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Bloomer Girl: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 7:22am.
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"H. Kazenarek, woman baseball player." Her teammates included Belle North and Regina Gross. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.
Men in Bloomers
Submitted by Savonarola on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 3:16pm.
Take a look at these guys in bloomers.
Storage Space
Submitted by OTY on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 1:52pm.
One could store lots of extra balls in those voluminous bloomers.
"Lots of night games"
Submitted by Edvado on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 12:36pm.
Wasn't that the recommendation?
There's No Crying In Baseball
Submitted by fanhead on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 11:56am.
It appears the "League of Their Own" girls weren't quite
the trailblazers we thought.
Let's Play Catch
Submitted by MikeK on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 11:12am.
I really like the old, short fingered gloves. You actually needed skill to catch the ball. Nowadays players just swat at the ball with a huge leather butterfly net.
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