Baseball's Early Days outerspace Roosevelt to George Bush --

Roosevelt to George Bush -- plus countless members of Congress and visiting heads of state

the home run machine whose prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees' winning history

whatever the cost may be

and 22 of his images appeared nine days later in The Times Magazine in a photo essay titled

who won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography in 2009

Baseball's Early Days outerspace Roosevelt to George Bush --In a scene from baseball's Deadball Era, a catcher and batter prepare for a pitch in a game between the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates, Sept. 18, 1908. Back then pitchers threw spitballs, uniforms had no numbers and a dozen homers could win you a home run title. The catcher is Roger Bresnahan of the Giants, a versatile athlete who played all nine positions. Regarded as the Deadball Era's most famous catcher, he introduced protective equipment