ClimbingSky

Why Baseball, Books, and the Grateful Dead matter

Dwight Gooden

  • ‘Doc’ Gooden

    Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets struck out Ron Cey of the Chicago Cubs in the second inning – his 228th of the season setting a National League record for a rookie. Gooden passed Grover Alexander, who set the mark with 227 in 1911. New York won 10-0 behind Gooden’s one-hitter. Just for the hell of it, I asked ChatGPT what were Read more

  • First Time

    On May 27th, St. Louis Cardinals Rookie Leon Durham went 1 for 5 with 1 RBI in first Major League game, as the Cards lost to the New York Mets 5-9. When I first moved to Chicago and started to regularly attend Cubs games, Leon “Bull” Durham was a fixture. In his 10-year career with Read more