Episode 176 – The Judge Land(i)s a New Job

With the Black Sox scandal threatening to ruin Major League Baseball, team owners knew they needed to clean up their sport. And 100 years ago this week, they found the man to do it: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. But the last century has not been kind to the man once credited with saving baseball. Mike and Bill look back on one of the most important figures in the game’s history and are surprised by what they find. Plus, happy birthday to John Denny and Tony Cuccinello.

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Citing statistics to a U.S. Senate panel, commissioner Bud Selig states it is time for ‘sweeping changes’ in the game’s economic makeup, raising the possibility of a work stoppage after the current contract expires October 31, 2001.

November 21, 2000

Seattle’s Edgar Martinez just misses hitting for the cycle for the second game in a row. He stokes a single, double, and triple in a 5 – 1 win over the New York Yankees. On the 14th, he had two singles, a triple and a home run against the Cleveland Indians.

July 15, 1991

The Red Sox defeat the Tigers‚ 11 – 9‚ despite 7 Detroit home runs. Tim Wakefield records the win for Boston despite tying a major league record by allowing 6 of the homers. Wakefield is the 6th modern pitcher to yield 6 round-trippers‚ but the first since Philadelphia’s George Caster did so 64 years ago against the Red Sox. The last pitcher to give up 6 homers and still win the game was Brooklyn’s Hollis Thurston in 1932.

August 8, 2004

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Episode 176 – The Judge Land(i)s a New Job

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Citing statistics to a U.S. Senate panel, commissioner Bud Selig states it is time for ‘sweeping changes’ in the game’s economic makeup, raising the possibility of a work stoppage after the current contract expires October 31, 2001.

Seattle’s Edgar Martinez just misses hitting for the cycle for the second game in a row. He stokes a single, double, and triple in a 5 – 1 win over the New York Yankees. On the 14th, he had two singles, a triple and a home run against the Cleveland Indians.

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Citing statistics to a U.S. Senate panel, commissioner Bud Selig states it is time for ‘sweeping changes’ in the game’s economic makeup, raising the possibility of a work stoppage after the current contract expires October 31, 2001.

Seattle’s Edgar Martinez just misses hitting for the cycle for the second game in a row. He stokes a single, double, and triple in a 5 – 1 win over the New York Yankees. On the 14th, he had two singles, a triple and a home run against the Cleveland Indians.

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