Cool baseball related photos

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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.

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March 13, 1943 - The major leagues approve a new official ball manufactured by the Spalding Company for the upcoming season. Instead of the usual combination of cork and rubber, the inside of the ball is made up of recycled cork and balata, materials not needed in the war effort. Officials insist the ball will have the resiliency of the 1939 ball, but the players will express dismay that they cannot drive the new ball and point out the dearth of runs and homers in 1942 even with the old ball.

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Babe’s first game with the Boston Braves in 1935…

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Charity Softball with Thurman Munson -Johnny Bench and Tom Seaver