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Old 03-06-2009, 12:39 PM
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Default Ahh, Spring is in the air - Deadball era baseball footage

Posted By: Mark L

Wow. I've seen some parts of those clips before, but much of it is new to me. I agree with everyone else. And as a lifelong Pirates fan, I particularly liked the footage from the 1909 series. Since they are filming at Forbes, I going to guess that they are showing us the first game of the series. On that day, the Bucs hit one home run. And since you can see some fans cheering in the foreground it was probably a Pirate dinger. If that is it, then we see Fred Clarke rounding the bases and right hand hitting Honus Wagner stepping up to bat next. Never thought I'd get a chance to see something like that. Thanks for pointing that out.

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