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Babe Ruth, Frank Baker and Bob Meusel
Babe Ruth, left, poses on the dugout steps in Yankee Stadium with 1921 New York Yankee teammates Frank "Home Run" Baker, center, and Bob Meusel. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images/TNS)
George Sisler
George Sisler, first baseman for the St. Louis Browns, works out a Sportsmans Park in 1921. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images, TNS)
'Muderers Row'
Babe Ruth, New York Yankees outfielder, second from right, poses in Yankee Stadium in 1921 with teammates, a group known as "Murderers Row," composed of (L-R) Wally Pipp, Ruth, Roger Peckinpaugh, Bob Meusel, and Frank "Home Run" Baker. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images/TNS)
Honus Wagner
Retired Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner takes some exhibition swings during a spring training game at Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1921. (Photo Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images/TNS)
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth crosses home plate after hitting a home run, during a game in the Polo Grounds in 1921. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images/TNS)
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth is about to swing during a batting practice session before a game in 1921 at the Polo Grounds in New York City. (Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images/TNS)
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees Babe Ruth batting in game circa 1921 (NY Daily News via Getty Images/TNS)
Heinie Groh
Heinie Groh, third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, takes a break during spring training in Cisco, Texas in March of 1921. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images/TNS)
Babe Ruth and Jackie Coogan
Babe Ruth greets child movie star Jackie Coogan along with Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert before the start of a game in Yankee Stadium. (Photo Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images/TNS)
Babe Ruth, Helen and Dorothy
Babe Ruth poses with wife Helen and baby Dorothy before a game in Yankee Stadiium in 1921. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images/TNS)
Ed Barrow
Portrait of New York Yankees baseball team owner Ed Barrow, New York, New York, 1921. (Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images/TNS)
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Chicago Cubs baseball player Grover Cleveland Alexander sitting in a dugout at Weeghman Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1921. Weeghman Park was renamed Wrigley Field in 1927. (Photo by Chicago History Museum/Getty Images/TNS)
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth gives fans in right field bleachers in Yankee Stadium his own brand of candy bar before a game in June of 1928. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images/TNS)
Chicago White Sox
Group portrait of baseball players (left to right) Chick Gandil, Williams, Williams, Charlie Risberg, Eddie Cicotte, George "Buck" Weaver, and Joe Jackson, of the American League's Chicago White Sox, and attorney Nash sitting in a courtroom in Chicago, Illinois. Attorneys O'Brien and Max Luster and two unidentified men are standing in the background. (Photo by Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images/TNS)
1921 World Series
The New York Yankees are playing the deciding series for the 1921 pennant in the Polo Grounds against the Cleveland Indians on September 23. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images/TNS)
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
George Christian Jr (left), Secretary to President Harding, and Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis at the fourth game of the World Series at the Polo Grounds between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees, New York, New York, October 9, 1921. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images/TNS)
New York Yankees
Members of the New York Yankees baseball team hold their caps over their hearts during a performance of the national anthem before the start of the eighth game of the World Series, New York, New York, October 13, 1921. The Yankees ended up losing both the game (0 - 1) and the series (3 - 5) to the New York Giants. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images/TNS)
Burleigh Grimes
Burleigh Grimes, pitcher for the New York Giants, is captured on film shortly before a game in the Polo Grounds in 1921. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images/TNS)
Joe Wood
After helping and advising the Cleveland Indians pitching staff to a World Championship in 1920, Joe Wood poses in his uniform for 1921. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images/TNS)
George Sisler
George Sisler, first baseman for the St. Louis Browns, poses for a photo in his home park before a game in 1921. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images/TNS)
Wally Pipp
New York Yankee first baseman Wally Pipp poses for a portrait before a game at the Polo Grounds before a game in 1921. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images/TNS)
George Selkirk
George Selkirk of the New York Yankees photographed at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York. (Photo by International News Photography/Sports Studio Photos/Getty Images/TNS)
Eddie Brown
View of American baseball player Eddie Brown (1891 - 1956), of the New York Giants, as he takes a swing during batting practice at the Polo Grounds, New York, New York, 1921. (Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images/TNS)
Eddie Bennett
A portrait of Eddie Bennett, the mascot and bat boy for the New York Yankees from 1921 to 1932, New York, New York, 1921. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images/TNS)
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth and surfcasting champion Harold A. Lentz who engaged in a contest at the Polo Grounds. It was Ruth's prowess hitting a baseball pitted against Lentz's skill with a casting rod, at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York, circa 1921. (Photo by The Stanley Weston Archive/Getty Images/TNS)
Joe Evans
Joe Evans, a player for the Cleveland Indians, circa 1921. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images/TNS)
1921 World Series
Crowd at Polo Grounds during a 1921 World Series Game between New York Yankees and New York Giants. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images/TNS)
Mike McNally
Third baseman Mike McNally of the New York Yankees steals home against the New York Giants, during the first game of the World Series, held at the Polo Grounds, October 5, 1921. (Photo by Bain News Service/Interim Archives/Getty Images/TNS)
