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 Baseball Fathers and Sons Photo Gallery
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Happy Fathers Day from Old Time Baseball Photos!

All of us here at Old Time Baseball Photos want to wish all the fathers out there a very Happy Fathers Day!

What American institution has ever been better at bonding together grandfathers, fathers, sons and daughters, generation after generation, than the great game of baseball? And so what better way to celebrate Fathers Day on Old Time Baseball Photos than with a photo tribute to some of baseball’s more notable fathers and sons!

To start things off, here’s one that came immediately to mind: It’s the classic photo of a young George Herman Ruth, Jr. helping out his old man at George Sr.’s Baltimore gin mill in 1915. 

Boy, that George Jr. was the “spittin’ image” of the old man…a real chip off the old block! The word outta’ Old St. Mary’s Industrial over there on Wilkens Avenue was that he could hit the tar outta’ the ball. And he could fling a heater, too. The Brothers over there said they never saw such a kid. But I heard they had a hard time keepin’ the kid in line…had a real mind of his own. I wonder if Junior ever amounted to anything! Haha!

Let’s see… Junior was born in 1895, making him about 20 at the time of the photo. Was he old enough to be working in a saloon?? Did they even have laws like that back then? Haha!

Anyway, I put together a nice collection of baseball fathers and sons. If you’d like to share some reminiscences about you and your dad or grandfather and baseball, please do so in the comments section below. And if you have some baseball father and son photos you’d like to add, please do so. We’d love to hear from you! 

And a very Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there! Hope you enjoy your day!

Gary Livacari 

Photo Credits: All from Google search

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