Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C27797
President John F. Kennedy signs a baseball during opening day of the 1963 baseball season at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.; the Washington Senators hosted the Baltimore Orioles. Also pictured: Special Assistant to the President, Larry O’Brien; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Joseph Cronin (back to camera); Owner of the Washington Senators, James M. Johnston; Representative Torbert H. Macdonald (Massachusetts); Manager of the Baltimore Orioles, Billy Hitchcock; Manager of the Washington Senators, James Barton "Mickey" Vernon; Daniel Harnett and Levi Fraser, from the Washington Boys Clubs.