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In 1966, a Look Magazine writer and photographer followed @mets.com minor league prospect Byron Von Hoff through his first season as a pro ball player, which began in Marion, Va. I love this shot of Von Hoff walking through a cow field in full Marion Mets uniform. @sabrpictorial.bsky.social

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Normally we see baseball players in front of the camera. However, there are a few who have taken a turn behind the camera, like Washington Senators player Germany Schaefer. Show us other players who have gone behind the camera.

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SABR’s ongoing book series on memorable Negro League teams includes the 1939 champion Baltimore Elite Giants, featuring a young Roy Campanella and HOFer Biz Mackey. All the bios, games & essays from this book are now online. sabr.org/research/art... Bios: sabr.org/bioproj/cate...

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Just stumbled on a stunning color photo of Larry Doby as a Baltimore Oriole, circa 1958, in the @sabrpictorial.bsky.social SABR-Rucker Archive. Doby never played a game with the Orioles, he was traded twice (CHW>BAL>CLE) during the 1957-58 offseason.

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Today @baseball-reference.com celebrates its 25th anniversary. Let's honor them with a game many of us play. How many of the 12 players pictured on their home page can you name?

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Happy SABR Baseball Cards birthday to Babe Ruth! Would ❤️ to see a Cards or @sabrpictorial.bsky.social blog post on date/location of this great photo. Rucker Archive has 1925-27 and Getty has "somewhere in the Southeast during the trip north from Spring Training before the start of the 1925 season."

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A partial scorecard from the SABR-Rucker collection. The Chicago White Stockings defeated the Boston Red Stockings 16-14 on June 2, 1871. Ed Pinkham had a good game scoring three times and picking up the pitching win. sabr.org/sabr-rucker-...

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Women playing baseball at the Pomham Club in Providence RI, during a Whiting & Davis company outing. The photograph is from between 1900-1915. Part of the Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection at @historicnewengland.bsky.social

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Before Magic the Gathering and Pokemon there was the Egerton R. Williams baseball card game from 1889. In the SABR-Rucker archive collection, you can find all 19 player cards, action cards, a direction booklet, a scorecard, and the original box top. sabr.org?s=E.R.+Willi...

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Do I know anyone near the University of Manitoba who might be able to do a photo archive search for a SABR member? The Winnipeg Tribune photo collection is there, but seems that only 6,000 of their 250,000 item collection has been digitized...

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We are sad to hear about the passing of Jeff Torborg this morning. When he was the manager of the Chicago White Sox, he had a small framed display of all his Topps baseball cards on his desk. @sabrbbcards.bsky.social

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For a period of about 15 years, following her husband’s passing, Florence Wolf Dreyfuss was the Pirates owner. William Benswanger, her son-in-law, ran the team and made the crucial decisions, but it was Mrs. Dreyfuss’s ball club. This was during the ‘L. Waner, P. Waner, Vaughan and Traynor’ days.

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Rogers Hornsby, Richie Ashburn, and Casey Stengel at the first New York Mets Spring training.

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Eddie Collins of the Philadelphia Athletics and Johnny Evers of the Boston Braves shake hands before Game 1 of the 1914 World Series.

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Larry Doby and Jackie Robinson stand in front of the dugout with Matty Brescia at Martin Stadium in Memphis, TN in 1953. Can you spot the third baseball Hall of Famer in the photograph?

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You can only pick one autographed photograph for your collection. Which one do you pick? 1) Larry Doby with Satchel Paige and Mudcat Grant. 2) Larry Doby with Monte Irvin.

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Have you visited the SABR-Rucker Archives collection? Here is a photograph of a beautiful scrapbook from the collection. Someone clearly took care when they cut out this January 1912 Baseball Magazine Cover and added baseball cards around it. See more of the collection at sabr.org/rucker-archive

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It is wonderful to hear that Dick Allen and Dave Parker have been elected to the baseball hall of fame. Here are two of their most iconic photographs. Share your memories or photographs of these two HOFers.

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It is a stare-down contest, who are you backing to win? 1) Dave Stewart 2) Jud Wilson 3) Andy Pettitte 4) Bob Gibson Is it someone else? tell us who you like to win.

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We have gone down many enjoyable rabbit holes when looking at the Charles "Teenie" Harris online collection. Not only is there a large collection of baseball photographs, but also spectacular photographs of life in the Pittsburgh area. carnegieart.org/art/charles-...

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How do you feel about graded photographs? Is it a good grading system or is there something better? Is the photo market ready for grading?

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Who wants to go on a photo research dig? It looks like there is some photo matching work that can be done here. Can we help the SABR Baseball Card Committee take this mini-mystery from 79% solved to 100%.

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Any help on figuring out who these guys are? I’m about as good at ID’ing players from the 1940s as I am at winning the lottery. Yes, absolutely tagging @sabrpictorial.bsky.social to try and better crowdsource.

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The AL and NL Manager of the Year will be announced tonight, 3 men have won the award 4 times. Bobby Cox, Tony LaRussa, and Buck Showalter. But Showalter has won with 4 different teams. New York Yankees (1994) Texas Rangers (2004) Baltimore Orioles (2014) New York Mets (2022)

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Today, Sunday, November 17, at 2 pm EST, Love of the Game Auctions will be live-streaming on Facebook live a panel discussion about the relationship between sports photography and fine art. It will be recorded and available to watch later for those who can not attend.

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He ain't heavy, he's my brother. 1) Joe Niekro and Phil Niekro (HOF) 2) Wes Ferrell (HOF) and Rick Ferrell 3) George Brett (HOF) and Ken Brett 4) Vladimir Guerrero (HOF) and Wilton Guerrero

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Newark Eagles Appreciation 1) 1946 World Championship team. 2) Co-owner Abraham Manley, manager Biz Mackey and unidentified. 3) A young Effa Manley, Co-owner. 4) Monte Irvin and Larry Doby.

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Harmon Killebrew posing for his Target Field statue…

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A few baseball players born on this date: November 14 Harry Howell 1876 Jimmy Piersall 1929 Willie Hernandez 1954 Francisco Lindor 1993

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Still thinking about @sabrpictorial.bsky.social’s challenge to post one’s favorite ⚾️ photo. Among those I’ve taken, this might be it. Clamoring for postgame slushees, Pennsylvania, circa 2010.

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On this date in 1968, Bob Gibson won the National League Most Valuable Player award. It would be 46 years before another pitcher won NL MVP. #OTD

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