Leverett Saltonstall throws out first ball at Fenway
Leverett Saltonstall throws out first ball at Fenway
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Leverett Saltonstall throws out first ball at Fenway
Description:
Massachusetts Governor Leverett Saltonstall (with back to camera) chats with Red Sox team owner Tom Yawkey (facing camera) and others prior to throwing out first ball on Opening Day at Fenway Park.
Title and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Leverett Saltonstall was governor for three of the years that the Red Sox hosted the Athletics on Opening Day -- 1939, 1940, and 1942 (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).