#Shortstops: The Unending Braves

An unassuming piece of green, gold, and white metal, many would not immediately recognize this end standard as being associated with the Boston Braves.

Upon closer inspection though, the letters at the top sit inside of a baseball at the top of the piece.

These letters, BNLC, stand for the Boston National League Club. A baseball glove is adorned in the middle of the diamond.

This end standard sat at the end of every aisle at Braves Field.

It was thanks to the Braves comeback season of 1914 that Braves Field existed in the first place.

The Braves were posting abysmal numbers in that 1914 season, with just 26 wins at the beginning of July. But starting around the Fourth of July, the team that came to be known as the “Miracle Braves” played their way into the World Series.

Though considered the underdog against Connie Mack’s Philadelphia A’s, the Boston Braves pulled off the first sweep in modern World Series history, wrapping up the title with a win in Game 4 on Oct 13, 1914.

The Boston Braves owner, James E. Gaffney, decided to build Braves Field after that 1914 season.

Their original field, South End Grounds, was too small to even host the World Series, but when Braves Field opened in 1915 it was the biggest park in professional baseball at the time.

The Braves played there for 37 seasons before their move to Milwaukee.