60 years ago today, Duke Snider hits the last homerun ever at Ebbetts Field. #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/8W0QFDTCtX— Baseball Photos (@Baseball_Photos) September 22, 2017
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 September 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/iE5jkjt.jpg
https://www.mlb.com/video/regular-seasons-wild-end/c-19789807
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 September 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
#OTD in #Reds history, 1880: The Reds are expelled from the National League for selling beer and refusing to close their park on Sundays. pic.twitter.com/pcubeOZsrl— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) October 6, 2017
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 October 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
35 years ago today willie mcgee homered twice, saved a homer and became my favorite baseball player of all time
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/baseball-world-series-st-louis-cardinals-willie-mcgee-in-action-picture-id81371472
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/52/83/81/52838145d3f42b8e31984c49c2691c32.jpg
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/st-louis-cardinals-fans-display-a-banner-during-willie-mcgee-day-the-picture-id94780275?s=612x612
― mookieproof, Sunday, 15 October 2017 07:06 (six years ago) link
YES
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 15 October 2017 10:16 (six years ago) link
Pregame analysis by Mantle and Koufax!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbCWUehZKVU
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 October 2017 23:57 (six years ago) link
Morbs, did you ever meet Karl Erhardt?
― timellison, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
I spelled his name wrong - Ehrhardt
I did not. I think he made a comeback in the '90s.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 02:37 (six years ago) link
#OTD in #Reds history, 1939: Bucky Walters is named NL MVP after winning the Pitching Triple Crown with 27 wins, 2.29 ERA and 137 K. pic.twitter.com/FHm3cylHeI— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) October 17, 2017
137 K!!!
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
pitched to contact (that's why the games were shorter)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
happy 30th to pete kozma, a career .215/.282/.285 hitter in 666 at bats
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:14 (six years ago) link
Tony Gwynn was a hit in Padres debut — 36 years ago today https://t.co/5uq5rQC6NZ pic.twitter.com/grFnlxWQJD— San Diego Union-Tribune (@sdut) July 19, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 July 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
August 7th is a big day in MLB history!8/7/1999: Frank Thomas' 300th HR & Wade Boggs' 3000th hit8/7/2004: Greg Maddux's 300th win8/7/2007: Barry Bonds breaks HR record hitting his 756th8/7/2016: Ichiro Suzuki's 3000th hit8/7/2017: Mike Trout's 1000th hit— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) August 7, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
and yet only one of those events caused Bud Selig to fold his arms
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
two important institutions were created 47 years ago today: the society for american baseball research and sal fasano
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 August 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
No true outcomes here: On this day in 1989 Orioles pitcher Jeff Ballard pitched a complete game against the Brewers without allowing a walk, strikeout or home run. It's only been done four times since. https://t.co/7ua4O9Cmih— Kyle Lobner (@BrewFrostyMug) August 21, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
On This Date, 1979, a protest from the Astros opened the book on what had seemed an easy Met victory. Ahead five runs, the Mets settled under a fly ball for the final out -- until an umpire informed the clubs there was no play; he had called time. Jeff Leonard, the Houston batter, made use of the opportunity by slapping a single. But this too was called back -- Mets first baseman Ed Kranepool had thought the game was over and was not on the field. Houston protested that this was nobody's fault but Kranepool's and the single should stand. But the umpire instead forced a third go-round that resulted in an apparently game-ending out -- until Major League Baseball upheld the protest. So play resumed the following day with 5-0 on the scoreboard and a runner on first with two out. Mets pitcher Kevin Kobel induced the final out immediately before losing his regularly scheduled start 3-1.
https://www.amazinavenue.com/2012/8/21/3254503/this-date-in-mets-history-august-21-red-white-and-seaver-bolt-v-reyes
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
Today in 1989, after an irate Tom Lasorda complains about his antics, the Expos' Youppi! is the first MLB mascot ever ejected from a game. pic.twitter.com/CASYlJJ8tn— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) August 23, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
9 years ago i saw Jeff Francoeur hit into an unassisted TP
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxI3kRFUwAAbB-4.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 January 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
Yesterday, actually: in a 1967 exhibition game, Eddie Feigner struck out Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Brooks Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Maury Wills, and Harmon Killebrew consecutively. Does that name mean anything to anyone? My dad took me to see him when I was really young.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Feigner
― clemenza, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 02:54 (five years ago) link
i saw eddie feigner and his entire team of offspring at some point in the 80s!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 04:17 (five years ago) link
I probably saw him a little earlier than that, sometime in the '70s. I think it may have even been in my hometown, which was was small (15,000 people) but had a few softball leagues.
Striking out those six guys is pretty amazing, even if two of them weren't big bats.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 04:22 (five years ago) link
mickey mantle announced his retirement 50 years ago today
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 March 2019 01:59 (five years ago) link
1973 - New York Yankees pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson make a stunning declaration. The left-handers announce that they have traded wives, children, and family dogs. The announcement sends shock waves through the baseball world and beyond.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
things that sound like clickhole oral histories of the yankees but aren't
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
iirc one of the (new) couples is still together
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
i remember that event
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 22:38 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/LQm83Yy.jpg
30 years ago today
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26593754/greatest-catch-ever-recreating-kevin-mitchell-epic-barehanded-grab
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 April 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
...Vlad Guerrero Jr. debuted.
― clemenza, Friday, 26 April 2019 19:42 (five years ago) link
4-30-1996, Pirates Jeff King joined Andre Dawson and Willie McCovey as the only players in baseball history to homer twice in the same inning twice. pic.twitter.com/AJAFDTT7dK— Scott F (@TheFrizz87) April 30, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
On this day in 1991, Rickey Henderson set the record for career stolen bases. Then, after that, he played in more games than Vince Coleman did in his entire career— Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) May 1, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
Three years ago today, the impossible happened. #BigSexy pic.twitter.com/YaonHUSrOq— New York Mets (@Mets) May 7, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
Announcer: "As soon as he hit it, he dropped the bat; and he never watched it leave the park"cut to: Bart jogging up first base line, holding bat & looking into stands
― francisF, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 02:49 (four years ago) link
It's Lee Elia Day (Observed) in Chicago
audio NSFW, obviously
Today our friends at @NiseiLounge celebrate a great day in baseball, a few days late of the anniversary. Proceeds will benefit gene research in honor of Rich Hill’s late son. Elia himself recently signed balls for charity in a sanitized way. https://t.co/b4HG6oaK3Z— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) May 9, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 May 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
8th year anniversary of this amazing double play by one of the worst defensive shortstops ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Fo9MXY3XI
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 May 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
(yesterday)
Twenty years ago, Bobby Valentine snuck back into the dugout and woke up the Mets: https://t.co/RDpykKts8j pic.twitter.com/HHyT6cUqpR— Deadspin (@Deadspin) June 10, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 10 June 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
On this day in 1914, Montreal Royals pitcher Bob Couchman threw a ball over the center field fence in anger but time hadn't been called so three runs scored. (From: The Baltimore Sun) pic.twitter.com/Sx7syDPaLt— Minor League Stories (@MinorsTeamNames) June 11, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
#OTD 50 years ago, President Nixon sees Reggie Jackson, 23, hit 2 homers to lift the @Athletics over the Senators. Nixon stayed the entire game and wrote to Jax: “I have nothing but the highest admiration for your performance on the night I saw you.” @dick_nixon @dougherty_jesse pic.twitter.com/ktUt7mhSkC— fred frommer (@ffrommer) June 11, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
45 years ago today, Nolan Ryan threw 235 pitches and struck out 19 batters over 13 innings. 😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/vp11K0eyHI— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) June 14, 2019
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 June 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
only 18 pitches per inning, probably <10 walks
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 June 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
actually exactly ten
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL197406140.shtml
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 June 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
18 years ago today, Lloyd McClendon stole 1st base.Literally. pic.twitter.com/IiavVGUWX0— Cut4 (@Cut4) June 26, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
1969: Seaver loses perfect game in the 9th
https://metsmerizedonline.com/2017/07/this-day-in-mets-history-tom-seaver-loses-perfect-game-in-the-ninth.html/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
I missed that Bob Horner post above. Blue Jays management, please consider.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
born 65 years ago today:
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
50 Years Ago Today: “They’re On The Moon" ~ Yankee Stadium fans are notified that Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin have landed safely on the lunar surface! (Washington Senators vs. New York #Yankees - July 20, 1969) #MLB #History #Apollo11 #Apollo50th pic.twitter.com/a2hIZeY4Cw— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) July 20, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 July 2019 16:02 (four years ago) link
Happy 15th anniversary to Varitek's glove and A-Rod's face. https://t.co/9ifjGgCgqS— Ian Browne (@IanMBrowne) July 24, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
we were so young then
#OTD-07/26/2012: In his major league debut, Matt Harvey tossed 5.1 scoreless innings against the Diamondbacks on the road. He allowed three hits, three walks & struck out 11 on 106 pitches.The 11 strikeouts are a #Mets record in a debut.@Mets @MetsMerized #LGM pic.twitter.com/3nPVlBu4Z7— Mathew Brownstein (@MBrownstein89) July 26, 2019
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 July 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
Rod Carew turns 77 today.
Now that Roberto Alomar has disgraced himself, I think Carew is my favourite player ever. His batting stance was so unique, and his career box is a thing of beauty. He flirted with .400 deep into the summer three or four times when I was a teenager, most notably in 1977. One of my favourite SI covers ever, and the accompanying piece was also great.
https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/ted-williams-and-minnesota-twins-rod-carew-july-18-1977-sports-illustrated-cover.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 1 October 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
On Oil Can Boyd's 63rd birthday, let me just say this again, no one has ever looked cooler on a baseball card than this: pic.twitter.com/b9k13f2K5T— Kevin Glew (@coopincanada) October 6, 2022
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 October 2022 01:06 (one year ago) link
i had the donruss version of that card. pretty sure that’s rocket roger in the background there.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 7 October 2022 08:54 (one year ago) link
the bad and hated Francisco Cabrera/Sid Bream Event took place 30 years ago tonight ;_;
i had to watch it in a room full of braves fans, too
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 October 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
happy 40th to the Willie McGee Game
― mookieproof, Sunday, 16 October 2022 01:11 (one year ago) link
rip roberto clemente, 50 years ago today
― mookieproof, Sunday, 1 January 2023 01:19 (one year ago) link
happy 60th to david cone and edgar martinez
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 January 2023 22:33 (one year ago) link
In 1950, Vin Scully called his first game in the booth in Philly (vs. Brooklyn).
The only Dodger to score: Jackie Robinson.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI195004180.shtml
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 04:04 (one year ago) link
happy 50th to nomar (and monica lewinsky)
― mookieproof, Sunday, 23 July 2023 22:10 (nine months ago) link
40th anniversary of the Pine Tar Game!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 24 July 2023 15:11 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEHAsZxRYo
― brimstead, Monday, 24 July 2023 15:20 (nine months ago) link