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 [...]
Facts about the Super Bowl
1) The original name of the game was the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. The Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt coined the term Super Bowl. Hunt only meant his suggested name to be a stopgap until a better one could be found. None has been found. 2) The ticket price for the 1st Super Bowl [...]
Freezer Bowl
As most of the United States is frozen we are going to look back on a football game that was played in cold weather. The Cincinnati Bengals hosted the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Championship game on January 10, 1982. The game has been called the Freezer Bowl with air temperatures at -9 with [...]
George Michael
The name George Michael became famous in the 1980s. There is the singer, George Michael. For those living in the Washington DC area in the 1980s, 90s and into the new century the name George Michael meant sports. It is with sadness that I have leaned of his death on Christmas Eve, after fighting a [...]
The Oakland Raiders
On January 30, 1960 the Oakland Raiders were the 8th team given a franchise in the AFL, the new and competing league to the NFL. It was considered a big surprise since the area didn’t have a stadium for a team to play, San Francisco had the 49er’s across the bay and there wasn’t an [...]
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 [...]
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