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From HA Sports. A lean Babe Ruth when he was pitching for the Boston Red Sox. Current Bid: $70,000. Ruth was paid $3,500 in 1916 by the Red Sox. The most he ever made was $80,000. An outrageous sum back in the 1930’s. “As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher’s mound. It was as if I’d been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.” – babe ruth From HA Sports: The first card Ruth appeared on is card #151 from...

History of the San Francisco Seals baseball team – charter members of the Pacific Coast League (LCL). From the SFO Museum. San Francisco Seals playing at Recreation Park 1927 Dario Lodigiani of the Oakland Oaks sliding into third base 1937 Seals and New York Giants in exhibition game at Seals Stadium 1947 Excerpt: Before the arrival of the Giants from New York in 1958, the Seals were San Francisco’s favorite professional baseball team and an integral part of the city’s fabric. There were no Major League Baseball teams west of St. Louis during the first half of the twentieth century...

When the manliest of men maintained mannish mustaches. Print showing a batter standing at home plate with catcher and umpire awaiting the pitch; view is from the pitcher’s mound, with grandstand visible in the background. – Library Of Congress + Source: Baseball Poster No. 281 :: 1895 :: Library Of Congress

+ Source: Shoeless Joe Jackson :: Photo :: Library Of Congress

+ Source: Tyrus Raymond Cobb, Detroit Tigers :: Library Of Congress + Related: Ty Cobb :: Wikipedia