Boston Braves center fielder Earl Clark was the busiest player on the field as the Reds defeated the Braves 5-3 on May 10, 1929. Clark’s 12 putouts and 13 total chances in center field set major league records that would last for much of the century.

🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage you’ll learn:

  • Which Braves star made his first error of the season.

  • See leaderboards showing baseball's top batter and pitchers.

  • Sportswriters react to yet another fast start to the season by Ruth and the Yankees.

🕵️ Replay Today: July 5, 1986

Travel back 40 years ago to the day, and experience baseball as fans saw it that day with one original newspaper page featuring:

  • Rangers fighting off the charging Angels

  • Giants add some breathing room over Astros

  • double digit lead for one division leader

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Relive Baseball One Newspaper Page At A Time

Original sports pages preserve the sights, stories, and baseball writing that fans remember most.

See Today's Vintage Newspaper Pages

Inside you'll find:

  • Daily original newspaper pages
  • Baseball history exactly as fans saw it then

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