Description
A baseball stadium scene shows a batter at the plate with a pitcher and fielders in action. The grandstands are packed with spectators, and patriotic bunting and American flags decorate the ballpark. The image is framed as an Opening Day moment with a dramatic view from behind a player in the foreground. 1929.
Front Text (verbatim):
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"OPENING DAY 1929"
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Back Text (verbatim):
HAVING SWEPT ST. LOUIS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S WORLD
SERIES, THE 1929 BRONX BOMBERS WERE ANXIOUS TO TAKE
THE FIELD AS DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPIONS. IT WAS THE
SECOND CONSECUTIVE SERIES SWEEP FOR THE MIGHTY NEW
YORKERS, AS THEY HAD ALSO SWEPT PITTSBURGH IN THE
'27 SERIES. THIS TEAM, ALREADY BEING HAILED AS THE
GREATEST EVER, WAS ITCHING TO DEFEND THEIR BACK TO
BACK TITLES. BAD WEATHER HAD FORCED A TWO DAY DELAY
IN OPENING THE SEASON, BUT ON APRIL 18TH THE WEATHER
BROKE ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE RAISING OF THE CHAMPION-
SHIP BANNER AND THE FIRST GAME OF THE NEW CAMPAIGN.
PLAYING UNDER COLD, GRAYING SKIES, AND TO A NEAR CA-
PACITY CROWD, THESE NEW YORKERS SET THE TONE FOR
WHAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE ANOTHER GREAT MARCH
THROUGH THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. BATTING THIRD FOR THE
BOMBERS IS THE MIGHTY BAMBINO. HERE HE LAUNCHES A
PITCH FROM BOSTON HURLER CHARLIE RUFFING DEEP INTO
THE RIGHT FIELD STANDS FOR HIS FIRST ROUND TRIPPER OF
THE SEASON. ON DECK, WAITING FOR HIS CHANCE, WAS
THE IRON HORSE HIMSELF, LARRUPIN' LOU. FIVE INNINGS
LATER HE ALSO CRANKED ONE DEEP INTO THE RIGHT FIELD
STANDS. THESE TWO SHOTS PROPELLED NEW YORK TO AN
OPENING DAY 7-3 VICTORY.
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