One of the most prolific home run hitters of all time, Henry Aaron withstood tremendous pressure to break Babe Ruth’s career record. Aaron is often overlooked when historians debate the best player of the 1950s and 1960s. He was a great hitter, winning two batting titles. He was an outstanding base runner with…
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On December 12, 2003 – The Voice of the Milwaukee Braves, radio broadcaster Earl Gillespie, died in West Allis at age 81. Earl had also called games of the Green Bay Packers, the Marquette football Warriors, Wisconsin Badger football, and the Milwaukee Hawks basketball. You can listen to dozens of his games on our YouTube…
On April 24, 1966, the Atlanta Braves establish a major league record by winning their 18th consecutive game at home. The first 17 wins of the streak had actually occurred in Milwaukee, the Braves’ home in 1965.
Los Angeles clinches the National League pennant on the next to last day of the season at Dodger Stadium when Sandy Koufax gets his 26th victory, defeating the Braves in the clincher, 3-1. The Dodgers, winning 14 of their last 15 games, finishes the campaign with a 97-65 record, two games ahead of the second-place Giants.
October 1, 1965- In front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 50,813, Denny Lemaster pitches a complete game five-hitter as the Braves win 2-0. The Dodger loss brings their lead in division down to 2 with 2 games to go over the Giants. Tomorrows game the Dodgers will trot out Sandy Koufax, he has 25…
Sept. 22, 1965. The Milwaukee Braves’ last game in County Stadium. A crowd of 12,577, heartsick that the Braves would move to Atlanta, saw them lose, 7-6, to the Dodgers in 11 innings. Eddie Mathews was nearing the end, too. He hung around until 1968, when he won a second World Series ring with the…
1965 – At Candlestick Park, Tony Cloninger throws a four-hitter to give the Braves an 8 – 2 win over the Giants. In Southern California, the Dodgers win, 4 – 3, over the Cards to reduce the Giants’ lead to one game.