The Man of a Great Hitting Class from Grants Pass
October 28, 2013 by Matt Nadel · Leave a Comment
Hey baseball fans! The 1922 St. Louis Browns were one of the greatest teams in baseball history…. that didn’t make the playoffs. However, there were many bright spots on the team, one of them being the first player ever to hit over 30 homers and steal over 30 bases in the same season. I am […]
Multiple Hitting Streaks
November 30, 2011 by Tom Ruane · Leave a Comment
While writing another article, I noticed that on April 18, 1931, Freddie Lindstrom and Mel Ott both extended long hitting streaks at the Baker Bowl, Lindstrom hitting in his 36th straight game there and Ott in his 29th straight. Of course, a hitting streak in a specific ball park is a rather obscure record and […]
Talking Baseball…A Lot of It
July 12, 2011 by Jeff Polman · Leave a Comment
Eric Weiss was in trouble. The “practicing attorney and unapologetic Yankees fan†from Scarsdale was wrapping up a 25-minute seminar called Baseball’s Greatest Postseason Series, when a handful of people in the Pacific Room of the Long Beach Hilton began to squirm. The battle he was recounting was the 1912 Chicago City Series between the […]
Maximum Feasible Dunn
November 26, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 6 Comments
And all through the house not a creature was stirring, no baseball news from even a mouse. Â Black Friday shoppers are out in force, but baseball has only the near silent whisperings of General Managers waiting to see which players accept arbitration before the Tuesday night deadline. One quiet household could be turned on its […]
