Braves Field,Bee Hive,Boston,MA,US Ball Park First Game Date – 08/23/1915 (6) Starting Pitchers – vs. Cardinals: 08/18/1915 Final Score 3-1 (BSN) Attendance – 46,000 Starting Pitchers Dick Rudolph (BSN); Slim Sallee (SLN) First Batter – Miller Huggins (SLN) Result – Struck Out First Hits – Art Butler (SLN),Singled First Run – Sherry Magee BSN) First…
Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds,,Boston,MA,US Ball Park First Game Date – 05/08/1901 (1) Starting Pitchers – vs. Athletics: 05/08/1901 Final Score 12-4 (BOS) Attendance – 11,500 Starting Pitchers Bill Bernhard (PHA); Cy Young (BOS) First Batter – Jack Hayden (PHA) Result – Grounded to 3B First Hits – Dave Fultz (PHA),Singled (1st) First Run – Tommy…
Memorial Stadium,,Baltimore,MD,US Ball Park First Game Date – 04/15/1954 (1) Starting Pitchers – vs. White Sox: 04/15/1954 Final Score 3-1 (BAL) Attendance – 46,354 Starting Pitchers Bob Turley (BAL); Virgil Trucks (CHA) First Batter – Chico Carrasquel (CHA) Result – Singled to RF First Hits – Chico Carrasquel (CHA),Singled to RF (1st) First Run –…
Turner Field,,Atlanta,GA,US Ball Park First Game Date – 4/4/1997 (1) Starting Pitchers – Braves vs. Cubs: 4/4/1997 Final Score 5-4 (ATL) Attendance – 45,044 Starting Pitchers Denny Neagle (ATL); Kevin Foster (CHN) First Batter – Brian McRae (CHN) Result – Bunt Groundout to 1B First Hits – Chipper Jones (ATL),Singled to LF (1st) First Run…
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium – stadium experience Atlanta,GA First and Figures Status: Demolished 1997 Address: Parking lot at Turner field Capacity: 52,013 Cost to construct: $18 Million Architect: Heery, Heery & Finch The Field Playing Surface: Grass Defining Feature: Nick named the Launching Pad, because elevation helped homeruns. However, it turned out to be the…
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington,The Ballpark in Arlington; Ameriquest Fl,Arlington,TX,US Ball Park First Game Date – 4/11/1994 (1) Starting Pitchers – Rangers vs. Brewers: 4/11/1994 Final Score 4-1 (MIL) Attendance – 46,056 Starting Pitchers Kenny Rogers (TEX); Jaime Navarro (MIL) First Batter – Pat Listach (MIL) Result – Grounded to 2B First Hits – David Hulse…
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2019 – In a meeting of division leaders, the Twins pull a number on the Yankees as they turn a triple play and hit 5 homers in an 8 – 6 win. Edwin Encarnacion hits into the triple killing in the 1st, while Mitch Garver homers twice for Minnesota. The Yankees also hit three homers in a losing cause as Lewis Thorpe, in relief of starter Martin Perez gets credit for his first major league win.
2019 – The 2019 Hall of Fame Class is inducted in Cooperstown, NY, with six former players being honored: Harold Baines, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Mariano Rivera and Lee Smith. All are present, save for Halladay, who passed away in a plane crash in 2017 and, who is represented by his wife, Brandy. Rivera, the first player to be elected unanimously to the Hall, gets the honor of speaking last, befitting his status as the greatest closer in history.
Very few players in the 20th century transformed the way baseball was perceived as much as Jim Bouton, the hotshot Yankees starter who, after arm injuries and a trade to the Seattle Pilots, wrote perhaps the greatest baseball book of all time. Bouton passed away last week, so Mike and Bill talk about his life,…
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