February 2025 - Baseball History Comes Alive

Baseball Tours / Chicago White Sox / New York/ SanFrancisco Giants February 1, 2025

White Sox and Giants Play Baseball…in Egypt, 1914!

One hundred eleven years ago today, February 1, 1914, tour members of the White Sox and the Giants played to a 3-3 tie in the first-ever baseball game in the deserts of Egypt. The contest was part of a 56-game world “Tour to End All Tours!”…

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Gil Hodges with Carl Furillo and Sandy Amaros
A photo from the incident between Carl Furillo and Leo Durocher, September 6, 1953
Furillo and Roy Campanella snowed out at Ebbetts Field, April 11950
Dick Whitman, Carl Furillo, Arky Vaughan
Carl Furillo
Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo,, Billy Cox
Band members with Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, and Carl Furillo, as they arrived at Ebbets Field during the 1951 pennant race
Carl Furillo was a great outfielder with a strong arm. (Getty Images)
Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges
Carl Furillo
Carl Furillo, Ted Williams, Duke Snider
Carl Furillo crossing the plate after hitting a home run (Getty Images)
Carl Furillo on his 28ty birthday
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anonymous/AP/Shutterstock (6627385a)Duke Snider, Carl Furillo, Ted Williams
Dixie Walker, Carl Furillo, ?, Gene Hermanski, ?, Pete Reiser, Andy Anderson, Duke Snider
Carl Furillo (right) celebrates the Dodgers' 1955 World Series win with Gil Hodges and Johnny Podres
Carl Furillo
Carl Furillo takes final stride to first
Carl Furillo and family.
Furillo avoiding a tag at the plate
Carl Furillo slides into Joe Garagiola
Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, Carl Furillo
PeeWee Reese, Duke Snider, Carl Furillo, Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges
Duke Snider makes a leaping catch in Game 1 on a hit by Joe Collins as Carl Furillo looks on
Carl Furillo makes a leaping catch at Ebbets Field
Gil Hodges, Johnny Podres, Carl Furillo, 1955
Carl Furillo, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, PeeWee Reese, Duke Snider, Preacher Roe, Gil Hodges
The Boys of Summer: PeeWee Reese, Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Carl Furillo
Carl Furillo with Dodgers' owner Walter O'Malley