The dust finally cleared on the Franchise Four at the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Cincinnati. There were 120 players on the list announced prior to the mid-summer classic at Great American Ball Park with four from each of the 30 clubs. Back in May, Shoestring Catches had made some recommendations for fans […]
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There was a time in major league history that there were two all-star games played during the season. From 1959 to 1962, there were a pair of games for four seasons to aid the pension fund for the players. However, that was not the first time there was more than one contest played. In 1942, […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Johnny Cueto of the Cincinnati Reds and Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Cueto tossed a two-hit shutout at Washington as the Reds beat the Nationals 5-0 on July 6. He had 11 strikeouts and a walk as he threw 122 pitches. The […]
The tradition of the mid-summer classic known as the Major League Baseball All-Star Game began in 1933. After a few years of discussion about adding this type of affair to the schedule, Chicago Tribune Sports Editor Arch Ward convinced commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis to support the contest as part of the Century of Progress celebration […]
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 […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Mike Montgomery of the Seattle Mariners and Neil Walker of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Montgomery tossed a one-hitter against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on Tuesday, June 30. In Seattle’s 5-0 win, Montgomery struck out seven, while walking four as he threw 113 […]
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 […]