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Eddie Mathews, Jr. at the Plate
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Three-year-old Edwin Lee Mathews, Jr., dressed in a "Milwaukee Braves" uniform, takes a swing at a baseball. He is the son of Braves' Hall of Fame third baseman Eddie Mathews.
September 7, 1958
Stanfield, Frank
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