Day 2 2020 Strat O Matic Simulation
March 27th Highlights Day 2 of the season had an abbreviated schedule but that did not cut down on...
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March 26 Podcast – Mickey Mantle and the 2020 Season Simulation
I have been a fan and a player of Strat-o-Matic for 30+ years and I am excited they are going to...
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Mel Ott World Series At Bats vs Lefty Gomez
On March 2, 1909, future Hall of Famer, Mel Ott is born in Gretna, Louisiana. Known as “Master...
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Daily Rewind Season 3, Episode 5 Jackie Robinson meets Branch Rickey
This Week we cover August 26 – Sept 1 . . . We are going to talk Tom Yawkey, Jackie...
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PODCAST Season 3, Episode 4 – Foxx, Marichal, Berra, Stairs, Perry
Today we are covering August 19 – 25, we are going to be talking about – Jimmie Foxx pitching...
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Episode 112 – Jack Coombs and Ed Walsh, special guest Jason Novak and Pete Rose Hall of Fame debate
Episode 112 – This Week in Baseball Two of the best pitchers of the Dead Ball Era faced off...
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Episode 2 – Daily Rewind Willie Mays goes to the Hall of Fame
On this weeks podcast – August 5, 1979, Willie Mays is inducted into the Hall of Fame in his...
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Podcast – July 29 – August 4
Welcome to this day in baseball Daily rewind my name is Tom Hannon and I am your host. Thank you...
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Episode 109 – Remembering Jim Bouton (with special guest Craig Calcaterra)
Very 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
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”.
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Jerry Reinsdorf, and its most controversial player, Albert Belle, join forces when Belle signs with Chicago White Sox
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.
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Cleveland Indians inaugurate Jacobs Field with a 4-3 victory
On April 4, 1994, The Cleveland Indians inaugurate Jacobs Field with a 4 – 3 victory over the...
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Tigers release Ernie Harwell after 32 years
At 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.
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Chicago Cubs trade seemingly over-the-hill pitcher Dennis Eckersley to the Oakland A’s
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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Heisman Trophy winner stuns Football and signs with the Royals
On June 21, 1986, Bo Jackson, the former Auburn running back who won the Heisman Trophy last...
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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
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.
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Carlton Fisk – Fenway Park Debut
PODCAST On April 10, 1981 the Baseball Season opened in Fenway Park and Carlton Fisk, the heart...
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Fernando Valenzuela fires shutout in debut as starter
On Opening Day, Fernando Valenzuela, making his first major league start in place of scheduled...
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A’s trade REGGIE JACKSON
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…
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Pitcher Don Wilson , at age 29, dies at home from carbon monoxide poisoning.
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.
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The Chicago White Sox obtain catcher Jim Essian from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for controversial slugger Dick Allen
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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Hank Aaron makes history passing Babe Ruth for the most Homeruns all time
On April 8, 1974, Atlanta Braves superstar Hank Aaron makes baseball history when he breaks Babe Ruth’s career record for home runs with a blast off Al Downing of the Dodgers.
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James (Cool Papa) Bell is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues
1974 – James (Cool Papa) Bell is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues. Known for his legendary footspeed, Bell joins Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard and Monte Irvin, as Negro Leagues greats selected to the Hall.
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Ron Blomberg becomes first DH
On April 6, 1973, Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees becomes the first designated hitter in major league history. In his first plate appearance, Blomberg walks with the bases loaded. He will end up with one hit in three at-bats as the Yankees lose to the Boston Red Sox, 15-5.
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