Carl Erskine on the Hardball Podcast
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Hardball with Chris Dimino is a podcast almost 20 years in the making. Conversations. Not...
Read MoreHARDBALL PODCAST Episode 20 HOFer Jim Palmer An amazing story before he ever appeared in his first...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Mar 27, 2020 | 2020 Season Simulation, Podcast | 0 |
March 27th Highlights Day 2 of the season had an abbreviated schedule but that did not cut down on...
Read MoreI have been a fan and a player of Strat-o-Matic for 30+ years and I am excited they are going to...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Mar 2, 2020 | Podcast, World Series, World Series Clinchers | 0 |
On March 2, 1909, future Hall of Famer, Mel Ott is born in Gretna, Louisiana. Known as “Master...
Read MoreThis Week we cover August 26 – Sept 1 . . . We are going to talk Tom Yawkey, Jackie...
Read MoreToday we are covering August 19 – 25, we are going to be talking about – Jimmie Foxx pitching...
Read MoreEpisode 112 – This Week in Baseball Two of the best pitchers of the Dead Ball Era faced off...
Read MoreOn this weeks podcast – August 5, 1979, Willie Mays is inducted into the Hall of Fame in his...
Read MoreWelcome to this day in baseball Daily rewind my name is Tom Hannon and I am your host. Thank you...
Read MoreVery few players in the 20th century transformed the way baseball was perceived as much as Jim...
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The “Duke of Flatbush”, Hall of Famer Duke Snider dies in Escondido, CA at age 84. Snider was a power-hitting centerfielder for the great Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the 1950s and is immortalized in Terry Cashman’s song “Willie, Mickey and the Duke”.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Nov 19, 1996 | Free Agency, Podcast | 0 |
1996 – One of Major League Baseball’s most controversial owners, Jerry Reinsdorf, and its most controversial player, Albert Belle, join forces with the Chicago White Sox. Belle signs a record five-year, $55 million deal that makes him the first player to surpass the $10 million per year mark. Reinsdorf, seen as the instigator in the owners’ vote against the collective bargaining agreement, draws the ire of owners in both leagues who feel he sold them out.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 4, 1994 | Ball Park, Podcast | 0 |
On April 4, 1994, The Cleveland Indians inaugurate Jacobs Field with a 4 – 3 victory over the...
Read MoreAt a press conference, Tiger management and WJR announce 1991 will be Ernie Harwell’s 32nd and final season in the broadcast booth. The dismissal of the Motor City’s popular play-by-play announcer starts a furor among fans, which includes a threatened boycott of Domino’s Pizza, a business of club owner Tom Monaghan, and the rise of the slogan, “Say It Ain’t So, Bo”, which appears on bumper stickers and T-shirts all over Detroit, referring to Bo Schembechler, the team president and former University of Michigan football coach.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 3, 1987 | Podcast, Transactions | 0 |
On April 3, 1987, the Chicago Cubs trade seemingly over-the-hill pitcher Dennis Eckersley to the Oakland A’s for three minor leaguers. Eckersley will emerge as the game’s dominant closer, saving 291 games over the next eight seasons, and earning election to the Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Ozzie Smith agrees to go to the Cardinals to complete the December deal that finally sends Gary Templeton to the Padres. An outside arbitrator, Tom Roberts, will determine ‘the Wizard of Oz’s’ Cardinal salary before the season starts, awarding the light-hitting Gold Glove shortstop $450,000, rather than the $750,000 he requested.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 10, 1981 | Debut, Free Agency, Homerun History, Podcast | 0 |
PODCAST On April 10, 1981 the Baseball Season opened in Fenway Park and Carlton Fisk, the heart...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 9, 1981 | Debut, Podcast | 0 |
On Opening Day, Fernando Valenzuela, making his first major league start in place of scheduled...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 2, 1976 | Podcast, Transactions | 0 |
On April 2, 1976, the Oakland A’s trade two key members from their recent World Series championship teams, sending All-Star outfielder Reggie Jackson and pitcher Ken Holtzman to the Baltimore Orioles for outfielder Don Baylor and pitchers Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell…
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jan 5, 1975 | Death, Podcast | 0 |
1975 – Pitcher Don Wilson , at age 29, dies at home from carbon monoxide poisoning after falling asleep in his car. His young son, asleep in a bedroom above the garage, also dies in the tragedy. His number 40 is retired by the Astros the following spring, the second Houston player to be so honored.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Dec 3, 1974 | Podcast, Transactions | 0 |
The Chicago White Sox obtain catcher Jim Essian from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for controversial slugger Dick Allen and a reported $5,000. Allen will refuse to report to Atlanta and retire instead. Richie Ashburn will help coax Allen out of retirement and he will play two disappointing seasons back in Philadelphia before going to Oakland as a free agent to finish his major league career.
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