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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1963 )

• This Day in Baseball: 1908 NL Pennant Race

  

  Approximately two week’s after Merkle’s Boner took place, the Cubs faced off once again against the New York Giants on October 8, 1908. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Wednesday Jokes

  

  Here are a couple jokes for this Hump Day morning. They’re both a little hokey, but still amusing in their own way.  Enjoy! * A baseball player is sitting on th... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen, my friend, there’s no man alive who can throw harder than Joe Wood. ~Walter Johnson Walter Johnson (Library of Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Eight Men Out, by Eliot Asinof

  

  I finished reading Eliot Asinof’s Eight Men Out this past week, the latest book assignment in my baseball literature class.  It proved itself an eye-opening... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  Bob Gibson of the Cardinals became a twenty-game winner for the first time on October 3, 1965, as he won game number 20 for the season against the Astros in... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “A Mile in My Shoes: Joe Jackson,” by Don Waldo

  

  We have been discussing the book Eight Men Out in class (summary/review to come soon!), so this piece seemed appropriate this morning. Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  I couldn’t see well enough when I was a boy, so they gave me a special job—they made me umpire. ~Harry S. Truman Author: Greta Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Infographic: How Baseball Gloves Are Made

  

  I feel like, in baseball, there tends to be a lot of focus on the composition of the bat and of the ball, but so little attention is paid to the glove. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Don’t Swing

  

  This cartoon makes me think of Eddie Gaedel of the St. Louis Browns, the shortest player in Major League history.  Gaedel made only one plate appearance on... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  I believe in the Rip Van Winkle theory—that a man from 1910 must be able to wake up after being asleep for seventy years, walk into a ballpark, and understand... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  Having already been the youngest player to hit 50 home runs in a season, accomplished in 1955, Willie Mays also became the oldest player to accomplish the feat... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Meet the Mets”

  

  Even though I’m not a Mets fan, I can’t help but love this tune.  This song was written in 1961 by Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz, and it definitely puts me in... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• R.I.P. Yogi Berra

  

  The great Yankee catcher, Yogi Berra, has passed away.  At the age of 90, there’s no doubt that Yogi had a long and full life. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Baseball has prostituted itself. Pretty soon we’ll be starting games at midnight so the people in outer space can watch games on prime-time television. We’re... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Bye, Bye Braves

  

  The Braves played their final game in Boston on September 21, 1952.  The last home run hit at Braves Field was hit by Roy Campanella of the Dodgers as Brooklyn... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• An Interview with Ty Cobb

  

  This is a cool little find that I happened to come across this morning.  In 1930, a little over a year after he retired from baseball, Ty Cobb gave an... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Another Round of Jokes

  

  It’s been quite some time, but I once posted a couple baseball jokes here.  At the time, it was something I figured I could sprinkle in from time to time, just... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  The secret of my success was clean living and a fast-moving outfield. ~Lefty Gomez Goudey Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “You Know Me Al,” by Ring Lardner

  

  Last week in baseball literature, we read Ring Lardner’s novel You Know Me Al.  This story was actually first written as a series of fictional letters... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Tinker, Evers, and Chance

  

  Speaking of Tinker, Evers, and Chance, the legendary double-play combination completed their first-ever twin killing 113 years ago today, on September 15, 1902. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS