Presenting history's 8 weirdest baseball newsreel GIFs
History's 8 weirdest baseball newsreel GIFs
A few weeks ago, newsreel giant British Pathe uploaded its entire 85,000-video archive to YouTube. In a stockpile spanning roughly 1910-1970, there's bound to be all kinds of wonderful historical weirdness.
And sure enough, that includes baseball. We combed through the archive to find the strangest baseball moments those black-and-white cameras caught. Here are the results:
It's baseball ... ON ICE!
Indians co-owner Bob Hope participates in Spring Training:
A runner lays a fierce body check onto the first baseman. Yes, this game took place in Canada:
You sure don't see this form of slide in today's game:
Japan opens its 1938 season with a parade and a dove release:
Now we know where Prince Fielder got the idea:
A Dickensian baseball scene on the Strand, London:
Finally, remember that pitching machines used to be way more steampunk:
