firstpitch
13 photos tagged firstpitch, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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- worldseries
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- mayormitchel
- ny
- bush
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[New York City Mayor John P. Mitchel throwing first ball, 4/23/1914 (baseball)] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2024
[New York City Mayor James J. Hylan throwing first ball (baseball)] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2022
Calvin Coolidge & wife (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2017
Mayor Mitchel, Jac. Ruppert Jr., 4/22/15 (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2012
J.P. Mitchel, Polo Grounds, 4/14/15 (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded June 2012
911: President George W. Bush at World Series, 10/30/2001. from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2011
911: President George W. Bush at World Series, 10/30/2001. from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2011
911: President George W. Bush at World Series, 10/30/2001. from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2011
[Pennsylvania Governor John K. Tener at Ebbets Field (baseball)] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2010
[Pennsylvania Governor John K. Tener at Ebbets Field (baseball)] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2010
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[New York City Mayor John Hylan throws ball to open World Series at Ebbets Field (baseball)] (LOC)
- Art Siegel said:
[Pennsylvania Governor John K. Tener at Ebbets Field (baseball)] (LOC)
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Wystan said:
Another Bain/LOC photo of Pennsylvania Governor Tener throwing out the first ball in the first game of the season at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, N.Y., April 14, 1914:
[Australian Archbishop Daniel Mannix of Melbourne, throwing baseball at Polo Grounds, New York (baseball)] (LOC)
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beachcomber australia said:
Biography - adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mannix-daniel-7478 Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Mannix It was July 20th 1920 according to this contemporary Australian newspaper report - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171051030
New York, July 21.—Archbishop Daniel Mannix, of Ireland and Australia, did not reach Brush Stadium yesterday until the second game of the double-header. So, without his ecclesiastical assistance, the Yankees lost the initial game. But after his Grace tossed out the ball to First Baseman Walter Pipp, at the opening of the second game, the Yankees had no difficulty, romping away with the second game. ...
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Northern Pike said:
Throws like a girl
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B-59 said:
A very similar photo ran in The Sun and the New York herald., August 01, 1920, Section 5 Rotographic Section, Image 54 with the caption: "... Photograph shows him throwing the first ball for a Yankees-White Sox double heather at the Polo Grounds." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030273/1920-08-01/ed-...
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Adam Silvia said:
Thank you for providing some background information and linking to Chronicling America!