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![[Baseball player at bat, in front of catcher and umpire]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjkvYmFzZWJhbGwtcGxheWVyLWF0LWJhdC1pbi1mcm9udC1vZi1jYXRjaGVyLWFuZC11bXBpcmUtMTZkZDEwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/742/jpg "[Baseball player at bat, in front of catcher and umpire]")
![[Alvin Gipe (left) & Topsy Hartsel (right), Philadelphia AL (baseball)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvYWx2aW4tZ2lwZS1sZWZ0LWFuZC10b3BzeS1oYXJ0c2VsLXJpZ2h0LXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1hbC1iYXNlYmFsbC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Alvin Gipe (left) & Topsy Hartsel (right), Philadelphia AL (baseball)]")
![[John Cahill, Indianapolis Hoosiers, baseball card portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvam9obi1jYWhpbGwtaW5kaWFuYXBvbGlzLWhvb3NpZXJzLWJhc2ViYWxsLWNhcmQtcG9ydHJhaXQtYWFjYzIyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/64/webp "[John Cahill, Indianapolis Hoosiers, baseball card portrait]")
![[Baseball player at bat, in front of catcher and umpire]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjkvYmFzZWJhbGwtcGxheWVyLWF0LWJhdC1pbi1mcm9udC1vZi1jYXRjaGVyLWFuZC11bXBpcmUtMTVhMjI3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/88/webp "[Baseball player at bat, in front of catcher and umpire]")
![[Baseball player at bat, in front of catcher and umpire]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjkvYmFzZWJhbGwtcGxheWVyLWF0LWJhdC1pbi1mcm9udC1vZi1jYXRjaGVyLWFuZC11bXBpcmUtMDA1MzhkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/98/webp "[Baseball player at bat, in front of catcher and umpire]")
![[A close play at second, baseball card portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvYS1jbG9zZS1wbGF5LWF0LXNlY29uZC1iYXNlYmFsbC1jYXJkLXBvcnRyYWl0LWRkYzFjZS02NDAuanBn/40/55/webp "[A close play at second, baseball card portrait]")
![[Orval Overall, baseball player for Chicago Cubs, throwing baseball in front of grandstand]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvb3J2YWwtb3ZlcmFsbC1iYXNlYmFsbC1wbGF5ZXItZm9yLWNoaWNhZ28tY3Vicy10aHJvd2luZy1iYXNlYmFsbC1pbi1mcm9udC1vZi02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[Orval Overall, baseball player for Chicago Cubs, throwing baseball in front of grandstand]")
![[Umpire runs toward base to make the call on ball player sliding into second base during baseball game]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvdW1waXJlLXJ1bnMtdG93YXJkLWJhc2UtdG8tbWFrZS10aGUtY2FsbC1vbi1iYWxsLXBsYXllci1zbGlkaW5nLWludG8tc2Vjb25kLTFjZDRiZi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Umpire runs toward base to make the call on ball player sliding into second base during baseball game]")
![[Men playing baseball] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvbWVuLXBsYXlpbmctYmFzZWJhbGwtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Men playing baseball] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
