Bedlam
at Shea Stadium when the Mets win the 1969
World Series
Baseball is in the air at Citifield, Yankee Stadium, and the
La Guardia and Wagner Archives. Check out our new videos narrated by Stephen
Weinstein, the Archives' baseball expert extraordinaire :
"Opening
Day 1936: New York Giants vs. Brooklyn Dodgers at the Polo Grounds" where
Mayor La Guardia throws out the first pitch, the Giants trounce the Dodgers, and
Babe Ruth watches the action.
"Joe
DiMaggio's Wild Dash Home Clinches Yankees 1939 World Series Victory Over the
Cincinnati Reds" The Yankees swept the Cincinnati Reds that year and this
baseball newsreel would have been seen in movie theaters alongside the news of
the Soviet Union's and Nazi Germany's conquest of Poland.
You can also view the Archives' slide show,
Baseball in New York, on
the La Guardia and Wagner Archives computer screens located on the
1st floor of the walkway between the M and E buildings by the La
Guardia Welcome Center, and the 2nd and 4th floors of the lounge areas of the
C-building. You can also view them online at : http://tinyurl.com/dxalkg7
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