the ineligible list for their alleged involvement in the fixing of the 1919 World Series.
The group includes outfielder Joe Jackson, who batted .375 in the Series. Others banned are Eddie Cicotte, Happy Felsch, Chick Gandil, Fred McMullin, Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver and Lefty Williams.
The Commissioner used his new powers to place the eight accused players on an "ineligible list" that effectively suspending them indefinitely from all of organized professional baseball.