Reaching the major leagues is a special moment that most baseball fans will never experience. There are also some surprises along the way with a few unlikely players making to the big time. It was 100 years ago and the season before the New York Yankees would acquire Babe Ruth. The Yankees finished third that […]
Category: The Deadball Era
Curiosity is a funny thing. It makes me obsessive, especially about baseball. After listening to the television commentators during the post-season series between the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies, it’s hard not to be a fan of Erik Kratz. However, here is where my obsession kicked in my brain. At 38, it was stated that […]
Races in statistical categories can be entertaining during the final weeks as the season comes to an end. Over the years, efforts to win batting titles, home run crowns and other honors have been well-documented. Trades are also an important part of baseball history, but sometimes it’s difficult to understand why a league-leader in an […]
Nick Maddox only played four seasons in the major leagues for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In that short amount of time, Maddox became one of two players in the history of the Pirates to throw a no-hitter and win a World Series game. The 20-year old rookie’s no-hitter was a Pirates 2-1 win over Brooklyn on […]
History will be on one team’s side as the combatants have reached a seventh game in the 2016 World Series. With victories in the last two contests over the Cleveland Indians, the Chicago Cubs have set the stage for a magical moment for at least one of the two long-suffering franchises. There have been 10 […]
One of the biggest moments any baseball player can have in a game is to have a walk-off hit. Back in the era of the Chicago Cubs dynasty, the first hit that ended a World Series game came in the fourth contest of the 1910 Fall Classic. Jimmy Sheckard made history in the 10th inning […]
As the Chicago Cubs progress through the postseason in 2016, many people are reflecting on the history of the franchise in hopes of another appearance in the World Series. There are so many disappointments through the years because the club hasn’t been to the World Series since 1945 and hasn’t won since 1908. Back in […]
Research is a valuable part of writing. Often times I’m asked about the ways I find out about the baseball history stories that appear on this site. Simply put, I read. It’s amazing what can be found online in just a few clicks. However, there are times when it becomes difficult to read stories that […]
It was a game of firsts. During the 1920 World Series one of the unusual contests took place in game five as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 8-1 on Oct. 10. There were three things that happened for the first time in the history of the Fall Classic. Elmer Smith, Jim Bagby and […]
It was 100 years ago when Babe Ruth was beginning to become a legend. Ruth was just 21 years old and coming into his own as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in his third season. In 1915, the Red Sox had won the World Series with Ruth recording an 18-8 record that season. […]