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Beautiful Billboards #4: Mountain Dew and the St. Louis Cardinals, 1965

We have a special twofer in this edition of Beautiful Billboards. This great slide from 1965 features ads for Mountain Dew and baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals on KMOX-AM, which would seemingly

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Vintage MLB Spring Training Programs

Chris Holmes
posted on February 25, 2015October 3, 2016
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To commemorate the start of Major League Baseball Spring Training, here is a gallery of vintage spring training programs and

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Let’s Watch Cracker Baseball on TV

Chris Holmes
posted on January 20, 2015January 11, 2015
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A vintage 1957 TV Guide for the Atlanta Crackers, members of the minor league baseball Southern

Posted in Auction Finds, Sports

Pennant Fever #4: 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers World Series Champions

Chris Holmes
posted on January 15, 2015February 5, 2015
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From the great tradition of making championship gear too early, here's a Brooklyn Dodgers 1952 World Series championship

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Beautiful 1949 San Francisco Seals Baseball Program

Chris Holmes
posted on December 28, 2014
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A wonderful design graces this game program from the October 1949 Goodwill Tour of Japan by the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast

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San Francisco Giants & St. Louis Cardinals NLCS Programs

Chris Holmes
posted on October 10, 2014
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A gallery of National League Championship Series (NLCS) program covers for the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis

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Kansas City Royals & Baltimore Orioles ALCS Programs

Chris Holmes
posted on October 7, 2014
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A gallery of American League Championship Series (ALCS) program covers for the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City

The 10 Worst Teams in Major League Baseball

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The 10 Worst MLB Franchises (through 2013)

Chris Holmes
posted on April 8, 2014April 18, 2014
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In which I rank the 10 worst Major League Baseball franchises in history, with a brief recap on how poorly each team has

Posted in Retrotisements

This 1955 Post Sugar Crisp Ad Works on Two Levels

Check out the vintage baseball logos on this 1955 Post Sugar Crisp ad touring an MLB patch

Beautiful Billboards #4: Mountain Dew and the St. Louis Cardinals, 1965

Vintage MLB Spring Training Programs

Let’s Watch Cracker Baseball on TV

Pennant Fever #4: 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers World Series Champions

Beautiful 1949 San Francisco Seals Baseball Program

San Francisco Giants & St. Louis Cardinals NLCS Programs

Kansas City Royals & Baltimore Orioles ALCS Programs

The 10 Worst MLB Franchises (through 2013)

This 1955 Post Sugar Crisp Ad Works on Two Levels

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