Happy birthday! Two of my childhood favorites are celebrating their birth today. Hank Aaron was born in 1934, while Roger Staubach came into the world in 1942. Neither one of these icons played for my favorite teams, but growing up in the 1970s, it was pretty hard to not be a fan of the two […]
Category: Shoestring Catches
It seems like a long time ago for me, but at one point I was covering a minor league professional baseball team for my hometown newspaper, the Palladium-Item in Richmond, Indiana. The Richmond Roosters were in existence for 11 seasons from 1995-2005. It was a fun time to follow the team through a pair of […]
Jim Gilliam provided the big hit as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Baltimore 3-2 to claim the championship of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. With Los Angeles down 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth, Gilliam smacked a two-run homer off Hoyt Wilhelm to give the Dodgers their first lead of […]
The heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers needed a big hit in the 10th inning to survive a 4-2 battle with the Chicago Cubs in the semifinals of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Gil Hodges blasted a two-run walk-off homer in the 10th inning to send the Dodgers to the championship game […]
Baltimore’s Al Pilarcik drove in two runs as the Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox 4-2 in the semifinals of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. With the victory, the Orioles will travel to the winner of the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs game for the title contest. Pilarcik […]
The Chicago Cubs blasted four home runs on their way to a 9-2 win in Cleveland during the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. The biggest homer of the contest was a grand slam by Walt Moryn in the third inning that put the Cubs on top 6-0 and […]
Three big innings made the difference for Los Angeles as the Dodgers defeated the Boston Red Sox 11-3 in the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. After Jackie Jensen gave the Red Sox an early lead with a solo homer in the second inning, the Dodgers went to work […]
Milt Pappas tossed a complete game as he led Baltimore to a 3-0 victory over the Milwaukee Braves in the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Pappas limted the Braves to five hits as he fanned five. Walt Dropo led the Orioles offense with a two-run single in the […]
A 17-hit attack propelled the Chicago White Sox to a 10-4 victory over Cincinnati in the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Jim McAnany and Nellie Fox led the White Sox with four hits each, while Larry Doby finished with three hits. After the Reds went on top 2-0 […]
Cleveland’s Jim Perry posted a 4-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Perry allowed just four hits and one walk as he fanned seven in the shutout. After surrendering back-to-back singles to Curt Flood and Stan Musial with one out in […]