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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1953 )

• Quote of the Day

  

  A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson Baseball Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Reflections on the Royals’ 2014 Season

  

  The last few moments of the 2014 Royals season didn’t turn out the way that I hoped that they would.  Indeed, falling a mere ninety feet from tying up Game 7... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Trick-or-treat!

  

  Happy Halloween from the Baseball Attic!! Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• 3 Championships in 5 Years is Undeniably Impressive

  

  Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants on yet another World Series victory.  It was an amazing series, even if it did end in heartbreak for the Royals and... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: A Subway Series, Before the Subways

  

  The deciding game of the 1889 World’s Championship Series was played on October 29th, featuring the New York Giants of the National League and the Brooklyn... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Infographic: Career Hitting Records

  

  Here’s another great infographic depicting record holders for the most career singles, doubles, triples, home runs, and grand slams — as of 2009. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  On October 27, 1954, the high-profile marriage between Yankee superstar Joe DiMaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe ended in divorce.  Monroe filed on the grounds o... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance ~Branch Rickey Branch Rickey, 1912 (Wikimedia Commons) Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “October,” by Hester Jewell Dawson

  

  Here’s a piece that was first published in 1986 in Stone Country.  I haven’t been able to figure out whether Stone Country is a newspaper, magazine, journal,... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The 2014 World Series is Upon Us

  

  Just a casual reminder, in case anyone hasn’t been paying attention… San Francisco Giants vs. Kansas City Royals The 2014 World Series starts tonight! Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  In Game 5 of the 1988 World Series, Orel Hershiser keeps the A’s to a meager four singles.  The 5-1 victory becomes the final game of the series as the Dodgers... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Any minute, any day, some players may break a long standing record. That’s one of the fascinations about the game, the unexpected surprises. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “My Oh My,” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

  

  You don’t see a lot of hip hop songs about baseball, but this one by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis is pretty good.  This elegy for legendary Mariners broadcaster... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  In spite of a 99-63 record for the season, on October 17, 1964, the New York Yankees fired manager Yogi Berra.  The Yankees had lost the 1964 World Series to th... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Baseball has done more to move America in the right direction than all the professional patriots with their billions of cheap words. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: The Greatest Home Run of All Time

  

  On October 13, 1960, the Pittsburgh Pirates squared off against the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the World Series at Forbes Field. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Home,” Ken Burns

  

  At the kickoff of the the 2010 World Series, Ken Burns narrated the poem “Home” for the MLB.  It’s one of those videos that makes you feel pretty nostalgic abou... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: World Series Triple Play

  

  On October 10, 1920, the only unassisted triple play in World Series was executed by Bill Wambsganss of the Cleveland Indians. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  It’s not a game of inches, like you hear people say. It’s a game of hundredths of inches. ~Rube Bressler Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Footage from the 1924 World Series

  

  Here’s a tremendous find that the Library of Congress recently recovered.  Found in the garage of an estate, eight cans of nitrate film were discovered to be... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 BASEBALL, SPORTS