June 29, 1888 â The Boston Beaneaters release vets Ezra Sutton and Jack Burdock. Both players have been in the NL since its start in 1876 and had been with Boston for a decade. Baseball HOT ON EBAYCard Collections ENDING SOON ON EBAYMOST WANTED ROOKIE CARDSVINTAGE SPORTS TICKETSBaseball Hall of Famers More on Baseball HistoryâŠ
On June 25, 1888 At Sportsmanâs Park, Kansas City third baseman Jumbo Davis makes five errors in the teamâs 10-3 loss to St. Louis. The 26 year-old Cowboys infielder will commit 100 errors in 628 chances, finishing the season with a .841 fielding percentage for the American Association club. His bat kept in him theâŠ
On June 10, 1888 The Athletics play their first official Sunday home game at Gloucester, NJâ or so they think. The American Association secretary will later rule the game illegally rescheduled and throw it out of official records.
The first publication of Ernest L. Thayerâs poem Casey at the Bat appears in the San Francisco Examiner. The work is originally published under the pen name âPhinâ because the poet feels embarrassed by what he considers to be bad verse and decides to keep his identity a secret until others come forward to claim the work to be their own.
June 1 1888 game at the South End Grounds between the Boston Nationals and the New York Giants. The artist used reproductions from original images to depict the players on the field, in foul ground, and some of the spectators, presumably prominent people. The players on the field are identified as follows: William Nash, secondâŠ
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