Chuck Stevens is a name that is sometimes forgotten in the history of baseball. Stevens played in three seasons in the major leagues with the St. Louis Browns in 1941, 1946 and 1948. He was a career .251 hitter with four homers and 55 RBI. Born on July 10, 1918, Stevens is one of the […]
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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 with a few exhibitions thrown in for fun. Today’s game matches the Baltimore Orioles and […]
Cesar Geronimo was one of the key components of Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine during the 1970s. Inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame in 2008, Geronimo is a member of the Great Eight starting lineup for Cincinnati’s world championship teams in 1975 and 1976. However, Geronimo earned a dubious distinction 35 years ago this week. […]
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Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is legendary. A few weeks before establishing the iconic major league mark, DiMaggio actually broke the record of 44 games set by Willie Keeler with the old Baltimore Orioles in 1897. In a doubleheader at home on July 1, the New York Yankees superstar tied Keeler against the […]
After an unimpressive beginning to his major league career, Dazzy Vance eventually became a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. Vance started in the big leagues in 1915 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees and went 0-4 that season. Vance also had a stint in 1918 with the Yankees, […]
Former Cleveland Indians teammates Ron Hassey and Alfredo Griffin have crossed paths on a several historic occasions since playing together in the late 1970s. Griffin played in Cleveland from 1976 to 1978, while Hassey was with the Indians from 1978-1984. The first important moment came on May 5, 1981. By that time, Griffin was the […]
There should be a lot anticipation when a pair of National Baseball Hall of Fame members are the starting pitchers for both teams, but sometimes it just doesn’t meet the expectations. In the second game of a doubleheader on Sept. 4, 1916, two legends took the mound in what turned out to be the final […]
Baseball cards in some form have been around for over a century. They’ve been in my house for over 40 years. I remember sitting in the front yard under a tree sorting them by teams. My grandfather and I built a big wooden box to store them under my bed. It seemed to be a […]
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 with a few exhibitions thrown in for fun. Today’s game matches two teams from the […]