January 17, 2008
1911 Phillies Baseball Only Slightly Worse
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The Library of Congress recently opened a Flickr account -- the profile page says "Yes. We really are THE Library of Congress." -- with 3,000 photos from archives which are believed to have no restrictions on usage.
Naturally, I searched Philadelphia on the LoC's account and, basically, only a bunch of baseball photos came up. But as you can tell from the shot of the Philadelphia Phillies' Sherry Magee, they are interesting if only to show that nobody attended Phillies games in 1911, either.
Update: A reader IMs: "I think I see Bill Conlin in the back of that shot." Bada-bing!
THE Library of Congress [Flickr]
Posted by D-Mac on January 17, 2008 11:19 AM
Posted to 1911
, Empty Stands
, Funny Photos
, Library of Congress
, Phillies
, Sherry Magee
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You're right, the Phils were not stellar. But Sherry Magee was. In 1910, he led the league in Pct., OBP, SLG, OPS,Runs, Total Bases.
RBI, extra base hits, had 94 walks. Wouldn't it be great to sign him as a free agent? Ho many other Phillies have had a year like that?
Posted by: bumps at January 18, 2008 09:38 PM
You're right, the Phils were not stellar. But Sherry Magee was. In 1910, he led the league in Pct., OBP, SLG, OPS,Runs, Total Bases.
RBI, extra base hits, had 94 walks. Wouldn't it be great to sign him as a free agent? Ho many other Phillies have had a year like that?
Posted by: bumps at January 18, 2008 09:39 PM
And apparently baseball players back then used to wear Grandpa's cardigans on the field.
Posted by: mike at January 17, 2008 12:09 PM