With the Cincinnati Reds hosting the Major League All-Star Game this summer on July 14, it will be the fifth time the history of the organization the best players will converge near the Ohio River. The mid-summer classic was in Cincinnati for the first time in 1938. Crosley Field was also the site for the […]
Strat-o-matic is a baseball simulation that began as a cards and dice game in the early 1960s before entering the computer age. These featured games on Shoestring Catches are part of season replays or tournaments played with cards and dice. Today’s game matches the 1965 Minnesota Twins at the 1970 Cincinnati Reds. Atlanta’s Shelby Miller […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Shelby Miller of the Atlanta Braves and Corey Kluber of the Cleveland Indians. Miller (5-1) came within one out of a no-hitter against the Miami Marlins on May 17. Justin Bour broke up the gem with a two-out single in the ninth. Dee […]
Two of baseball’s all-time greats joined an exclusive group just two months apart from each other during the 1970 season. Hank Aaron and Willie Mays both became members of the 3,000-hit club as the ninth and 10th players on the list. Aaron hit a single off Cincinnati Reds rookie Wayne Simpson in the second game […]
Records may be made to be broken, but there are some that may never realistically be challenged. Lefty Gomez, who pitched for the New York Yankees at the time, holds one of those marks. In 1935, Gomez tossed six innings during the all-star game at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium, which remains as the most ever for […]
Strat-o-matic is a baseball simulation that began as a cards and dice game in the early 1960s before entering the computer age. These featured games on Shoestring Catches are part of season replays or tournaments played with cards and dice. Today’s game matches the 2008 Chicago White Sox at the 1996 Toronto Blue Jays. New […]
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the initial Major League Baseball free agent draft. The first draft in 1965 had 814 players selected, according The Sporting News Baseball Guide from a year later. Three members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame were selected. Johnny Bench was chosen in the second round by the […]
The American League adopted the designated hitter rule in 1973. The good news for Ken Brett was that the National League did not. Brett had a lifetime batting average of .262 with 10 home runs in his 14-year career. With eight home runs in eight contests, Dale Long of the Pittsburgh Pirates established the major […]
Strat-o-matic is a baseball simulation that began as a cards and dice game in the early 1960s before entering the computer age. These featured games on Shoestring Catches are part of season replays or tournaments played with cards and dice. Today’s game matches the 1986 Philadelphia Phillies at the 1986 Chicago White Sox. Power and […]
It happened last week. How did I miss it? I suppose not caring is at the top of the list. New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez passed Willie Mays on the all-time home run list with his 661st against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, May 7. I read it somewhere on the Internet. […]