Link-O-Rama

Lots of goodies piling up at Southpaw HQ.

An awesome vibrant shot of the stands and scoreboard during Game 4 of the 1957 World Series, Braves vs. Yankees in Milwaukee. Complete with fedora hats and the official Longines clock. Click through the thumbnail for a large-size version.

The Secret Lives of Baseball Card Writers [Slate]
"While the text was inescapably repetitive, the stuff I edited was certainly better than the 'Hector's hobbies are eating and sleeping' non sequiturs that made up the Topps backs of my youth. Today's cards top out at 400 characters (including spaces), or about 70 words, and usually take the shape of punchy feature articles."

Audio Portrait: The Negro Leagues [NPR]
"Jordana Gustafson presents a sound portrait of three retired Negro League baseball players: Carl Long, center field for the Birmingham Black Barons and the first African-American to play professional baseball in North Carolina; George 'Smoky' McFadden, pitcher for the Durham Eagles and Durham Rams; and Willie Bradshaw, pitcher for Eagles, the Rams and the Roxboro Colts."

Krazy George celebrates starting the Wave cheer 25 years ago [AP]
"Krazy George Henderson has spent the last quarter-century trying to persuade everyone that he debuted the 'Wave' during an Oakland Athletics' playoff game against the Yankees -- not those Washington football fans who claim the Huskies first performed the now famous cheer."