How many baseball fans are aware that for over 30 years, the Cubs held Spring training on their own private paradise? The spot was Santa Catalina Island, located in the Pacific Ocean, 25 miles off the coast of Los Angeles.
Cubs Spring Training on Catalina Island!
How many baseball fans are aware that for 30 years the Cubs held Spring training on their own private paradise, Santa Catalina Island? “The Isle with a Smile” was located in the Pacific Ocean, 25 miles off the coast of Los Angeles…
Spring Training, 1912 Style in Marlin, Texas!
With spring training finally starting to heat up this year, here’s one of my favorites: a neat photo, originally found by my Old-Time Baseball Photos partner, Ron Bolton, from the 1912 Giants spring training camp in Marlin, Texas…
Spring Training Is Upon Us! Let’s Play Ball!
The snow is deep in Chicago. The air is cold. The Super Bowl is over. And now the players have all packed their bags and headed south for warmer climes! That wonderful phrase we all love to hear, “Pitchers and Catchers Report,” is now a reality. Spring games start this week…
Vintage Dead Ball Era Photo: 1913 White Sox in Front of Hotel Oakland
To our many readers who are fans of the Dead Ball Era, here’s a repost of a real gem – one of the best Dead Ball Era team photos you’ll ever see…
Solving the Mystery of Togo Hamamoto
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Spring Training, 1912 Style in Marlin, Texas!
With spring training finally starting to heat up, here’s a neat photo from the Giants spring training camp in 1912…
Guest Post: Spring Training at Fort Lauderdale Stadium
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Cubs Spring Training on Catalina Island!
How many baseball fans are aware that for 30 years the Cubs held Spring training on their own private paradise?…
1927 Yankees: Spring Training in St. Petersburg, Florida
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Spring Training, Part I: Let’s Play Ball!
If this photo won’t put you in the mood for baseball, nothing will!…
I Meet Andre Dawson at Cub Spring Training in Mesa, Arizona!
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Cubs Spring Training on Catalina Island!
How many baseball fans are aware that for 30 years the Cubs held Spring training on their own private paradise island?
“Welcome Back Baseball!”
We’ve endured a long, grueling winter that’s apparently not over yet, not by “a long shot” (or even as long as a blast off the bat of the great Bambino himself!).
Spring Training, 1912 Style
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Cub Spring Training on Catalina Island
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