Today we are covering August 19 â 25, we are going to be talking about â Jimmie Foxx pitching career, Gooden early excellence, Bill Veek grand stand moment, Yogi Berra and the harmonica, Juan Marichal and John Roseboro fight and the professional pinch hitter Matt Stairs. If you love the history of the game, andâŠ
On August 16, 2019 Mike Yastrzemski has his first career 3-HR game in his 70th career game. His grandfather Carl played 3,308 career games and only had one 3-HR effort: May 19, 1976 vs the Tigers
An exterior view of Stars Park, home to the Negro National League St. Louis Stars from 1922 to 1931. Discovered in a box of negatives at The Missouri Historical Society in 2016, this is the only known photograph of the 10,000 seat stadiumâone of the few built explicitly for a Negro League team. Ideal forâŠ
This week we look at Curt Flood going to Washington. Bean Balls that changed lives â Ray Chapman and Tony C, Power steals by Vic Power, and lost icon as Mickey Mantle Passes away, One incredible streak by Jack Taylor. Listen to our new section on Fan Stories â today we thank Ray Wilson. OnâŠ
Baseball fans gathered at Sloss Field in Birmingham for an industrial league game Industrial Baseball Leagues in Alabama Industrial league baseball was a form of semi-professional baseball that developed during the late nineteenth century and became commonplace in Alabama during much of the twentieth century. Companies sponsored the leagues to enhance employee loyalty and provideâŠ
Episode 112 â This Week in Baseball Two of the best pitchers of the Dead Ball Era faced off 109 years ago this week, Jack Coombs and Ed Walsh put up matching goose eggs for 16 innings before the game between the Athletics and White Sox was called on a account of darkness. It servesâŠ
On this weeks podcast â August 5, 1979, Willie Mays is inducted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Mays slugged 660 homers, batted .302, and collected 3,283 hits in his 22-year career. Known for his all-around play, Mays won 12 Gold Glove Awards for his defense in center field. FormerâŠ
A joint meeting held in Chicago, that was foreseen as a formality, turns into a four-hour fierce debate when American League and National League owners strongly disagree on implementing divisional play for next season. The AL owners had unanimously agreed to the plan earlier in the day, but Senior Circuit brass makes it perfectly clear they believe their league will oppose any effort by the American League to implement the plan by itself, citing the possibility that an AL division winner could be a fourth-place club (under the present standings) that would play a first-place team in the World Series.
Welcome to this day in baseball Daily rewind my name is Tom Hannon and I am your host. Thank you so much for joining me today as we back step our way through July 29 â August 4. Our format has been changing a bit and just to give you a quick recap, we areâŠ
MLB hands out a bevy of suspensions following one of the most violent on-field brawl in recent years which occurred on July 30th in a game between the Reds and Pirates. The longest suspensions go to Pirates pitcher Keone Kela who gets 10 games for starting the whole fracas by throwing at the head of Derek Dietrich, and to Reds P Amir Garrett, who distinguished himself by taking wild swings at opponents, who gets 8. Cincinnati manager David Bell will be out for 6 games after returning to the field following a prior ejection to take part in the fisticuffs, and OF Yasiel Puig who gets 3 games after joining in the fight in spite of having been traded shortly beforehand. Others being punished include Pirates manager Clint Hurdle and players José Osuna, Kyle Crick and Jared Hughes. A number of other players escape with only fines. There had already been a total of 9 ejections during the game itself.
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