Cesar Tovar was on the mound for the only pitching performance of his 12-year career on Sept. 22, 1968. Tovar was about to become the second person in major league history to play all nine positions in one game. The versatile Tovar began the home game for the Minnesota Twins by working a scoreless first […]
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St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Ray Washburn had a tough act to follow on Sept. 18, 1968. Future National Baseball Hall of Fame member Bob Gibson was in the midst of one of the greatest seasons a pitcher would ever put together for St. Louis. One day before Washburn was scheduled to take the mound in […]
Rick Wise is celebrating his 70th birthday this week on Sept. 13. Wise pitched for five different teams during his 18-year career with an 188-181 record. He was also traded for a pair of members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Prior to the 1972 season, he was sent from the Philadelphia Phillies to […]
Nolan Ryan has thrown seven no-hitters, which is the standard in the major leagues. Frank O’Loughlin was the home plate umpire in a record six no-hitters. Although there are 10 umpires in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, arbiters are not often recognized unless they make the “wrong” call depending on one’s perspective. An American […]
Work or fight. That was the order from Provost Marshall General Crowder that changed the 1918 baseball season. The United States had entered World War I a year earlier and the mid-summer order would end the season on Sept. 2. Several players would soon be serving the nation in many ways, including on the battlefield. […]
Finally. It may have taken Dave Stieb awhile to pitch a no-hitter for the Toronto Blue Jays, but after four close calls, he finally was able to accomplish the feat 25 years ago on Sept. 2, 1990. The right-hander lost his first try on the ninth inning homer by Rudy Law of the Chicago White […]
Ideally, major league baseball trades are supposed to benefit both organizations. In the long run, it usually works out that one team often seems to get the better end of the deal. The Toronto Blue Jays are currently reaping the rewards for a transaction made on July 31, 2009. The Cincinnati Reds traded Edwin Encarnacion […]
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 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1981 Houston Astros. I’m always amazed […]
Dan Bankhead didn’t have a good outing as a pitcher in his historic major league debut on Aug. 26, 1947. Bankhead had just been signed by Brooklyn two days before giving up eight runs on 10 hits to the Pittsburgh Pirates in relief of Dodgers starter Hal Gregg. Gregg had given up six runs by […]
It was 100 years ago and the Philadelphia Phillies were on the way to their initial appearance in the World Series. The Phillies took the lead for good after back-to-back wins by Pete Alexander and go on to claim their first National League pennant. On Friday, Aug. 20, the Phillies were tied with Brooklyn in […]