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Category Archives: Baseball
Remembering Bobby Murcer And A Good Day At The Plate
Bobby Murcer: 40 Years Ago Today, April 11, 1973 On this date, Wednesday, April 11, 1973, the New York Yankees were at home against the Cleveland Indians and playing their fifth game of the year. They had lost their first … Continue reading
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Tagged 1973, Bobby Murcer, Cleveland Indians, Gaylord Perry, New York Yankees
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Jack Harshman, New York Giants…Slugger?
Pick A Bat, Any Bat Jack Harshman first came up to the major leagues with the New York Giants for five games in 1948 at the age of 20, with a reputation as a slugging first baseman. In 1949 he … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago White Sox, Jack Harshman, New York Giants
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Baseball In A Blizzard – The Detroit Tigers 1911 Snow Game
Snow Doesn’t Stop A Tiger Victory In the old days of baseball when there were fewer games and no playoff rounds, the baseball season started in mid-April. In part, the later start date was to try and prevent what happened … Continue reading
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Tagged 1911, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Ty Cobb, Umpire
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The Pride Of The Yankees – Was The Film Really Reversed?
Gary Cooper, Lou Gehrig and The Mystery of Reversing The Film The New York Times published an article on February 9, 2013 based off of research conducted by Tom Shieber that he posted on his web site, that disputes a … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Movies, New York
Tagged Entertainment, Lou Gehrig, New York Times, New York Yankees, The Pride of the Yankees
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Ty Cobb In Chicago At Southside Park – 1907 And 1908
The “Georgia Peach” Ty Cobb, Plays In The Windy City I wonder if baseball fans recognize greatness early on in a player’s career? Ty Cobb started his major league career with the Detroit Tigers in 1905 and had his first … Continue reading
Collision At Home Plate
Billy Klaus Takes Down Yogi Berra, Ted Williams Picks Up 2,000th Hit – 1955 In this series of photographs from August 11, 1955 at Yankee Stadium, Red Sox shortstop Billy Klaus smashes into Yankees catcher Yogi Berra. The play … Continue reading
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Tagged 1955, Billy Klaus, Boston Red Sox, Daily News, Jim Honochick, New York Yankees, Ted Williams, Umpire, Yogi Berra
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Two Baseball Greats Pass Away- Stan Musial & Earl Weaver And Remembering An Infamous Interview
Cardinals Superstar Stan Musial Dies At 92, Orioles Manager Earl Weaver Dies At 82 And One Very Dirty, Funny Radio Show If you are like me, Saturday, January 19, 2013 will be remembered by baseball fans as a very sad day … Continue reading
Lou Gehrig Plays Sandlot Baseball 1927
The Iron Horse Takes Some Time To Play With The Boys After the New York Yankees swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1927 World Series, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig went on a barnstorming tour across the country. This news … Continue reading
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Tagged 1927, Babe Ruth, Los Angeles, Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees
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How To Throw A Spitball
Burleigh Grimes Demonstrates How To Throw A Spitter – July 12, 1929 The spitball was officially banned from baseball in 1920. Existing spitball pitchers were grandfathered to be allowed to legally throw the pitch. Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes was … Continue reading
A Rose By Any Other Name
The Aaron’s, Clemente’s and Mays’ Of A Lesser Ilk In major league baseball history there was only one Ruth, Gehrig, Koufax, Medwick, Seaver and Carew. You know who is being referred to when you hear the name Mantle. Yet there … Continue reading