The Boston franchise in the National League began with the 1876 season. The team has since played under various names, sometimes as simply "Boston," and at other times as the Doves, Nationals, Bees, and Braves. Presented is a pair of 1940s Boston Braves bookends from the Lou Perini estate.The 1948 season was the Braves' last big hurrah in Boston. In '48, the Braves won the NL Pennant, led by pitchers Johnny Sain and Hall of Famer Warren Spahn, immortalized in the saying, "Spahn and Sain, and pray for rain." The Braves in that '48 season had other stars, such as their middle infield combo of shortstop Al Dark and second baseman Eddie Stanky, and outfielders Bob Elliott and Tommy Holmes. The team was managed by Hall of Famer Billy Southworth. The '48 Braves were beaten in the World Series 4-2 in games, by the Cleveland Indians. By the early 1950s, the rival Boston Red Sox were the main team in town, and with attendance down, Braves' owner Lou Perini moved the team to Milwaukee for the 1953 season. The franchise moved again after the 1965 season, this time to Atlanta, where the Braves remain. Each bookend is approx. 8.1" wide and 7.25" high. The base of each bookend measures 4x7.6". The outside end of the bookends features a "Screaming Brave" in a Mohican style haircut, with a single feather in back. "Braves" is also in red lettering on the outside of each bookend. The outside of the bookend is in leather. The bookends exhibit fine use. There are some small stains, some minor paint loss, and some small chips and cracks. Each bookend weighs approx. two lbs. The items can still function as bookends, and the set makes a great vintage remembrance of the roots of today's Atlanta Braves.

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