Editor’s note: Throughout this year Press Room Pass will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 baseball season with a variety of stories from the covering personal accomplishments, unique moments, major league expansion and the amazing New York Mets. This is the latest installment of that series. A major statistical change occurred 50 years […]
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Editor’s note: Throughout this year Press Room Pass will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 baseball season with a variety of stories from the covering personal accomplishments, unique moments, major league expansion and the amazing New York Mets. This is the latest installment of that series. The Sporting News began selecting one post-season […]
Editor’s note: Throughout this year Press Room Pass will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 baseball season with a variety of stories from the covering personal accomplishments, unique moments, major league expansion and the amazing New York Mets. This is the first installment of that series. The Sporting News began selecting one post-season […]
Editor’s note: This summer the Cleveland Indians are hosting their sixth major league all-star game, which is the most by any franchise. This series will take a look at the previous contests in 1935, 1954, 1963, 1981 and 1997. The Cleveland Indians entertained the best players in the majors during the third All-Star Game in […]
When I posted a link with the story about the first major league baseball game I attended in 1973, the response was wonderful as many answered with their own stories. This led me to want to write about what was probably the most memorable contest that I’ve attended. Growing up in the 1970s near Cincinnati, […]
If you are a baseball fan, it’s likely that you remember your first major league game. I had just turned 10 years old in 1973 and as part of my birthday present my parents arranged for me to take a trip to a Cincinnati Reds game with the local Boy’s Club. The Reds would be […]
In Cincinnati, Opening Day is like a holiday when the Reds begin the season. Johnny Vander Meer was part of the inaugural class inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1958. The lefty had a career record of 119-121 in 13 seasons, while going 116-116 in 11 years with the Reds. Those stats […]
No-hitters are special, but to have two in one season is historic. During the 1944 season, Boston Braves right hander Jim Tobin became the second pitcher in the modern era to toss a pair of hitless affairs in the same year. Cincinnati’s Johnny Vander Meer was the first in 1938 with back-to-back performances. The knuckleballer […]
There were a lot of changes happening in major league baseball during the 1970s. Arbitration was a word that was unfamiliar in a baseball sense back then, however, in 1974 that changed. The name of Dick Woodson may not be well known today, but he became the first player to win a salary arbitration case […]
Replacing a Hall of Fame player isn’t an easy task, but that is exactly what Richie Zisk did in his first major league game for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates had just scored six times in the bottom of the seventh to lead Chicago by 10 runs in a contest on their way to a […]