One of the last images of Old Cy as a player
More rare Cy Youngs can be found on the website in the caption below, but this one stands out for a few reasons. It shows Cy Young wearing a Boston Braves uniform in 1912 in the only real photo postcard I have ever seen of Old Cy. This is one of the last images of him snapped in a major league uniform before he effectively retired after arm trouble prevented him from taking the mound in Pittsburgh on May 23 in what would have been his first 1912 appearance. The image can be dated to 1912 by the word Boston that appears across the uniform front and the Indian head logo on the left shoulder. The Braves' first game of that season was on April 11, so the image likely arose from a spring training game against a local team around Augusta, Georgia (where they did spring training) or as they traveled between Augusta and Boston (where they opened the 1912 season).
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