Name/Title
"BASEBALL" FEBRUARY 1929Entry/Object ID
2003.124.2.1Description
Color: Black; Red; White
"Baseball" February 1929 issue, published by The Baseball Magazine Company, New York. The front cover has a red border with a white field at the center, part of which has border elements of baseball bats and balls. The title is at the top of this field and an image of a baserunner sliding into a base with a fielder trying to tag him out is below. At the lower left of the image are month and price. At the bottom are the titles and authors of four features articles, and the note that 500,000 baseball fans read the magazine. Contents include items on: a review of the sport for the month; an article by Ty Cobb on his retirement; coaching a junior league club; hunches and the game; mastering pitching; psychology in baseball; batting techniques; significant trades of players in 1928; current and past players and teams; and other articles relating mainly to players. There are many photograph illustrations and advertisements in the 47-page artifact, which has spine abrasions; cover brittleness, creases, corner dents, soiling, a vertical fold along the center of the front, stains, and tears; as well as tears at the top of pages 409-417 and browning of pages, and is in fair condition.Lexicon
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Baseball, Baseball playersSearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), The Baseball Magazine Company, Baseball--Anecdotes, Baseball--Biography, Baseball--Coaches, Baseball--Managers, Baseball--RecordsLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Magazines (Periodicals)