Tim McCarver, a two-time World Series champion, and winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting, died this month. We remember his expansive baseball life.
Two stars of the Philadelphia Athletics, Al Simmons and Jimmie Foxx, sign autographs for kids at the ballpark, circa 1931.
Walter Johnson gifted six special baseballs to the Hall of Fame when he became one of the first inductees of the new institution.
Before he was a superstar pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Koufax was a teenage “bonus baby” for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Philadelphia A’s manager Connie Mack poses with former and present players at West Palm Beach in Florida during spring training in 1951.
Roy Smalley was such an erratic infielder that Cubs fans used to say their double play combo was “[Eddie] Miksis to Smalley to Addison Street.” In six
In 1986, sports fans in Chicago were more excited about their football team and a young long-shorts-wearing basketball phenom than they were the White Sox. In January,
Ted Williams liked to select the lumber for his bats, which is why he’s shown here in Kentucky at the Louisville Slugger factory in the prime of his career.
This remarkable photo shows Babe Ruth taking batting practice at the Polo Grounds in New York on April 23, 1935. The occasion was opening day against the
A vintage Louisville Slugger advertisement featuring Paul Waner, batting champ.