Tommy McDonough ~ photographer | Oakland Tribune

This is a photographic negative of seven Oakland Oaks players standing behind the batting cage. The players are each holdoing out their bats by the end and pointing them so they all come together...

This is a photographic negative of an Oakland Oaks player sliding into third base as a player from the other team attempts to make the tag. There is an umpire moving in to make the call on the...

This is a photographic negative of an Oakland Oaks player. The photo shows the player as he has just taken a mighty cut. All around the player is darkness.

This is a photographic negative of the Oakland Oaks team. They are all sitting or standing in a group and wearing their uniforms. Various others are with the team such as the trainer, mascotts,...

This is a photographic negative of an Oakland Oaks batter safely reaching first base. The batter is just stepping on the bag as the first baseman (#2) is awaiting the ball that has nearly made it...

This is a photographic negative of an umpire pointing his finger at someone or something in the direction of the dugout on the first base side. In the background there are a few players and the...

This is a photographic negative of a first baseman scooping a bad throw in the dirt as the runner stands on first base. An umpire is standing just to the right of the play with his arms at his...

This is a photographic negative of a first baseman standing on the bag as the Oakland Oaks batter strides past. The umpire is squatting down in between first and second base as he watches the...

This is a photographic negative of the Oakland Oaks team. They are all sitting or standing in a group and wearing their uniforms. Various others are with the team such as the coaches, manager,...

This is a photographic negative of an apparent rundown of a base runner near third base. Three or four players are running toward third. An umpire and the third base coach are watching the play...

This is a photographic negative of a San Francisco Seal base runner touching home plate as he comes home for a run. The Seal is wearing his jacket so he is possibly the team's pitcher of the day...

This is a photographic negative of a batter (#16) taking a swing at the plate. The catcher is coming up from his crouching position and the plate umpire is croutched behind him. The photo shows...

This is a photographic negative of an Oakland Oaks player taking a cut in the batting cage. He is half-way through his swing. There are also other players watching the lefty swing and they are...

This is a photographic negative of a Portland player talking with the home plate umpire during a game. An Oakland Oaks player is standing by them and watching the conversation. They Portland...

This is a photographic negative of an Oakland Oak sliding into home plate. The L.A. Angels catcher (#16) is walking off home plate towards the infield and the umpire is standing behind the plate...

This is a photographic negative of an Oakland Oak sliding into home plate. Unfortunately for the Oaks the umpire has his arm up signalling the out and the catcher is standing on the plate as he...

This is a photographic negative of three men standing as they are looking on presumably at some baseball players practicing. Two of the men are wearing suits and the third (in the middle) is...

This is a photographic negative of five men standing by the box office window. Casey Stengel is the man in the middle and he is handing something to the man to his right. All of the men are...

This is a photographic negative of a man wearing glasses in a suit. The photograph is only of his bust and the background is some kind of board or wall that has purposeful holes in it.

This is a photographic negative of the Oakland Oaks third base coach. Apparently he is yelling at one of his players since his hands are cupped around his mouth to allow for his voice to be...