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Baseball: Through The Ages

By rgarland77

  • First All-star game played

    First All-star game played
    First All-Star Game, made its debut on July 6, 1933, at Chicago's Comiskey Park.

  • First All American Girls Baseball League

    First All American Girls Baseball League
    First players signed in 1943.
    Back, L-R Clara Schillace, Ann Harnett and Edie Perlick.
    Seated Shirley Jameson

  • Shot heard around the World

    Shot heard around the World
    New York Giants baseball player Bobby Thomson hit the legendary home run dubbed "The Shot Heard Round the World" for the New York Giants, Thomson's ninth-inning homer gave the Giants a 5-4 victory and a trip to the World Series.

  • CBS buys the Yankees

    CBS purchased an 80% interest in the Yankees for 11.2 million dollars, and eventually bought the remaining 20%.

  • Major League Baseball's first strike

    Major League Baseball's first strike
    The baseball strike was the first players' strike in Major League Baseball history. The strike occurred from April 1, 1972 to April 13, 1972.

  • Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record

    Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record
    Aaron hit career home run number 715 off L.A. Dodgers pitcher Al Downing.