As the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals prepare to battle in this year’s World Series, let’s take a look where each franchise began. The Mets were born in the 1962 season, while the Royals came along in 1969. The first players for each team were selected during an expansion draft. New York picked […]
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Jack Coombs is one of a select group of pitchers to win three complete games in a World Series. During the Fall Classic in 1910, Coombs won all three of his starts for the Philadelphia A’s against the Chicago Cubs. After winning the second contest in Philadelphia, Coombs was back on the mound two days […]
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 1969 New York Mets and the 1969 Chicago Cubs. With the […]
Goody Rosen never got to play in an all-star game during his time in the major leagues. Due to travel restrictions during World War II, the 1945 mid-summer classic was not played, so Rosen missed his opportunity as it was his only all-star season. Born in Toronto in 1912, Rosen played in six seasons in […]
The oldest living person who played Major League Baseball is about to celebrate his 100th birthday on Oct. 17. Born in Connecticut in 1915, Mike Sandlock played in five seasons in the big leagues during his professional career that spanned from 1938 to 1954. Primarily a catcher, he made his debut in the majors in […]
October 9 is a pretty important day in the baseball career of Dave McNally. After not making it out of the third inning of as the game one starter for the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 World Series, McNally responded in his next effort. McNally was the winning pitcher in the clinching contest as the […]
Sibling rivalries are as old as … well … siblings. In baseball history the ultimate prize is the World Series and while they may not be the most famous set of siblings, Doc Johnston and Jimmy Johnston became the first brothers to square off in a World Series game against each other in 1920. In […]
One and done. With the current post-season set up for Major League Baseball, the one-game playoffs have become a regular occurrence. However, through out most of baseball history it was very rare and didn’t happen for the first time until the 1940s. The first tie between two teams after the regular season ended was in […]
October 3 is a big day in our family as our son was born on that date. We knew he would love sports because he chose to arrive on important day in baseball history, exactly two weeks earlier than expected. That Sunday, my football team, the Green Bay Packers didn’t play, so he knew there […]
The Washington Senators were about to leave town and never return. The Senators would be heading west before the end of 1971 to become the Texas Rangers and the fans in Washington weren’t happy about the move. Washington’s final game in Robert F. Kennedy Stadium was far from a memorable event for the action on […]