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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
This Day in Baseball May 4
This Day in Baseball brings us May 4 history on Fred Brown, Lefty Grove, Babe Ruth, Ben Chapman, Ted Williams, Cecil Travis, Roberto Clemente, Cal Ripken, Andres Galarraga, and more. MLB May 4
1st Night Game - Baseball HOF
The Baseball Hall of Fame shares:
May 24, 1935 - The 1st night game in MLB history was played at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field.
May 24, 1935 - The 1st night game in MLB history was played at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field.
May 9th in 80s Baseball
Happy Birthday to the great Tony Gwynn, the Phillies make a big mistake and Tom Seaver gets two wins in one day on Today in 1980s baseball. — 80sbaseball.com
J. Daniel celebrates May 9 in the 1980 baseball history with stories about Tony Gwynn, Sam Mejias, John Stuper, Brett Wise, Rafael Landestoy, Bill Lee and more. MLB May 9
May 14th in 1980s Baseball
Happy Birthday to a Hall of Famer, a milestone for Reggie and Benny Distefano makes history on Today in 1980s Baseball. — 80sbaseball.com
J. Daniel describes the events of the May 14 day in the MLB that are to be remembered.
May 14, 1981 - Fernando Valenzuaela (Number 34) runs his record to 8-0 when Pedro Guerrero (Number 28) hits a walk-off HR to beat the Montreal Expos 3-2.
There are more stories too about Hosken Powell, Dennis Martinez, Tony Perez, Pat Borders, Chris Smith, Mark Thurmond, Ernie Riles, Roger Clemens, and more have mention.
March 24th in 1980s Baseball.
Happy Birthday to The True Creature, the Phillies make an ill-advised trade, and Dusty Baker has a new home on March 24th in 1980s Baseball — 80sbaseball.com
J. Daniel and his 80sBaseball.com website bring birthdays and transactions relevant to March 24 in 1980s Baseball.
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.
This Day In Baseball May 8
This Day in Baseball's website celebrates the May 8 events of players such as Ezra Sutton, Amos Rusie, Smokey Joe Wood, Frank Pfeffer, Chuck Klein, Frank Robinson, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Willie Stargell, and more. MLB May 8
This Day in Baseball May 19
This-Day-in-Baseball.com brings us 1933 - Ferrell bothers become the 1st opposing MLB sibs to homer in a game; 1962 - Musial breaks NL HR record;2004 - Franco becomes oldest pinch hitter to homer, again
Best Baseball Players Born May 16
Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar.
Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for May 16: — www.mlb.com
Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for May 16: — www.mlb.com
The MLB.com website presents their opinion of who the top players in baseball history are that were born on May 16.
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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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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
Author Joe Ziemba the master historian of football in Chicago has released another beauty. It is titled Bears versus Cardinals: The NFL's Oldest Rivalry.
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Hut! Hut! Hike! Book
Historian Timothy P. Brown has released another excellent book to help fill our football minds with knowledge. His latest is called Hut! Hut! Hike!: A History of Football Terminology.[/br]more information
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