Unknown Boston Red Sox base runner slides safely across home plate as New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra (#8) drops the throw at Fenway Park. New York Yankees pitcher Vic Raschi (#17) looks on and unknown umpire signals a safe call.
Original data from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Red Sox in action at Fenway, ca. 1950-1959
Corrected date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Yankees catcher Yogi Berra wore #8 beginning in 1948 and was the last Yankee to wear that number before it was retired (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).
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