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Go To Page: 1 . . . . 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 . . . . 61May 17th in 1980s Baseball
Alan Wiggins goes off, a bevy of big league debuts, and a managerial change in Texas highlight Today in 1980s Baseball — 80sbaseball.com
J. Daniel fires ul the way back machine to over 40 years ago and send us the news of May 16 concerning players like Porfi Altamirano, Pascual Perez, Greg Mathews, Tom Newell, Rob Nelson, Randy Bass, Orestes Destrade, Reggie Ritter, Rocky Childress, Tom Dozier, and more.
May 8th in 1980s Baseball
Happy Birthday to an underrated pitcher and big days from three Hall of Famers highlight Today in 1980s Baseball — 80sbaseball.com
Daniel offers birthday wishes to Dennis Leonard, Steve Braun, Ricky Nelson, Orestes Destrade, and more along with celebrating big days from Mike Schmidt and Tom Paciorek. MLB May 8
May 4th in 1980s Baseball
Happy Birthday to Ken Oberkfell, a big day for Otto Velez, and Mike Squires makes history on May 4th in 1980s Baseball — 80sbaseball.com
J. Daniel has the scoop on stories from the 1980s decade of the Big Leagues on players like: Willie Horton, Andy Ashby, Dusty Baker, Dave Kingman, Mike Squires, Otto Velez, Ron Davis, Rod Carew, and more. MLB May 4
May 11th in 1980s Baseball
The Angels deal away a future star and big days for Hrbie and Pete highlight May 11th in 1980s baseball — 80sbaseball.com
J. Daniel lists some of the great events associated with the MLB and May 11 in the decade of the '80s including items about Pete Rose. MLB May 11
This Day In Baseball May 14
The This Day In Baseball website delivers on some spectacular items in the game from May 14.
May 14, 1913 - At Sportsman’s Park, Walter Johnson tops Jack Coombs’ record of 53 consecutive scoreless innings when he stretches the mark to 56 innings. But after the Washington Senators back him with six runs, Johnson gives up a run in the 4th inning against the St. Louis Browns to end his streak of 56 scoreless innings. Ahead 9 – 1, Johnson is relieved by Joe Boehling and Washington wins, 10 – 5.
May 14, 1933 - Hack Wilson crushes a 9th-inning pinch-hit grand slam. It is the first in Brooklyn Dodgers history.
There is more too with stories about Charles Comiskey, Christy Matthewson, Baker Bowl Grandstand Collapse, Bob Feller, Jimmie Foxx, Dizzy Dean, Dave Kingman, and more are discussed in this edition.
May 14, 1913 - At Sportsman’s Park, Walter Johnson tops Jack Coombs’ record of 53 consecutive scoreless innings when he stretches the mark to 56 innings. But after the Washington Senators back him with six runs, Johnson gives up a run in the 4th inning against the St. Louis Browns to end his streak of 56 scoreless innings. Ahead 9 – 1, Johnson is relieved by Joe Boehling and Washington wins, 10 – 5.
May 14, 1933 - Hack Wilson crushes a 9th-inning pinch-hit grand slam. It is the first in Brooklyn Dodgers history.
There is more too with stories about Charles Comiskey, Christy Matthewson, Baker Bowl Grandstand Collapse, Bob Feller, Jimmie Foxx, Dizzy Dean, Dave Kingman, and more are discussed in this edition.
This Day in Baseball May 16
Ruth pitches a gem, a famous Boston player hits for the cycle, the Pirates overcome a 5-run deficit against a top pitcher, an AL HR record for seven games is tied, and dozens more stories from May 16 MLB history.
The crew at This Day in Baseball.com gives us the scoop on May 16 events that concern Sam Thompson, Christy Matthewson, Red Ames, Babe Ruth, Earle Combs, Tommy Bridges, Roberto Clemente, Wally Moon, Ted Williams, and more.
The crew at This Day in Baseball.com gives us the scoop on May 16 events that concern Sam Thompson, Christy Matthewson, Red Ames, Babe Ruth, Earle Combs, Tommy Bridges, Roberto Clemente, Wally Moon, Ted Williams, and more.
March 26th in 1980s Baseball
Happy Birthday to Harry Kalas, the Cubs make three trades, and we say goodbye to The Kingdome on March 26th in 1980s Baseball — 80sbaseball.com
J. Daniel has his salute to March 26 MLB events and birthdays on 80sBaseball.com
This Day In Baseball May 10
The This Day In Baseball website covers many events of the date throughout history taking place on May 10 including posts about Monte Pearson, Bill Klemm, Lou Gehrig, Joe Sullivan, Walter Johnson, Lefty Groves, Ewell Blackwell, Don Newcombe, Bob Lemon, Dave McNally, Roger Metzger, and more. MLB May 10
This Day In Baseball May 3
The This Day In Baseball website introduces us to the May 3 happenings in the MLB including events centered around players like: Bobby Lowe, Jimmy Sheckard, Jack McCarthy, Lefty Grove, Vic Raschi, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and more. MLB May 3
This Day In Baseball May 11
The This Day in Baseball crew cover the history of the game for May 11 with clips about Cy Young, Duke Farrell, Walter Johnson, Ray Schalk, Minnie Minuso, Willie Mays, Tom Seaver, Pete Rose, Jay Bell, and more. MLB May 11
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February 7 Jersey Numbers
Here are some jersey numbers in team sport history that stuck out. February 7, 1949 - Number 5, Joe DiMaggio became the first ball player to earn $100,000 a yearas he did so under contract with the New York Yankees . February 7, 1958 - The Brooklyn Dodgers official...
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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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Bears versus Cardinals: The NFL's Oldest Rivalry
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