Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle of his career

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On August 1, 1937, Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees hits for the cycle. Gehrig’s cycle, the second of his major league career, highlights the Yankees’ 14-5 demolition of the St. Louis Browns. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Sponsor this Page   Listen to Voices From The Past on Our Podcast The Daily Rewind on Apples Podcast |…

Joe DiMaggio hits for the Cycle

Joe DiMaggio hits for the first of his two career cycles

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Joe DiMaggio hits for the first of his two career cycles as he hits two home runs, a triple, double, and single, helping the Yankees maul the Senators, 16-2. The ‘Yankee Clipper’ will accomplish this feat again in 1948.Joe DiMaggio hits for the first of his two career cycles as he hits two home runs, a triple, double, and single, helping the Yankees maul the Senators, 16-2. The ‘Yankee Clipper’ will accomplish this feat again in 1948.

Mickey Cochrane comes to an end when he is hit in the right temple by a Bump Hadley fastball

Mickey Cochrane comes to an end when he is hit in the right temple by a Bump Hadley fastball

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On May 25, 1937, the playing career of Mickey Cochrane comes to an end when he is hit in the right temple by Yankee hurler Bump Hadley beans him with a 3-1 inside fastball. Near-death at first, the Tiger catcher/manager will spend six weeks in the hospital and will return to the team only as…

Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of baseball, watches a spring-training game in St. Petersburg, Fla
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Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of baseball, watches a spring-training game in St. Petersburg, Fla

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March 6,  1937 Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of baseball, watches a spring-training game in St. Petersburg, Fla., between the New York Yankees and the Boston Bees – March, 1937. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@

Gehrig and Mel Ott
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Yankees topple Giants to win the series

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On October 6, 1936 The Giants loaded the bases in the first off Lefty Gomez on a single and two walks before Mel Ott drove in two with a double, but Jake Powell’s home-run after a two-out triple off Freddie Fitzsimmons tied the game in the second. Next inning, Lou Gehrig’s sacrifice fly after two…

Bill Terry rejects a contract offer from the New York Giants
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Giants beat Yankees in extra innings to stay alive and win game 5 of World Series 1936 – Full Radio Broadcast

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October 5, 1936 World Series Game 5 The New York Giants struck first with back-to-back leadoff doubles by Jo-Jo Moore and Dick Bartell off Red Ruffing. RBI singles by Jimmy Ripple and Burgess Whitehead made it 3–0 Giants. George Selkirk’s home run off Hal Schumacher in the second put the Yankees on the board. Next…

Freddie Fitzsimmons
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Yankees Slide by Giants in Game 3 of World Series – Full Radio Broadcast

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October 3, 1936 at Yankee Stadium game 3 of the World Series, Hard luck-loser Freddie Fitzsimmons allowed only two hits over seven innings, one of them a tremendous home run by Lou Gehrig in the second inning, but after the Giants tied the game in the fifth inning on Jimmy Ripple’s home run off Bump…