Throwback Thursday: ‘Let’s Play Ball!’

Everywhere I go this time of year I see kids playing baseball. It wasn't any different 100 years ago.

How to swing a bat has changed -- demonstrated by Eula J. Byrd in this 1908 photo from north Richland:

Department of Energy Hanford Project

Here's the Hanford High School team from about 1925:

Department of Energy Hanford Project

On the home page you saw the White Bluffs Baseball Team of 1908. Front Row: Jimmie Sells. Middle Row: Mr. Wiehl, Matt Wiehl, Eula Byrd. Back Row: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Harry Hoffman