Baseball
Happy Birthday, Wrigley Field
One hundred years ago today, the first ever baseball game was played at what later became Wrigley Field. At the time, it was called Weeghman Park – so named after Charles Weeghman, the owner of the Chicago “Federals” professional baseball team of the short-lived Federal League. (The name “Federals” is somewhat of a misnomer. Though […]
Another Hall-of-Famer Passes
Ralph Kiner passed away the yesterday. He was 91. Kiner was a longtime broadcaster for the New York Mets – for over 50 years, actually. He was noted for his baseball malaprops, and for “Kiner’s Corner” – an area near the leftfield corner of Shea Stadium where Kiner held his post-game show. But Kiner should […]
RIP, LtCol Jerry Coleman
A baseball icon has passed. Jerry Coleman – former MLB second-baseman with the New York Yankees and longtime broadcaster for the San Diego Padres – has died. He passed away yesterday at 89. Coleman’s career in MLB was interrupted – like Ted Williams, when recalled to the USMC for service in Korea. However, unlike Ted […]
Sandman Exits
Most of you probably know that a gentleman named Mariano Rivera is retiring from MLB at the end of this season. If you’re even a causal baseball fan – or even read the newspapers or otherwise follow the news – it would have been virtually impossible to avoid knowing. Most of you also probably know […]
Perhaps the Biggest “Shaft Job” in Baseball History
Somewhat over twenty-three years ago, one of the strangest games in baseball history occurred. A man pitched a complete game. He gave up no hits. He lost the game 4-0. And although he was originally credited with pitching a no-hitter, in a final ironic after-the-fact shafting that credit was taken away from him about a […]
Sixty-one Years Ago Today: A Performance for the Ages
Today is the anniversary of a singular and amazing achievement. It’s also one you’ve probably never heard of. Sixty-one years ago, a 19-year-old right-handed pitcher with the Bristol Twins – the Appalachian League farm club for the Pittsburgh Pirates – pitched a complete game shutout. Complete game shutouts were nothing unusual in that day and […]
Stan the Man and the Earl of Baltimore
A pair of giants of yesteryear from our National Pastime passed last weekend. Earl Weaver and Stan Musial both died Saturday. Both are members of the MLB Hall of Fame. Both were IMO deserving of Cooperstown. They were as different as chalk and cheese.
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