Mel Ott was just 18 but already had 35 big league games under his belt when he stepped in front of a camera for this photo in the early spring of 1927. Small but powerful, Ott was a tremendous prospect. Little did anyone know at the time, however, that he would become one of the most feared hitters in baseball history. The photo captures the 5’9” slugger before … [Read more...] about Photo of the Day: Mel Ott, Teen Big Leaguer
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Ruth Home Run Photo from 1927 Series at Auction
An original news photo of Babe Ruth accepting a handshake from Lou Gehrig as he crosses home plate after hitting a home run in the 1927 World Series is among the headliners for RMY Auctions this month. The 7 ¾” x 10” photo shows the two Hall of Fame icons at their most dominant. The ’27 Yankees are regarded as perhaps the greatest team of all-time and they’d follow the … [Read more...] about Ruth Home Run Photo from 1927 Series at Auction
Photo of the Day: Vince Lombardi on the Tackle
The image in your mind might be of a bespectacled man in his 50s , wearing a long winter coat and hat—or maybe a green windbreaker. Vince Lombardi is certainly best known as the man who led the Green Bay Packers to five NFL championships during the 1960s. A few decades earlier, though, he was just another guy trying to make a tackle. Our RMY Auctions Photo of the Day is a … [Read more...] about Photo of the Day: Vince Lombardi on the Tackle
Photo of the Day: Christy Mathewson in 1911
There were few athletes more famous than Christy Mathewson was a century ago. A look at the back of a 103-year-old photograph tells you all you need to know. The 1911 Silver Gelatin American Press Association photo pictures Mathewson gazing skyward while the back bears the identification any self-respecting newspaper man would have recognized: “Matty”. Like Tiger and … [Read more...] about Photo of the Day: Christy Mathewson in 1911
Vintage Photo of the Day: Teenage Babe Ruth
He wasn’t The Babe yet. Just George; one of the students enrolled at St. Mary’s Industrial School. It was coming, though. His skill on the baseball diamond was impossible to miss, even as a teenager and soon he’d be discovered, signed to a pro baseball contract and sent on his way to immortality. The Vintage Photo of the Day is this image of Babe Ruth taken around 1912 … [Read more...] about Vintage Photo of the Day: Teenage Babe Ruth