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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1963 )

• This Day in Baseball: Billy Williams is Rookie of the Year

  

  On November 30, 1961, Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs was selected as the National League Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Joe Mauer Named AL MVP

  

  Joe Mauer was named Most Valuable Player for the American League on November 23, 2009. In spite of missing the first month of the season with a back injury,... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Baseball in Space, 2019

  

  When the Houston Astros made it to the World Series in 2019, NASA astronauts on the International Space Station celebrated the game with their own game of... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: The Alleghenys Jump to the National League

  

  The Pittsburgh Alleghenys left the American Association on November 18, 1886 to join the National League as an expansion team. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Bugs Bunny Plays Baseball

  

  Talk about a high-scoring game. And using an entire tree trunk as a baseball bat has Mark McGwire steroid vibes all over it. Looney Tunes was a staple piece of... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Waitkus is Comeback Player of the Year

  

  Seventeen months after being shot in the chest with a rifle by an obsessed fan, Eddie Waitkus was named the Comeback Player of the Year by the Associated Press... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Go Get ’em Tigers

  

  Here is the theme song for the Detroit Tigers from 1968. It’s short and sweet, but very catchy. The creator of the video also inlcuded a bit of Tigers history... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Leave No Equipment Behind

  

  On November 3, 1953, the rules committee chose to end the practice of allowing players to leave their gloves on the playing field. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Braves Are World Champions

  

  Congratulations to the Atlanta Braves on their World Series victory. More exciting (for me, as a Royals fan, anyways), congratulations to Jorge Soler on... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Teddy the Republican Batter

  Theodore Roosevelt is well-known for the line, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” This cartoon takes that phrase and gives it a baseball twist. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• 2021 World Series Schedule

  

  The 2021 World Series matchup is set! Beginning Tuesday, October 26th, the Astros and the Braves will be going head-to-head. All games will be broadcast on... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Athletics Win the 1910 Series

  

  On October 23, 1910, before a crowd of 27,374, Philadelphia’s Jack Coombs won his third game of the World Series to defeat the Chicago Cubs, 7-2. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Connie Mack Retires

  

  Having spent over five decades managing in the major leagues, Connie Mack retired as skipper of the Athletics on October 18, 1950. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Bumpus Jones Throws a No-hitter

  

  Charles “Bumpus” Jones of the Cincinnati Reds threw a no-hitter in his first major league appearance on October 15, 1892, which also happened to be the last... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Lets Go, Go Go White Sox”

  

  I’m not a White Sox fan, but I admit I was lowkey hoping they’d at least advance to the ALCS, if only so that I could post this without it seeming awkward. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “A Fisherman’s Tale,” Anonymous

  This piece was published in 1942 and it references Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. In the novella, the main character, Santiago, idolizes DiMaggio... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Addie Joss’s Perfect Game

  

  On October 2, 1908, Addie Joss of the Cleveland Naps pitched a perfect game against the Chicago White Sox. Joss’s performance was the fourth perfect game in... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Black Sox Admissions

  

  On September 28, 1920, Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams, Joe Jackson, and Happy Felsch admitted to a grand jury that they had thrown the 1919 series in return for ... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Baseball 101: Road Grays

  

  Major League Baseball fans watching a ballgame today can usually differentiate between the away team and the home team due to the color of the teams’ uniforms. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Casey Bats Again,” by Disney

  

  In 1946, Disney released an animated adaptation of Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s poem, “Casey At the Bat.” The short film proved so popular that in 1954, Disney... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS