The trade for Gary Carter, 36 years ago this week, turned out to be the final piece that turned the mid ’80s Mets into a juggernaut. Mike and Bill recount the career of one of the best catchers in history, and what he brought to the Mets that made them so great, and simultaneously led…
To close out 2020, the strangest year in many of our lifetimes, Bill recounts the life and career of perhaps the strangest ballplayer in history, birthday boy Bill “Spaceman” Lee. Plus, happy birthday to Jim Tobin. See you all in 2021!
It’s the most wonderful time of the offseason, when we all scream at each other over who belongs, and especially who doesn’t belong, in the Hall of Fame. To help us sort it out, we have on Jay Jaffe, of Fangraphs and The Cooperstown Casebook, and actual Hall of Fame voter! Plus, we give away…
Despite being nearly 40, with a family, and missing four toes on one foot, 83 years ago this week Red Ruffing was inducted into the US Army for World War II. It was unexpected to say the least. Mike and Bill kick off Season 5 by looking back on the life and career of a…
The Hall of Fame Dodgers manager died Thursday night. His career record was 1,599-1,439, but that doesn’t begin to tell the story of Lasorda’s impact and influence on Los Angeles. Our baseball writers, columnists and photographers looked back today on his life. Hereās our report: Obituary: Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda dies at…
After Chatham-born pitcher Fergie Jenkins retired from an outstanding career in Major League Baseball in 1983, he pitched two seasons for the London Majors of the Intercounty Baseball League in 1984 and 1985. PHOTO: The London Free Press. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Sponsor this Page Listen to Voices From The Past on Our Podcast The Daily Rewind…
MLB 2020: The Leading Teams and Their Best Plays Major League Baseball or MLB, is an American professional baseball organization that hosts seasonal games every year. The organization existed for more than 100 years, and now its excellence and love for baseball also took a chance in the modern world. Currently, MLB’s matches are catered…
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On September 20, 2020Ā At Fenway Park Boston Red Sox Starter Tanner Houck is the eighth pitcher — and sixth starter — since 1901 to throw as many as five innings while allowing two hits or fewer in his first two MLB starts. And heās the first pitcher in Red Sox history to achieve that…
August 25, 1985, Dwight āDocā Gooden of the New York Mets becomes the youngest pitcher to win 20 games in a season. At 20 years, nine months, and nine days – one month younger than Bob Feller was when he won 20 games in 1939 – Gooden defeats the San Diego Padres, 9-3. Gooden would…
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