1948- Look Magazine

In a 1948 issue of Look Magazine sportswriter Tim Cohane postulated that Boston Red Sox center-fielder Dom DiMaggio was baseball's greatest outfielder. He was speaking of Dom's defensive prowess only claiming that the "Little Professor" covered "more ground than anybody in baseball."

To illustrate his claim Cohane presented a photo of the spacious outfield area of New York's Yankee Stadium. It was marked to show the limits of Dom's range in all directions.

Just as interesting as Cohane's claim, however, is the photo of the old stadium itself (click on photo for a closer look). It shows only two monuments in centerfield for Miller Huggins and Lou Gehrig. Babe Ruth's monument had yet to appear (he died in August 1948). Also interesting is the differing heights of the outfield wall and the mangy looking condition of the ballpark grass.