Are there enough clues on the scoreboard to determine the date of the photo?
Yes. The Pittsburgh-New York game with its high score was the biggest clue. Also, since the Braves were still in Boston, that meant it was prior to 1953. Since the Pirates had a terrible record in 1952, I skipped that year and instead checked 1951 for the 11 Pit-NYG games at Forbes Field.
The pictured game was Milwaukee-Indianapolis. Also on the scoreboard is Minneapolis at Toledo, but less than a week later, on June 23, Mud Hens owner Danny Menendez moved the team to Charleston, West Virginia, leading to his indictment.
When the Braves moved from Boston to Milwaukee in 1953, the Milwaukee team in the American Association moved to Toledo, where they were first known as the Glass Sox, but soon settled on Sox.
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