About the Toronto Blue Jays
The city of Toronto in 1977 was awarded an American League franchise becoming the second team from Canada to have a Major league team. They played their first game on April 7, 1977 defeating the Chicago White Sox. They went on to lose 107 of the next 161 games. The Blue Jays had their best [...]
About the Philadelphia Phillies
In 1883 with the disbanding of the National League baseball club in Worcester Massachusetts, the Philadelphia Quakers were established. They soon adopted the nickname Phillies. They may have played until 1890 under both names, but definitely stopped using the name Quakers by then. The Phillies are the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in American professional [...]
The Baltimore Orioles
Spring Training is just around the corner. My favorite team is the Baltimore Orioles. It’s been hard following them the past few years. In a word, they have been BAD. Although right now with the moves that the their General Manager, Andy MacPhail, has been making, I do think there is a bright future for [...]
A Savior for Baseball
After the “Black Sox” scandal of 1919 baseball needed a hero. That hero came in the name of Babe Ruth. He changed the game by hitting long home runs at a time when very few players hit them. He took the fans and the media minds away from the scandal. 1920 was the Babe’s finest [...]
It Was Perfect
Mark Buehrle probably breathed a sigh of relief when the long fly ball off of the bat of Gabe Kapler was caught by DeWayne Wise. Not only did Wise bring what would have been a Home Run back into the ballpark for an out, it kept his perfect game intact. Two batter later when Jason [...]
The Summer of ’69
When thinking back 40 years to the Summer of ’69, a year also made famous in the Bryan Adams songs, one will see that there are many things to look back on during this summer besides the Moon Landings. In baseball 1969 was the first year that the leagues expanded to 12 ball clubs each [...]
Did You Know – Grand Slams in Same Game
Edited: On July 28, 2009 Josh Willingham of the Washington Nationals was added to the list when he hit a Grand Slam in both the 5th and 6th inning of their July 27, 2009 game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The game was played in Milwaukee with the nationals winning by the score 14-6. There has [...]
Records in Baseball Unlikely to be Broken
Cy Young’s career record of 511 wins Young played in a day when a pitcher started nearly every game. Even the post 1920 record of 417 wins is far below Young’s and even though there has been a number of 300 career winners in the past couple of years, all of these were by men [...]
The Streak Begins
One June 1, 1925 a young ball player for the New York Yankees pinch-hit for shortstop Pee Wee Wanninger. Little did anyone, especially Lou Gehrig, know that he would play in 2130 consecutive games before a disease that would carry his name would cause him to sit down. It’s always thought that he played his [...]
This happened on May 25th
Originally published on May 25, 2007: On May 25, 1977 the movie Star Wars was released. In 1961, as part of the State of the Union address, President John F. Kennedy announces plans to send men to the moon. “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is [...]
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