Mamie “Peanut” Johnson, one of three women to play in baseball’s Negro Leagues, was born on this date in 1935.
Some great images in this striking photoessay by Scott Strazzante on the Oakland Coliseum, where the A's just played their last game, victim of another reviled owner. www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
The Oakland Coliseum has likely hosted it's last A’s game. Here’s a look at the venue’s history in photos.
My final photo captured at the #OaklandColiseum I documented so much with my lens during the last six days of A’s baseball in Oakland. Some images will be shared as standalones, some I will use in my mixed media art. All will always remind me of the spirit of those who lost their team today.
Based on Baseball-Reference, it appears that eight members of the 1962 New York Mets are still alive to see the 2024 Chicago White Sox erase their hold on baseball infamy. (They are: Craig Anderson, Galen Cisco, Cliff Cook, John DeMerit, Rick Herrscher, Jay Hook, Jim Marshall, and Felix Mantilla.)
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