Editor’s note: Throughout this year, Press Room Pass will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 baseball season with a variety of stories from the covering personal accomplishments, unique moments, major league expansion and the amazing New York Mets. This is the latest installment of that series. One day after Cincinnati’s Jim Maloney beat […]
Editor’s note: Throughout this year, Press Room Pass will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 baseball season with a variety of stories from the covering personal accomplishments, unique moments, major league expansion and the amazing New York Mets. This is the latest installment of that series. There were a total of six no-hitters […]
Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]
Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]
Being first in anything is a great moment. There are many firsts in baseball, but sometimes it can be historical. Kansas City Royals pitcher Steve Busby celebrated a first for him and his team on April 27, 1973. That night, Busby tossed the first of four no-hitters in the history of the Royals in just […]
Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]
Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]
Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]
There is always a team on the wrong side of a no-hitter. Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt 45s is the ultimate case of things going awry because he is the only player in major league history to throw and complete game no-hitter and lose on April 23, 1964. On the scoreboard, Johnson and Cincinnati’s […]
Travesty and Fiasco. Those were two words that appeared in newspaper headlines to describe a 20-6 Chicago White Sox victory over the Kansas City A’s on April 22, 1959. Everything seemed to be fine as the A’s grabbed an early lead to excite what crowd (7,446) there was at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Chicago’s […]