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Subject: Baseball

Winfield Wants Noise

The Toronto Baseball Club

A photographic tryptch of three headliner players of the 1887 Toronto Baseball Club: Players from the 1887 Toronto Baseball Club: Mike Slattery, Harry Decker and Cannonball Crane. Image sourced from Spacing.

The Creation of Baseball’s Colour Barrier

The Christie Pits Riot

A photograph of the Christie Pits Riot captured by a photographer of the Globe and Mail in 1933. Sourced from the City of Toronto Archive.

The Real-Life Star of the Rockford Peaches

An image of Gladys Davis originally from a team photo of the 1943 AAGPBL team, the Rockford Peaches. Image sourced from Wikimedia Commons.

The Bat Flip

TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 14: Jose Bautista #19 of the Toronto Blue Jays throws his bat up in the air after he hits a three-run home run in the seventh inning against the Texas Rangers in game five of the American League Division Series at Rogers Centre on October 14, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images and sourced from Time.

Joe Carter’s World Series Dream

A photograph of Toronto Blue Jay Joe Carter leading a celebration at the end of game 6 on June 22, 1992 at the 1992 Atlanta World Series. The image was featured in the Toronto Star. Image created by Mike Slaughter and sourced from the Toronto Public Library.

A Softball Star Wins Miss Toronto

A photograph of baseball player Billie Hallam posing with a cat after winning Miss Toronto, featured in the Toronto Star on July 19, 1937. Sourced from Newspapers.com.

Babe Ruth’s First Professional Home Run

A photograph featured in the Toronto Star titled "Babe Ruth batting in an exhibition game between the Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers," published in April 1934. Sourced from Newspapers.com.

The Boston Bloomers Come to Town

A team photo of the Boston Bloomers circa 1900.
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