Fenway Opener
On April 20, 1912 the first pitch was thrown in the new baseball park in Boston. It was the first game played at Fenway Park. Fenway is the oldest of the baseball parks in use by Major League Baseball. The name Fenway Park comes from its location in the Fenway district of Boston. The fens [...]
Baseball’s Major Change
For many April 15th is the deadline for paying their tax for the prior year. Baseball fans know this as the day that baseball changed. It was on April 15, 1947 that the The Brooklyn Dodgers under General Manager Branch Rickey played Negro-League star Jackie Robinson on opening day. By the end of the year [...]
World Series Droughts
The Major League Baseball season begins in a few days so i thought I would revise and republish my October 2007 post about World Series Droughts. **** These baseball franchises have never won a World Series; Tampa Bay Rays, Colorado Rockies, Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers. Of [...]
Remembering 2008
When people look back upon 2008, many years from now, the two events that will sure to be on everyone’s list is the downturn of the economy and the 2008 Presidential election. Had Obama lost, it still would have been one for the history books. His election really does mean that we are entering a [...]
Yankee Stadium – The End of An Era
At the beginning of the Baseball season I published a post about Yankee Stadium. Tonight the last game ever will be played at that old memorable ballpark so I thought I’d republished that post. (Updated as needed) ****** The first game was played in Yankee Stadium on April 18, 1923. 2008 is the last season [...]
Ruth Hits 500
The New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians were playing a ball game in Cleveland on August 11, 1929. In the game Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hit home runs. For Gehrig it was his 27th of the season. For Ruth it was his 500th in his career, becoming the first person to reach a [...]
Yankee Stadium
The first game was played in Yankee Stadium on April 18, 1923. 2008 will be the last year for the old stadium with the New York Yankees moving to their new stadium in 2009. The stadium has been called the “House the Ruth built” for the Yankee star out fielder, Babe Ruth. And in fitting [...]
Take Me Out to The Ball Game
Another baseball season is about to begin. One hundred years ago the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, Their second in a row. They’ve been trying to have a repeat series win every year since. It was also in 1908 that the song, Take Me Out to The Ball Game was written. Jack Norworth was [...]
Baseball – The National Pastime
The 2008 season starts tonight, March 30, 2008, with a game against the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies on ESPN. OK, the season actually began in Japan earlier in the week when the Oakland A’s and Boston Red Sox played a two game series. As some of you may guess, at least those who [...]
About the Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox began as one of the American League’s charter franchise in 1901. One of the leaders of the team was Cy Young, who would win 33 games that first season. They would win the first American League pennant as well as winning the first World Series against the National League in 1903. [...]
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