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mchenrycards
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Let me just say that its been a rough week at work which has limited my ability to post a photo of the day for most of the days this week. I might start posting the night before so that I can insure I get these up here. I hope you all enjoy looking at this stuff as much as I do in finding it and posting here.
Today's photo of the day features Ted Williams sizing up White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce in an undated photo. From the scoreboard we know this is pre-1960 as that is the year when Bill Veeck installed his exploding scoreboard and did away with the huge Chesterfield sign. I thought this photo, while being black and white and shot at night was exceptional because it not only showed one of the all time greats trying to get an advantage by sizing up the pitcher during warm ups but also features two Chicago White Sox legends, Billy Pierce and the catcher Sherm Lollar. Pierce is so underrated because he toiled for years for a team that was always a contender but would get overshadowed by the powerhouse that was the Yankees. Many feel that he should be in the Hall of Fame and his numbers support at least a discussion on this topic. Lollar was a baseball lifer who put in eleven years with the White Sox and had a seventeen year career in the majors all together.
Comiskey park was originally built by Charles Comiskey (who was known as the Old Roman) and was dubbed the Baseball Palace of the World at the time it was built. The old ball park would open in July of 1910 and host All Star games, World Series games, concerts, boxing matches and even some tent revivals and circus events. And lets not forget that the Black Sox of 1919 used this park as their home field in which they conspired to throw the World Series of that year.
I had the pleasure of attending many gmes at this ball park and always loved the right history that came along with it. I remember looking out towards the outfield walls with those arched window areas and realizing that those arches I was sitting in front of were the same arches that I saw in vintage photos of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Lou Gehrig. The history of this place could not be overstated and I was sad to see it go.
I hope you enjoy today's photo of the day.
A photo to show you how the ball park really looked in the daylight!!
Today's photo of the day features Ted Williams sizing up White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce in an undated photo. From the scoreboard we know this is pre-1960 as that is the year when Bill Veeck installed his exploding scoreboard and did away with the huge Chesterfield sign. I thought this photo, while being black and white and shot at night was exceptional because it not only showed one of the all time greats trying to get an advantage by sizing up the pitcher during warm ups but also features two Chicago White Sox legends, Billy Pierce and the catcher Sherm Lollar. Pierce is so underrated because he toiled for years for a team that was always a contender but would get overshadowed by the powerhouse that was the Yankees. Many feel that he should be in the Hall of Fame and his numbers support at least a discussion on this topic. Lollar was a baseball lifer who put in eleven years with the White Sox and had a seventeen year career in the majors all together.
Comiskey park was originally built by Charles Comiskey (who was known as the Old Roman) and was dubbed the Baseball Palace of the World at the time it was built. The old ball park would open in July of 1910 and host All Star games, World Series games, concerts, boxing matches and even some tent revivals and circus events. And lets not forget that the Black Sox of 1919 used this park as their home field in which they conspired to throw the World Series of that year.
I had the pleasure of attending many gmes at this ball park and always loved the right history that came along with it. I remember looking out towards the outfield walls with those arched window areas and realizing that those arches I was sitting in front of were the same arches that I saw in vintage photos of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Lou Gehrig. The history of this place could not be overstated and I was sad to see it go.
I hope you enjoy today's photo of the day.
A photo to show you how the ball park really looked in the daylight!!