Don Demeter made the fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers with one swing. Demeter’s walk-off homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth gave the Dodgers a 4-3 win over the Washington Senators in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. The contest began as if the […]
Milwaukee blasted three home runs as the Braves defeated the Kansas City A’s 4-1 in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Bobby Avila smashed two-run homer in the third off A’s starter Bud Daley to put the Braves in front. In the fourth, Eddie Mathews blasted a solo […]
Gene Woodling‘s ninth-inning single proved to be the difference as the Baltimore Orioles beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 to advance to the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. With the score tied in the top of the ninth, Al Pilarcik singled off Giants starter Sam Jones. Walt Dropo […]
Cincinnati starting pitcher Don Newcombe needed a little help as the Reds were able to hang on for a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Newcombe left the mound with two outs in the ninth after Gail Harris drove in a […]
Luis Aparicio had just one hit but it proved to be the decisive blow as the Chicago White Sox went on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-1 in the opener of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. With the Chicago trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth, Ted Kluszewski and Larry […]
One of the things that Strat-O-Matic does for many who play the board game is that it brings players back to life. Players can be stars or just rookies with a little time in the big leagues, but anyone can have a great game in a one and done tournament. It was 60 years ago […]
Back in the 1970s as a pre-teen, there was no other feeling like opening a pack of baseball cards. Pulling a Hank Aaron, Willie Mays or Roberto Clemente was a special event though they were at the end of their careers. New players like George Brett or Robin Yount brought just as big a smile. […]
The 1966 season marked the end of the era of one Cy Young Award per year. Appropriately, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers won his third and final award in what turned out to be his last season. The Sporting News had been dividing its honors by league since 1948. In 1966, Minnesota’s Jim […]
It’s repetitive to say that Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers had a good year in the 1960s. The 1965 season marked the second time in Koufax’s career he claimed the Cy Young Award unanimously as he led the Dodgers to a World Series victory. On the other side of things in the American […]
Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers reigned as the king of major league pitchers from 1963 to 1966 as he won three Cy Young Awards. The only one that Koufax missed during that stretch was in 1964 when Dean Chance of the Los Angeles Angels claimed the honor by leading the American League in […]