Written By: Ben Cosgrove
,LIFE photographers have made memorable and intimate images from the clubhouses of America’s National past-time. The Mick, Jackie, Yaz, and many more: Here are some candid inside moments from some great players over the years.
New York’s Don Larsen spoke to the press after hurling a perfect game against the Dodgers in the 1956 World Series, Yankee Stadium, Oct. 8, 1956.
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The Milwaukee Braves’ Lew Burdette shared a moment with his son, Lewis, after a game. Lewis was excitedly reenacting one of his dad’s pitches, August 1956.
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Willie Mays, October 1954
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New York Yankee Jerry Coleman took a drag from a cigarette in the locker room of Yankee Stadium, April 1952, after learning that he has been called to active duty for the Korean War. Coleman was a Marine pilot who previously served in World War II.
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Jackie Robinson after a game, May 12, 1955.
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Carl Yastrzemski, left, and Joe Foy horsed around in the Red Sox locker room, May 1968.
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Sandy Amoros (with cap), Pee Wee Reese (on trunk), and Duke Snider (with beer) of the Brooklyn Dodgers joked around after a game, May 1955.
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Boston’s Ted Williams, left, talked with teammate Gordon Windhorn about (what else?) the finer points of hitting in the clubhouse during spring training, Sarasota, Florida, 1956.
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Yogi Berra (l.), who caught Don Larsen’s Oct. 8, 1956, perfect game and the Dodgers’ losing pitcher, Sal Maglie, chatted afterward in the Yankee Stadium clubhouse. Between Berra and Maglie, clutching a can of beer, is Yankees’ public relations man, Jack Farrell.
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Pittsburgh’s Dale Long ate a sandwich in the clubhouse at Forbes Field between games of a double-header against the New York Giants, May 1956.
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Cincinnati Reds manager Birdie Tebbetts talked on the phone during a Labor Day doubleheader against the Milwaukee Braves in 1956.
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Brooklyn’s Gil Hodges smoked and talked to the press after a World Series game, October 1956.
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Cleveland’s Larry Doby— the first African-American player in the American League, and the second in the majors—received a rubdown in July 1955.
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Yankees manager Casey Stengel, September 1953.
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Mickey Mantle after a World Series game, October 1952.
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Brookyln Dodgers property manager John Griffin, 1955.
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Orlando Cepeda dressed in the San Fransisco Giants’ clubhouse in June 1958.
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Sal Maglie, New York Giants, 1951.
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Frank Howard sat in the locker room during the winter league season, December 1959.
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Roger Maris at the 1960 All-Star Game in Kansas City.
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Minnie Minoso, Chicago White Sox, August 1955.
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Pittsburgh’s Elroy Face celebrated his team’s win against the Yankees in the World Series, October 1960.
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Dodger Don Newcombe enjoyed a beer in the locker room Brooklyn won the World Series, October 1955.
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