Can anyone help identify these players?

[Mark]

I can't imagine that they would have known that it was going to be the last triple header in mlb. Or that the appropriate response to it was to present the managers of the two teams with bouquets of flowers. The next time I am at the Hillman or Carnegie libraries, I will try to hunt down some newspapers from early and late 1921 to see if I can find any references to this bizarre scene. If anyone wants to beat me to it, go right ahead.

[rhettyeakley]

As stated in the other thread, it is fairly clear the photo includes Moran-Gibson-Paskert and also included are Hank O'Dea (umpire) and Barney Dreyfuss (Pittsburgh owner). Paskert and Moran being together dates it to 1921. Pittsburgh was obviously playing Cincinnati at some point that season.

Paskert only played in 27 games that season, his last in the majors. of those games a surpising 10 came agains the Pittsburgh Pirates, on the following days...

April 13, 14, 15, 16 (@Cincy)
April 21, 22, 23, 24 (@Pittsburgh)
May 8 (@Cincy)
May 27 (@Pitt) --Paskerts last ML game

Of these dates the first group of games was umpired by Rigler and Moran, the second group by O'Dea & Quigley, the third by O'Dea and Quigley, the fourth by Emslie and Brennan

Likely leaving only (due to O'Dea being in photo)
April 21, 22, 23, 24 (@ Pittsburgh)
May 8 (@ Cincy)

Looking closer a these games the April 21-24 was the Pittsburgh Pirates Home Opener, as they began the season on the road in Cincinnati. Due to Dreyfuss being there, the game was probably in Pittsburgh.

My guess would be April 21, 1921 the flowers and all that stuff being due to it being the Pirates 1st Home Game of the season.

-Rhett

[rhettyeakley]

It would make sense that the guy whose face is mostly obscured by Hank O'Dea's faceis likely Ernie Quigley (the other Ump that day)

-Rhett

[yanks12025]

Is it me or does the one guy to the right in the reds uniform look like he got the crap beat out of him.

[Theoldprofessor]

Could very well have been opening day in '21. Paskert would have been there, but why include him in a ceremony like that? And the two members of what I can't help but call the Lollipop Guild (immediate apologies to all concerned) don't appear too pleased about having to carry the flowers. Were they, I wonder, special because they're little people, or for some other reason?

My earlier contention about the triple header wasn't that they knew it was the last, but that because the Bucs lost 2 of 3, they wouldn't share in WS money. "Celebrating" that would be far more somber than celebrating opening day.

Man, this beats the hell out of work.

[bmarlowe1]

Note that Gibson's uniform dates this to 1921. It appears to be white, the Red's uni's appear darker with faint striping - indicates it's in Pittsburgh. Also I've been able to confirm that it's Forbes Field from other photos. This all confirm's Rhett's analysis.

[Mark]

Mark
Anyone who remembers Forbes Field will recognize that they are standing along the third base line.