A few nice American League Central images I found:
Oahu – Honolulu: Honolulu International Airport – Wally Yonamine exhibit – Yomiuri Giants uniform
Image by wallyg
A pair of display cases containing artifcats of Wally Yomamine’s Hall of Fame career was moved from the Japanese Cultural Center in Moiliili to just outside Gate 25 at the Honolulu International Airport in 2004. Wallace Kaname Yonamine, a Nisei Japanese American, was a two-sport athlete, who was the first football player of Japanese ancestry to play in the NFL, and the third foreigner to play professional baseball in Japan, and the first American to play there after World War II.
Yonamine was a running back for the San Francisco 49ers in their second season (1947). In Japan, he was a member of four Japan four Japan Series Championship teams, the Central League MVP in 1957, a consecutive seven-time Best Nine Award winner (1952–58), an eleven-time All-Star, a three-time batting champion for the Yomiuri Giants. He was the first foreigner to manage in Japan, when he led the Chunichi Dragons from 1972-1977. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994–the only American yet admitted into the Hall as a player.
NYC: Statues on Parade – All Star Game #1 (Navy NY)
Image by wallyg
To celebrate the 2008 Major League Baseball All Star Game, which took place in Yankee Stadium, in its final season, on July 15, 2008, Major League Baseball launched "Statues on Parade." Forty-two replicas of the Statue of Liberty were stationed around the city leading up to the game–each uniquely designed with bold graphics and colors featuring each of the 30 Major League Baseball clubs, the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants, the American League, the National League, four All-Star statues and statues commemorating the final season of Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium. The 8½ feet tall, 250-pound statues are made of resin and rest on a 530-pound cement base.
The All Star Game #1 (Navy NY) statue stood outside the MLB Central Offices at 245 Park Avenue.
For other statues from Statues of Liberty on Parade, check my tag StatuesofLibertyonParade
NYC: Statues on Parade – All Star Game #1 (Navy NY)
Image by wallyg
To celebrate the 2008 Major League Baseball All Star Game, which took place in Yankee Stadium, in its final season, on July 15, 2008, Major League Baseball launched "Statues on Parade." Forty-two replicas of the Statue of Liberty were stationed around the city leading up to the game–each uniquely designed with bold graphics and colors featuring each of the 30 Major League Baseball clubs, the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants, the American League, the National League, four All-Star statues and statues commemorating the final season of Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium. The 8½ feet tall, 250-pound statues are made of resin and rest on a 530-pound cement base.
The All Star Game #1 (Navy NY) statue stood outside the MLB Central Offices at 245 Park Avenue.
For other statues from Statues of Liberty on Parade, check my tag StatuesofLibertyonParade
