Archive for the 'History' Category
Four walks in a game? It’s gotta be the shoes.
We’re ready for round two with this memorable heavyweight.
Great stuff from Lar at Wezen-Ball, as he goes back to 1992 and re-runs the Marlns/Rockies expansion draft with the benefit of hindsight and adds a couple of choice free agent signings for good measure: What is the Internet good for, though, if we can’t take the time to figure this out ourselves? So I […]
On May 13, 2009, Richard Barbieri attended the Mets game at CitiField. That game was the last to fit in his current scorebook, which has served him since September of 2002. Richard looks back at some of the 99 games of history contained within.
The pitchers who destroyed pennant dreams over a season, and whether or not we should blame the manager. Now in HD!
It’s time for round two with the most peculiar of defensive hybrids.
Chris’ takes on the new book ’78: The Boston Red Sox, A Historic Game and a Divided City
On May 6, 1890, Walton Cruise was born. Eight years later on the same day Al Wingo came into the world. In 1921 it was Dick Wakefield’s big day. These May 6 men are among the players dwarfed by Willie Mays, born on this day in 1931.
Let’s see, how to describe him … the pitching equivalent of roast beef and potatoes. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated, but substantial, satisfying, and just doggone good.
A fixing and follow-up to last week’s Dazzy Vance tracer column.