According to a release by MLB on April 8, fans can visit MLB.com/FranchiseFour to select the four most impactful players for each franchise who best represent the history of each organization out of eight choices from its lineage. There is also a space for a write-in selection. Voting is live now until May 8. 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 1981 Houston Astros at the 1981 Baltimore Orioles. JOSE CRUZ LONG […]
According to a release by MLB on April 8, fans can visit MLB.com/FranchiseFour to select the four most impactful players for each franchise who best represent the history of each franchise out of eight choices from its lineage. There is also a space for a write-in selection. Voting is live now until May 8. The […]
According to a release by MLB on April 8, fans can visit MLB.com/FranchiseFour to select the four most impactful players for each franchise who best represent the history of each franchise out of eight choices from its lineage. There is also a space for a write-in selection. Voting is live now until May 8. The […]
Major League Baseball is asking fans to vote. Voting for the annual All-Star Game is always a must do, but this year there is a little more responsibility for fans. At this year’s Summer Classic in Cincinnati, fans will see some of the game’s greatest players on one stage at Great American Ballpark on July […]
Baseball cards always have a story to tell. The 1968 Topps set features two cards that have one story. Tim Cullen and Ron Hansen are shown as teammates with the Washington Senators. The infielders never played together. Trades are a part of baseball, but Cullen and Hansen are the only two major league players to […]
It is not the best way to end a Hall of Fame career. Here is the pitching line. In one inning, this legend gave up five runs on two hits with three walks. The game was tied at 6-6 when he walked to the mound and it was 11-6 when he left. The last batter […]
One never knows when going to a baseball game that history could be witnessed. On the day that Sam “Toothpick” Jones tossed a no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 1955, not many fans were in attendance at Wrigley Field. Toothpick’s historic moment as the first African-American to hold an opponent without a hit occurred in […]
Opening Day was a little different for the Boston Braves in 1950. Sam Jethroe became the first African-American to play for the Braves when he took the field against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds on April 18. Jethroe, who had spent several years in the Negro Leagues prior to joining Boston, went […]
It’s not how you start, but where you finish. That old adage really came into play for Hal Newhouser of the Detroit Tigers in 1945. Newhouser was not successful in either of his opening performances that season. He lost on Opening Day and in the first game of the World Series. However, it was his […]