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Babe Ruth & Yankees 1932 opening day w/ photo....

Item # 730118 ·

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 13, 1932

  • New York Yankees opening day game
  • Babe Ruth's famous HR swing photo
  • MLB - Major League Baseball

The sport's section (page 13) has a banner headline: "Ruth and Byrd Hit Two Homers Apiece as Yanks Defeat Athletics in Opener" with subheads, box scores and 2 related photos, one showing Babe Ruth's famous swing of the bat. This was the opening day game for the 1932 baseball season.
Forty pages, a few cutouts throughout including one on the front page (see white paper inlay), but the sport's pages are untouched. Light toning and minor wear at the margins; sold as is.

Background: The New York Yankees launched their legendary 1932 Championship season on April 12, 1932, with an explosive 12–6 road victory over their arch-rivals, the Philadelphia Athletics, at Shibe Park—setting an emphatic tone for a year that would culminate in a World Series sweep. The game served as a powerful showcase of baseball’s most formidable lineup, headlined by Babe Ruth hitting two home runs and five RBIs alongside Lou Gehrig’s solo shot and triple, while pitcher Lefty Gomez earned the victory despite surrendering a mammoth 505-foot home run to Athletics star Jimmie Foxx. Beyond its immediate offensive fireworks, the opener carried immense broader significance: it signaled the official changing of the guard in the American League from Philadelphia's two-time defending champion dynasty to the dominance of the 1932 "Murderers' Row" Yankees, while also firing the opening salvo in the epic single-season home run race between Ruth and Foxx (who finished with 41 and 58 home runs, respectively).

Category: The 20th Century
Price
$48
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.