The game of baseball has a long and storied history of its players, teams and managers. The stats, the championships, pitching duels and so much more make this one of the most interesting items to study and watch.
Sports History
May 14th in 1980s Baseball
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.
May 15th in 1980s Baseball
The biggest moments from the MLB on May 15 during the 1980s decade like the debut of pitcher Roger Clemens, bits about John Smoltz, George Brett, and more. J. Daniel does it again with his fantastic look at America's Pastime from a very interesting decade including items if interest for Bill North, Rick Waits, Erick King, Len Barker, Chris Welsh, and more of your favorite players.
May 7th in 1980s Baseball
April 5 History in 1980s Baseball
The best baseball players born on May 14
Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for May 14: — www.mlb.com
The MLB.com website salutes the top players born on the day of May 14.
One is May 14, 1954 - Dennis Martínez was born.
Known as El Presidente, the right-hander from Nicaragua racked up 245 wins over 23 seasons in the Majors.
There are more birthdays of the day too.
March 25th in 1980s Baseball
Baseball Reference Stats
Graig Nettles career Stats, Position, & More from Baseball-Reference.com
Baseball History Unpacked for May 22
Baseball Hall of Fame bio on Mr. October
March 23rd in 1980s Baseball.
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 ...
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...
The 1897 Strathcona Hockey Team
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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