Milwaukee – It Was A Ball – Milwaukee Braves pitcher Wade Blasingame and third baseman Eddie Mathews pose with the game ball in the dressing room at County Stadium last night after Blasingame’s one-hitter and Mathews’ grand slam home run against the New York Mets. Blasingame beat former Braves pitcher Warren Spahn who was making his first start against his old teammates. Mathews’ homer in the fifth inning was the seventh grand slammer of his career and his 453rd home run.

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Title:
Milwaukee – It Was A Ball – Milwaukee Braves pitcher Wade Blasingame and third baseman Eddie Mathews pose with the game ball in the dressing room at County Stadium last night after Blasingame’s one-hitter and Mathews’ grand slam home run against the New York Mets. Blasingame beat former Braves pitcher Warren Spahn who was making his first start against his old teammates. Mathews’ homer in the fifth inning was the seventh grand slammer of his career and his 453rd home run.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Baseball: Teams: Milwaukee Braves: 1960s
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. May 1965]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Baseball
Milwaukee Braves (Baseball team)
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 207 x 256 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ms35x8774
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000998_0009
Barcode:
39999088103344