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Some of the best baseball books are autobiographical. This is because baseball is the most measurable of games. We can look at a player’s statistics and the box scores of games and know the bones of the sport. The flesh of the sport is in autobiography. The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn is two Read more
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Anyone who knows me knows that I always wear hats. While some people are obsessed with shoes or concert t-shirts, for me it has always been hats. Especially baseball caps. I am always on the look out for a new hat. My newest hat, purchased for my upcoming trip at the beginning of next month Read more
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On July 10th, 1968, The National league announced that it planned to break into two divisions for 1969. The Eastern Division would include the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals. The Western Division would include the Los Angeles Dodges, San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Read more
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On July 9th, 1986, Atlanta’s Dale Murphy ended his consecutive-game streak at 740 and does not play in the Braves 7-3 win over the Phillies. Murphy hadn’t missed a game since September 1981. Dale Murphy, who won back to back National League MVP awards in 1982 & 1983, is still not in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Read more
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On July 8th, 1997, Cleveland catcher Sandy Alomar, Jr., slammed a two-run home run in front of the hometown crowd at Jacobs Field to give American League a 3-1 win in the All-Star Game. Alomar, who had a 30-game hitting streak to end the first half of the season, is named the game’s MVP for Read more
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Yesterday (July 6th), Sue and I took the bus from Eden Prairie to downtown Minneapolis to take in the afternoon Twins-Astros game at Target Field. Believe it or not, it was only my second Twins game of the 2024 season, and Sue’s first. While everyday at the ballpark is a good one, yesterday’s was special. Read more
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On July 6th, 1933, the first major-league All-Star Game was played at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. Babe Ruth hit the first home run of the All-Star game, a two-run homer in the bottom of the third driving in Charlie Gehringer. The American League defeated the National League 4-2. Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez was the winning pitcher. Cardinals second baseman Read more
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On July 5th, 1947, Larry Doby of the Cleveland (then) Indians became the first Black player in the American League (Jackie Robinson played in the National League for the Brooklyn Dodgers). Doby struck out as a pinch hitter. The Cleveland lost to the Chicago White Sox 6-5. I was born in 1960, 13 years after Larry Read more
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On July 4th, 1905, in the afternoon game of a doubleheader, Philadelphia’s Rube Waddell bests Cy Young in a 20-inning marathon as the Athletics down Boston 4-2. A’s catcher Ossee Schreckengost worked 28 innings that day, a Major League record. The Baseball season is too long. It is in all sports these days. I went to the season opener in Oakland Read more
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On July 3rd, 1968, Luis Tiant struck out 19 Twins in 10 innings as Cleveland defeated Minnesota 1-0. With that performance, Tiant set two major-league records: most strikeouts in a ten-inning game and 32 strikeouts in consecutive games (and he tied the record of 41 strikeouts in three successive appearances). Sometimes when I am bored, Read more
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