Baseball Fever Site (must see!)

[jtschantz]

As I was stumbling around the internet today I came across a discussion board very much like net54 that has a 23 page thread with mostly panoramic pictures from the deadball era. Also included in one of the shots was an unopened Play Ball wax box from 1939. The pictures are absolutley stunning! There are hundreds of team shots and most of them have the players identified. You need to sign up with the forum to be able to see the pictures. Make sure you have a couple of hours of downtime when you start looking. Here is the link to the first page of pictures http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=75607 If this has already been discussed on this forum, I apologize ahead of time.

[slidekellyslide]

I posted my own photos to that thread at least two years ago. I haven't looked over there in a very long time..I used to spend time on their 19th century forum too.

Don't go over if you're looking for knowledge on prewar cards though...while many of the posters there know their baseball history they don't know cards.

[toppcat]

Just killed a half hour there without even trying-thanks for posting!

[Chris Counts]

The vintage high resolution photos displayed in the threads are awesome!

[Anthony S.]

Loved the dog standing in the 1916 Cleveland Indians panoramic.

[williamcohon]

Thank you for posting this link. Those photos are fantastic!!!.

[Ladder7]

Anthony, that same mutt is in the T200 card... I believe he shagged balls during BP. I knew his name at one time.

Baseball-fever is a terrific site!

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by Ladder7

Anthony, that same mutt is in the T200 card... I believe he shagged balls during BP. I knew his name at one time.

I did a little internet digging and came up with this site about Jack Graney - http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?...=5379&bid=1804

In it, the dog's name is mentioned; it's Larry.

Graney also cared for a bull terrier named Larry who became the club's mascot. During the 1913 season Larry, as the Naps official mascot, entertained fans before games by leapfrogging over players' backs, chasing down fans that carried straw hats, and retrieving foul balls in batting practice. Larry traveled with the team on the road and entertained the players on the field and in the Pullman cars. Often during the season the dog became so exhausted that Graney would send Larry back to his hometown of St. Thomas for a rest. The dog took an overnight lake steamer to Port Stanley, Ontario, where crewmembers let him off; he then rode the interurban streetcar to St. Thomas. The streetcar conductor would drop off Larry at Elgin Street and the dog would trot over to Graney's parents' home. In July of 1917 Graney took Larry along for a visit to the Rose Building in Cleveland. Larry became lost in the building and by the time he was found, two days later, had contracted distemper. Sadly, he had to be put down. The Cleveland baseball team never had another dog mascot.

[bmarlowe1]

Note that many of the posted photos (though certainly not all) are available online from the Library of Congress in even higher resolution. Still it is a unique site.

[ethicsprof]

I hate to admit it but i've never noticed the dog on my Cleveland T200.
Thanks for mentioning it.
Everytime i look at the card, i would hustle fixatedly to see the Joe Jackson and just did not do the card justice. You'd think that i would've noticed the dog when
i would take a look at Lajoie since they're pretty close to each other.
I've got a lot to learn.
best,
barry

[Sixtofan]

His name is actually listed on the picture also, just like the players