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Fronts and backs fo several recently donated baseball cards, including Derek Jeter's rookie card.

Library’s Baseball Card Collection: It’s (Mostly) the Topps!

Posted by: Mark Hartsell

The Library recently added 45,000 baseball cards to its archives thanks to the donated collection of Peter G. Strawbridge, who preserved complete sets of every major league team from 1973 through 2019 along with some Boston Red Sox cards from earlier years. This builds on the 2,100-card collection of Benjamin K. Edwards, which includes legendary figures from the sport's first half-century: Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson and Cy Young. The new cards include greats such as Ted Williams, Roberto Clemente and Derek Jeter.

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Rare Film: Washington Senators Win the 1924 World Series

Posted by: Michelle Rago

The Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros will play Game One of the World Series tonight in Houston. Check out this rare footage, found in a garage, of the Washington Senators winning the 1924 World Series over the New York Giants in a Game Seven that went 12 innings! This film is now part of …

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Opening Day! A Video Tour of Library’s Baseball Americana

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Major League Baseball starts today, which makes it the start of spring, never mind the official calendar. We remind you that your friendly national Library is just a long fly ball from Nationals Park, where the Nats open today against the New York Mets. If you haven’t made it to our Baseball Americana exhibit, it’s …

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Branch Rickey Crowdsourcing Project: It’s Outta Here!

Posted by: Neely Tucker

This is a guest post from Lauren Algee, LC Labs Senior Innovation Specialist.  Just four months after the Library partnered with the public to transcribe the papers of baseball icon Branch Rickey, volunteers have transcribed all 1,926 pages of Rickey’s scouting reports, making them available for digital research just in time for Major League Baseball’s …

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Mexican-Americans and Baseball

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

This is a guest post by Ryan Reft, a historian in the Manuscript Division. The post celebrates both National Hispanic Heritage Month and the Library’s ongoing exhibition Baseball Americana. “I remember traveling to Lake Elsinore, which was a long way in those days. … [T]he only ride we could get was from a friend who …