On This Day in Baseball History

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Heathcliff Slocumb was born, half a century ago

27 years ago today, the pirates scored 10 runs in the top of the first in philadelphia, prompting pittsburgh color commentator jim rooker to say 'if the pirates lose this game i'll walk back to pittsburgh'. they did, 15-11, and rooker did so after the season, for charity

Cubs radio broadcasters were talking about that during today's game.

http://dailystache.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Bobby-Vs-disguise.jpg

^^^17 years ago today

also, happy 65th to The Cobra

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happy 37th to (scranton/wilkes-barre) yankees legend kei igawa

@JamesSmyth621
Big This Date in Baseball History: Seaver 300, Carew 3000, A-Rod 500, Ventura v Ryan, Winfield v Seagull

happy 87th to Hodges/Berra-era Mets bullpen coach Joe Pignatano

and 74th to cleon jones

Sox in shorts

https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/status/762664045262569474

Today in 1957, Richie Ashburn hit a fan with a foul ball, breaking her nose. As she was being removed on a stretcher, he hit her again.

where is she now

she was a grandmother then, so

@Baseball_Photos
Today in 1983, Don Mattingly became the last lefty in @MLB to play 2B, when the George Brett pine tar game resumed.

interesting! 2b is v awkward as a lefty I attest

suspect Billy Martin was just being an asshole. Or had he been fired by the day they resumed that game?

https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/left-handed-throwing-second-basemen-shortstops-and-third-basemen/

this is a super fun article

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Huh! Never thought of that -- would pivoting in a clockwise direction to set up a throw not work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtusVnyVFzM

lasorda gets youppi! ejected, 1989

in 1992, clearwater's andrew carter and winter haven's scott bakkum threw no-hitters against each other, one of three such games in minor league history

@BBTN
8/24/89 - Bart Giamatti announces Pete Rose banned from baseball for life for gambling on baseball.

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1922

in 1975, johnnie lemaster hit an inside-the-park homer (off don sutton) in his first major league at bat, becoming the third-ever and most recent rookie to do so

for me his previous claim to fame was playing for three of the four last-place teams in 1985

1945 - A goat and its owner make an appearance at Wrigley Field for Game 4 of the World Series. The pair is told to leave before the game ends, angering the owner. The Chicago Cubs lose to the Detroit Tigers, 4-1. Detroit will go on to win the Series in seven games and the Cubs won't win another National League championship for the rest of the 20th century. A belief that the Cubs were cursed by the goat will eventually develop.

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today marks 20 years since the last world series ejection, courtesy (i think) of tim welke. fittingly, that made bobby cox the only person tossed from two world series games.

tbf, he had a point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G76-G2iLdd8

sandy koufax announced his retirement 50 years ago today

1991: In one of the most unbalanced trades ever made in major league history, the Baltimore Orioles send pitchers Curt Schilling and Pete Harnisch and outfielder Steve Finley to the Houston Astros for first baseman Glenn Davis. Davis, who averaged 27 home runs in six seasons playing in the Astrodome with Houston, will hit only 24 homers in three injury-filled years as Schilling becomes one of the most dominant pitchers in the game and Harnisch and Finley develop into solid major league players.

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1901 - Giants and Pirates outfielder Tom O'Brien, 28, dies in Phoenix, AZ. A popular player with the Giants, O'Brien played for Pirates in 1900, then accompanied the Giants and Superbas last fall on a trip to Cuba for a series of exhibition games. On the boat trip over, he was told that if he drank enough sea water he'd be sick, but would then be cured of any sea sickness. Both O'Brien and Kid Gleason became violently ill following the prescription, but O'Brien was so affected that all his internal organs were damaged, and he never recovered.

Jim Bibby allowed a single to the first batter (Terry Harper of the Braves) on this date in 1981, then retired the next 27 batters #Pirates pic.twitter.com/Ql8jhFlMSf

— John Dreker (@JohnDreker) May 20, 2017

100 years ago today: Babe Ruth walks leadoff batter, punches ump in face, ejected. Ernie Shore comes in. 1st pitch CS, retired 26 in a row.

— James Smyth (@JamesSmyth621) June 23, 2017

yesterday actually

Today In 1969: The American & National League teams at the #MLB All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. - Great uniforms! @UniWatch @PhilHecken pic.twitter.com/Nq05gX3WDW

— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) July 23, 2017

on a deeper note

https://ussporthistory.com/2017/07/24/black-tigers-detroit-and-the-1967-rebellion/

40 years ago, my mom and I were at Shea for this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIq7sCc8i3U

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B08210NYN1977.htm

happy 37th to kevin correia

of the 632 pitchers in major league history to make at least 220 starts, none was worth less than his 7.1 fWAR

(b-ref has him at 2.5)

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when men were electrified

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mickey morandini's unassisted triple play, 1992

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

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https://www.mlb.com/video/regular-seasons-wild-end/c-19789807

#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

35 years ago today willie mcgee homered twice, saved a homer and became my favorite baseball player of all time

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YES

Pregame analysis by Mantle and Koufax!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbCWUehZKVU

Morbs, did you ever meet Karl Erhardt?

I spelled his name wrong - Ehrhardt

I did not. I think he made a comeback in the '90s.

#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!!!

pitched to contact (that's why the games were shorter)

happy 30th to pete kozma, a career .215/.282/.285 hitter in 666 at bats

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

August 7th is a big day in MLB history!

8/7/1999: Frank Thomas' 300th HR & Wade Boggs' 3000th hit

8/7/2004: Greg Maddux's 300th win

8/7/2007: Barry Bonds breaks HR record hitting his 756th

8/7/2016: Ichiro Suzuki's 3000th hit

8/7/2017: Mike Trout's 1000th hit

— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) August 7, 2018

and yet only one of those events caused Bud Selig to fold his arms

two important institutions were created 47 years ago today: the society for american baseball research and sal fasano

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

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

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

9 years ago i saw Jeff Francoeur hit into an unassisted TP

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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

i saw eddie feigner and his entire team of offspring at some point in the 80s!

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.

mickey mantle announced his retirement 50 years ago today

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.

things that sound like clickhole oral histories of the yankees but aren't

iirc one of the (new) couples is still together

i remember that event

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30 years ago today

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26593754/greatest-catch-ever-recreating-kevin-mitchell-epic-barehanded-grab

...Vlad Guerrero Jr. debuted.

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

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

Three years ago today, the impossible happened. #BigSexy pic.twitter.com/YaonHUSrOq

— New York Mets (@Mets) May 7, 2019

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

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

8th year anniversary of this amazing double play by one of the worst defensive shortstops ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Fo9MXY3XI

(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

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

#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

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

only 18 pitches per inning, probably <10 walks

actually exactly ten

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL197406140.shtml

18 years ago today, Lloyd McClendon stole 1st base.

Literally. pic.twitter.com/IiavVGUWX0

— Cut4 (@Cut4) June 26, 2019

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/

I missed that Bob Horner post above. Blue Jays management, please consider.

born 65 years ago today:

• andre dawson, who hit .186/.238/.237 in 15 playoff games
• neil tennant, who wrote 'my october symphony'

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

Happy 15th anniversary to Varitek's glove and A-Rod's face. https://t.co/9ifjGgCgqS

— Ian Browne (@IanMBrowne) July 24, 2019

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

No one would have faulted Tug McGraw for not believing after the Mets dropped both ends of a doubleheader to the Cardinals on August 5, 1973. Had a playoff odds calculator existed 46 years ago, it would have computed the Mets' chances of making the postseason at somewhere between nil and a stone cold impossibility. In the first game, Tom Seaver took a 3-2 loss to the Cardinals, despite giving up just two earned runs over seven innings. Jm McAndrew couldn't stop the Redbirds in the nightcap, either, falling 4-1. The two losses left the Mets 12 games under .500 and 11.5 games behind the leader of the NL East with just 54 left to play. Less than two months later, the team was in first place for the first time since the beginning of April, thanks to an incredible stretch run that saw them win just under 65% of their remaining games.

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2012/8/5/3219696/this-date-in-mets-history-august-5-the-1973-mets-nadir-trifectas

100 years ago today, Joe Wilhoit's 69-game hitting streak for @MiLB Wichita Jobbers came to an end on August 20, 1919. His streak remains the longest in baseball history. Read his #SABR bio: https://t.co/MpDeuDUCfD pic.twitter.com/AzgAIg6oOK

— SABR (@sabr) August 20, 2019

1969

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1074468-ron-swoboda-showed-steve-carlton-a-strikeout-is-just-another-out

yesterday, 63rd anniv of Don Larsen

today, 23rd anniv of Jeffrey Maier

NYY heroes who both rode in the victory parades

110 years ago today the pirates beat the tigers to win the 1909 world series, sending pittsburgh sunday post writers into ecstasies of eloquence

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EG_wv8gWoAIi2zf.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EG_wv8hX0AURwnu.jpg

Amazin' 50

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2012/10/16/3511598/this-date-in-mets-history-october-16-the-1969-mets-are-world-champions

no picaroon banner, no credibility

i had to look that up

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/sites/csnne/files/styles/article_hero_image/public/2016/03/29/716232.jpg

best beloved Willie McGee turns 61 today <3

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DM3nFGSW4AAKdOu.jpg:small

of whom Cosell said in the '82 WS "he looks like E.T."

YES, Cosell GOOFING ON SOMEONE'S LOOKS

at this point i most remember cosell for calling eagles wide receiver harold carmichael 'The Angular One'

which is an incredible nickname

the negro national league was formed 100 years ago today

Happy Birthday, @BobbyValentine! The 1970 PCL MVP and longtime MLB manager turns the big 7️⃣-0️⃣ today. 🥳🎂 #GoSpo pic.twitter.com/yEEu9W75TJ

— Spokane Indians (@spokaneindians) May 13, 2020

27 years ago today, Bratwurst, Italian and Polish ran from left field to home plate in the first ever Sausage Race! pic.twitter.com/50PY0BCZOf

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) June 27, 2020

Fifty years ago this week, President Nixon enjoyed the 1970 All-Star baseball game, where he threw out the honorary first pitch!

Today, we are dreaming of the day we can all #playball again and enjoy America's pastime with friends! ⚾ pic.twitter.com/u13qSzDEcF

— Richard Nixon Foundation (@nixonfoundation) July 13, 2020

cursed tweets

Happy 98th Birthday, Rachel Robinson! pic.twitter.com/U5Z9PcwNE8

— John Thorn (@thorn_john) July 19, 2020

missed it

July 22, 1966: Ron Swoboda learns he is a new dad when the Dodger Stadium scoreboard relays the message. Cecilia Swoboda gave birth to Chipper, the couple's first child, at 12:02 a.m. (et). pic.twitter.com/KloLrgHaUI

— Mets Rewind (@metsrewind) July 22, 2020

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK198907290.shtml

Rickey Henderson: 0 AB, 4 BBs, 4 Runs, 5 SBs

Carl Mays' pitch killed Ray Chapman, 1920

https://mcusercontent.com/70117f7e29064e68418377637/files/28345305-ee0f-4b90-859c-bdf4095b3368/20067_Chapman_Tragedy.pdf

And happy **FIFTH** anniversary to this important sports moment. pic.twitter.com/qGJyHsWLXv

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) September 6, 2020

October 13, 1960 at 3:36pm.
The Maz Moment. pic.twitter.com/O04fLUzxck

— Pirates (@Pirates) October 13, 2020

14 years ago today, Endy Chavez robbed Scott Rolen in Game 7 of the NLCS.pic.twitter.com/fSLXhwv2ti

— SNY (@SNYtv) October 19, 2020

^^^this gets overlooked because the mets lost anyway, and i guess i wouldn't quite put it in the category of the mays/edmonds over-the-shoulder catches, but i think it has to be the best homer-robbing catch i've ever seen

"That is the furthest ball I have ever seen hit."

18 years ago, @BarryBonds hit an absolute moonshot in the #WorldSeries. 😳 pic.twitter.com/YPKzjGVUca

— MLB Vault (@MLBVault) October 20, 2020

still haven't seen that ball land tbh

Feel like Dr. M would have appreciated this inside-baseball (more like behind the scenes) story about perhaps the moment the collapse of the Bash Brothers-era A's became imminent:

https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/1990-world-series-a-s-reds-upset-15667901.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight

The A’s outmatched the Reds in every way except one: Cincinnati had a deep, flame-throwing bullpen that wasn’t fully appreciated until the analytics era that Billy Beane helped usher in years later.

Reds advance scout Jimmy Stewart told the San Francisco Chronicle about a conversation he had with famed Dodgers scout Mel Didier at the American League Championship Series in '90: “Mel caught me under the stands when we were both getting a Coke,” Stewart said. “He told me, ‘You’ve got the kind of pitchers that can beat them.’”

Didier is credited with tipping the Dodgers’ Kirk Gibson about the likelihood of Eckersley throwing him a backdoor slider on a 3-2 count before his legendary World Series homer in 1988. He was right this time, too.

bait for Earl Nash as well...

The Nasty Boys were pretty tough, they were like a modern bullpen because there was three of them, so they could shut clubs down after the 6th. Their rotation had Jose Rijo at the top of his powers and Tom Browning was the Freddy Norman lefty who ate up innings but after that especially after injuries slowed up 'All American' Jack Armstrong (who was an Allstar that year and soon faded into obscurity) and Danny Jackson, who was really good when he was healthy - they were a bit thin.

Lefty Norm Charlton is the unsung member of the Nasty Boys and probably the best pitcher as he picked up some big starts down the stretch when the injuries piled up. Reds as usual bet on the wrong one giving Dibble the cash, which considering his rockem sockem robot motion, you know was not going to work after a while. I'd bet with the current radar though he would be 100+ on the gun, as he through mid-high 90s back then on the old Juggs gun. Randy Myers got expensive, but he was always solid and a character (supposedly had a disarmed hand grenade always in his locker). Lou Pinella loved Norm Charlton and got him to Seattle where he got hurt and was never quite the same. Dude was an A+ middle/swingman out of the pen though for a few years.

The always 2+ day growth bearded Rick Mahler who pitched a couple metric tons of innings for bad Braves teams on WTBS Superstation was another wiley vet pitcher who filled in out of the rotation and as a long man. Reds had the clean cut thing for Marge back in those days, so he looked weird being clean shaven after looking perpetually like was always waking up from a bender pitching for the Braves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKc_q30h8Kw

Dibble had to be a bit of the inspiration for Kenny Powers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJkhKBKg9MM

For the good Dr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63GbSuE045Y

Can't find Dibbles other meltdown against the Cubs where he tore off his jersey. It was a couple years later when they went back to the 50s sleeveless with the black shirt underneath.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71GMb2DrX0L._AC_SY445_.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KKbsSMGxCLE/VYodw4HQT3I/AAAAAAAAClE/hm8dYiMYTu8/s1600/rick%2Bmahler%2B1983.jpg
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Forgot about this one...by Hal McCoy that covered the Reds for 25+ years through the whole Big Red Machine.

Q: Which do you rank better, Yasiel Puig trying to fight the entire Pittsburgh team or Pedro Borbon biting off a piece of a New York Mets cap in the 1973 playoffs? — RON, Vandalia.

A: Neither one. Puig seemed to be all yak while his teammates held him back and when he got loose he didn’t do any damage. And Borbon biting a hunk out of Cleon Jones’s Mets cap at the end of a fight was humorous. But my top ranking goes to a brawl the Reds and Houston Astros had when Rob Dibble threw behind the Astros Eric Yelding during a game in 1991. There was a skirmish on the mound, a huge pile-up with Dibble on the bottom. Houston first base coach Ed Ott had Dibble in a choke hold and Dibble’s face turned red, blue and black. He nearly became only the second on-the-field baseball fatality. (Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians died after getting hit by a pitch from Carl Mays of the New York Yankees in 1920).

The one where Dibble tore off his uniform was just as nutty, I seem to recall Andre Dawson being involved in it too.

I saw it and the Doug Dascenzo play happen on TV live. (Doug Dascenzo is the hart part of the trivia question on the Mississippi state team with Will Clark, Rafael Palmiero, and Jeff Brantley that made it to the big leagues. Dascenzo was also a pitcher on that MSU team and I seem to recall him doing a mop up apperance on the mount for the Cubs).

amir garrett actually *did* fight the entire pittsburgh team

Garrett is a big dude, he played D-1 basketball.

I had kinda forgot what a grade-A prick Dibble was.

Dibble had a brief stint as the varsity baseball head coach at Calabasas High School in Calabasas, California.[23] He was fired from his head coaching job on March 27, 2013, only ten games into the season.

20 years ago today: pic.twitter.com/mQ1meNBhG1

— Dan Riffle (@DanRiffle) March 24, 2021

May 7, 2016: Bartolo Colon hits his first career MLB home run. pic.twitter.com/B6snjDZelm

— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) May 7, 2021

June 1, 2007: AA Mississippi Braves manager Phillip Wellman with one of the all-time great manager tirades.

The perfectly executed rosin bag hand grenade toss, preceded by suspense-building army crawl should be displayed in Cooperstown. pic.twitter.com/C4F20khNYM

— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) June 1, 2021

Via Facebook, so I'm not sure if this will embed properly.

55 years ago today, the @Athletics drafted @ASU_Baseball star Reggie Jackson with the second overall pick. Steve Chilcott, the No. 1 pick, would never play a major league game – but @mroctober was ticketed for Cooperstown. pic.twitter.com/L362hbOXmj

— National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ (@baseballhall) June 7, 2021

Oops--yesterday!

40 years ago today, the Padres drafted Tony Gwynn. 40 years ago today, the Clippers also drafted Tony Gwynn. (Seriously, same day!)

A look back 4 decades later on a decision that seems so obvious in hindsight... but maybe wasn’t at the time.https://t.co/CGaqa6YqGF

— AJ Cassavell (@AJCassavell) June 9, 2021

whoa

Rick Wise, the Jacob deGrom/Shohei Ohtani of 1972:

https://www.mlb.com/news/rick-wise-s-no-hitter-and-two-homers

The Jerry Meals game was a decade ago. A decade.

pic.twitter.com/gHSKjXBFxM

— Dan Zangrilli (@DanZangrilli) July 26, 2021

The first baseball broadcast on radio is aired by KDKA of Pittsburgh, announced by Harold Arlin (pictured), for a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies: pic.twitter.com/Cedocv5gkF

— 100 Years Ago Today (@CenturyAgoToday) August 5, 2021

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used 'em all up

When did that happen? I literally don't recognize a single name there.

a couple ex Jay farmhands in there!

roberto clemente got his 3000th and final hit 50 years ago today

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fd6wHZoX0AI2UBh?format=jpg&name=small

so good

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

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

i had the donruss version of that card. pretty sure that’s rocket roger in the background there.

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

happy 40th to the Willie McGee Game

rip roberto clemente, 50 years ago today

happy 60th to david cone and edgar martinez

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

happy 50th to nomar (and monica lewinsky)

40th anniversary of the Pine Tar Game!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEHAsZxRYo