On This Day in Baseball History

i remember that event

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

...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.