Baseball pitcher in Boston uniform on a ballpark field

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A pitcher in a Boston uniform stands on the diamond, the kind of studio-era sports portrait that catalogued the players of the early twentieth century for newspapers and team publicity. Boston's clubs were among the oldest in the National League and American League, and photographs like this one helped fans put faces to the rosters they followed in the box scores. Because the record gives no name, the picture is best read as a window onto the game itself: the heavy flannel uniform, the open ballpark behind the mound, and the posed stillness that photographers asked of athletes before action shots became common.

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