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Go To Page: 1 . . . . 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 . . . . 61Baseball Almanac History on May 23
Baseball history on May 23, including every baseball player who was born on May 23, died on May 23, made their debut on May 23, and ended their big league career on May 23, by Baseball Almanac. — www.baseball-almanac.com
he BaseballAlmanac.com shares manuy May 23 baseball stories including:1926 - Hack Wilson home run heroics.;1944 - Giants lose on a dropped 9th inning fly ball.;1978 - Red Sox sale is approved
This Day in Baseball May 22
May 22 This Day in Baseball History. Enjoy all the debuts, births, deaths, and events on May 22 This Day in Baseball History — thisdayinbaseball.com
ThisDayInBaseball.com takes us down the historic patch of baseball chronicles for May 22 with some items like: 1923 - Cristobal Torriente hits for the cycle;1930 - Babe Ruth ties a major league record by hitting five homers in two games.;1956 - Red Wilson has a 9th inning HR to lead Tigers to victory.; Some Expos magic and more.
Baseball History of May 24
Baseball history on May 24, including every baseball player who was born on May 24, died on May 24, made their debut on May 24, and ended their big league career on May 24, by Baseball Almanac. — www.baseball-almanac.com
The Baseball Almanac has the May 24 1984 event of 1984 - Detroit (35-5) beats California 5-1 for its 17th consecutive road win, and more
Baseball Almanac of May 19
Baseball history on May 19, including every baseball player who was born on May 19, died on May 19, made their debut on May 19, and ended their big league career on May 19, by Baseball Almanac. — www.baseball-almanac.com
Baseball-Almanac.com shares: 1998- Mark McGwire drills 3 HRs against Phillies; 1960 - Juan Marichal debut. These posts and more.
This Day In Baseball April 23 - This Day In Baseball
Baseball history on April 23 Cool facts, debuts, final games, births and deaths on this day in baseball history — thisdayinbaseball.com
Items from Thisdayinbaseball.com for April 23 concerning Mickey Mantle, Lou Castro, Harry Howell, Tris Speaker, Walter Johnson, Kansas City Packers, Ted Williams, and more. MLB April 23
May 19th - 1980s Baseball
Happy Birthday to a noted baseball pugilist, Eric Davis makes his big league debut, and the Cardinals and Astros play a wild one in 1981 on Today in 1980s Baseball — 80sbaseball.com
80sBaseball.com presents the May 19 history of 1984 - Eric Davis debut; 1981 - Bibby retires 27 straight; 1981 - all players in Card vs. Astros get a hit. These stories and more are rekindled by J. Daniel on the site.
Who invented baseball
Baseball’s official historian, John Thorn, sets the record straight on the game’s earliest days ... in the 1700s. Yes, that’s right, baseball started decades before Abner Doubleday supposedly created the game at Cooperstown — and it only became popular when professional gamblers took an interest. — www.npr.org
The ’Secret History’ Of Baseball’s Earliest Days by NPR interviews Official Baseball historian John Thorn as he reveals that the April 2, 1907 decision of the Mills Commission to Christin Abner Doubleday as the founding father of baseball was flat-out wrong.
May 16th in 1980s baseball
Happy Birthday to a Hall of Famer, a Hall of Famer ends his career, and a Hall of Famer hits for the cycle on Today in 1980s Baseball — 80sbaseball.com
In 1980s baseball on May 16, we learn an Astro has three triples in a game, a home run drought ends, and a power hitter drills his 1st career HR.
J. Daniel presents some of the top events in the 1980s MLB for May 16 including items about Jack Morris, Rick Rhoden, Mark Funderburk, Billy Martin, Bob Patterson, Bryan Harvey, Steve Farr, Jeff Innis, Mark Gardner, Marty Pevey , Fred Lynn, Craig Reynolds, and more.
April 26th in 1980s Baseball
Happy Birthday to a Cy Young winner, Wade Boggs gets his first hit, and the Baltimore Colts draft a Yankees minor leaguer on April 26th in 1980s Baseball — 80sbaseball.com
J. Daniel shares some top items of the MLB that occurred on April 26, including the birthdays of Mike Scott, Amos Otis, Lou Thorton, Steve Lombardozzi, and baseball moments of importance from Bill Lyons, Curt Wilkerson, John Elway, Orel Hershiser, Mike Heath, Steve Carlton, Wade Boggs, Eric Show, Dave Parker, Joe Carter, Keith Hernandez. MLB April 26
May 13th in 1980s Baseball
Happy Birthday to a World Series MVP, a dubious milestone for Reggie, and a big day for Fred Lynn highlight May 13th in 1980s Baseball — 80sbaseball.com
J. Daniel does a great job of finding the history for 1980s baseball each day. For May 13 he has a fantastic lineup of stories about players like Tony Gwynn, Alex Rodriguez, Jose Rijo, Juan Beniquez, Bobby Valentine, Lenny Faedo, Fred Lynn, Reggie Jackson, and more. MLB May 13
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February 6 Jersey Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 31 - 9 - 14 - 83 - 7 - 16 - 22 - 80 - 11 - 84 - 10 - 83 - 12 February 6, 1926 - St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from ...
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February 5 Jersey Numbers
Here is what happened in Sports Jersey History on February 5: Kareem hits a new NBA high, Hines hauls in a big one and Bob Douglas is honored. Our Sports Jersey Take of the Day is from historian Joe Ziemba. Listen in to learn more about sports history along with me from the unif...
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The Oregon Agricultural Hard Court Stars
(image) Members of the 1922 Oregon Agricultural College men's basketball team. From left to rightː Gill (forward), Hjeite (enter), and Feraley (forward), from February 5, 1922. This image is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. We know the OAC by a different name today, Oregon State. The Oregon Ag...
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The 1897 Strathcona Hockey Team
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Formal portrait of Strathcona's First Hockey Team (1897). Stratchcona resides in British Columbian Province, and is the oldest residential neighbourhood of Vancouver, (image) Some players are labeled by number. 1. Bob Blain 2. Jim Blain 3. Billy Sharkles 4. Fred Richards 5. J. McIn...
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February 4 Jersey Numbers
Here is what happened in Sports Jersey History on February 4 : We talk about the great goaltending of Grant Fuhr and Ray Durbin of Row One Brand stops by to to discuss two of his favorite number 40s. Listen in to learn more about sports history along with me from the uniforms and jers...
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February 3 Jersey Numbers
Here is what happened in Sports Jersey History on February 3: A blockbuster deal for Carew goes down, The Iceman Cometh in the All-Star game and a dramatic 600th goal milestone is reached on the ice. Our Sports Jersey Take of the Day is from Mark Morthier of Yesterday Sports on Thurman Mun...
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Bears versus Cardinals: The NFL's Oldest Rivalry
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