In the U.S., Major League Baseball’s World Series begins tonight when the Philadelphia Phillies play the New York Yankees in New York City. These are two of the oldest organizations in the majors—the Phillies date from 1883, and the Yankees were formed in 1901 as the Baltimore Orioles, before moving to New York in 1913 and rechristening themselves with a new name. So in honor of these venerable teams, and baseball in general, we’ve cobbled together a collection of baseball-themed pulp magazines—seven, actually, for the number of games we want the series to go. But however long it lasts, let’s hope the games are entertaining and the fiery rioting in the winning town is non-lethal. Most of these images came from here.

Today is Superbowl Sunday over in the U.S., so we thought we’d post a collection of vintage pulp covers from the days before some genius figured out that whole soft helmet/brain hemorrhage relationship. Alas, though the sport isn’t what it once was, we can still hope today’s big game is a classic, like these covers.