Johnny Nakagawa, Lou Gehrig, Kenichi Zenimura, Babe Ruth, Fred Yoshikawa, and Harvey Iwata posed on the field after an exhibition game at Fresno's Firemen's Ballpark. Part of a post-season barnstorming tour in 1927, Babe Ruth's team, the Bustin' Babes, and Lou Gehrig's Larrupin' Lous played 21 exhibition games with teams composed of a variety of players from different local teams. The Fresno game included four Japanese-American players from the Fresno Athletic Club's baseball team who posed in this image with Gehrig and Ruth.
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