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Baseball Hall of Famers in Richmond from the 1950s
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Historic Baseball Photos - 2nd Set
Date: 4/11/2012 Album ID: 1432823
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Brooklyn Dodgers star Jackie Robinson right talks with Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe at Moores Field on April 8, 1952. The Dodgers came to Richmond to play an exhibition because Newcombe was in basic training at Camp Pickett.
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Roy Campanella’s All Stars came to Richmond in the fall of 1954 to play the Birmingham Black Barons. In addition to Campanella (center), major-league stars (left) Henry Thompson, Al Smith, Larry Doby and Minnie Minoso took part in the exhibition game at Moores Field.
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Brooklyn Dodgers (from left) Junior Gilliam, Roy Campanella, Joe Black and Don Newcombe talk before an exhibition game at Moores Field on Oct. 9, 1953.
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New York Yankee great Mickey Mantle (center) eats breakfast with teammates Gerry Coleman (right) and Bill Miller before the team played the Richmond Virginians on April 8, 1954 to open Parker Field.
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Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams works on his bat while a group of schoolboys watch his every move before the Red Sox played the New York Giants in an April 1958 exhibition game at Parker Field.
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Photo of the Richmond Flying Squirrels at the Diamond, 2011. Shot with 4x5 Speed Graphic camera with tilt-shift lens
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Brooklyn Dodgers center fielder Gil Hodges (left) watches as teammate Don Newcombe lights a cigarette for Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese. Newcombe was in basic training at Camp Pickett, so Brooklyn came to Richmond to play an exhibition game in honor of Newcombe. At Mooers Field in Richmond, Va. on April 8, 1952.
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Two thirds of Boston's outfield consists of Jim Piersall (left) and Jackie Jensen (right). Photo at Parker Field in Richmond, Va. on April 12, 1958. Published in the Times-Dispatch April 13, 1958
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