May 22, 2013

Top Centerfielders

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Ranking the Center Fielders
Joe DiMaggio made playing center field for the New York Yankees cool. He was graceful and he was a winner (10 pennants in 13 seasons), and helped establish the Yankee…

Top Shortstops

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Ranking the Shortstops
The 1990′s and early 2000′s were the time of the shortstops. No longer were they just slick fielders. They became middle of the order hitters and MVP’s, Alex Rodriquez, De…

Crazy Collectables

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Wrong Field of Dreams

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Former Major League catcher Carlton Fisk may have been looking for Kevin Costner’s “cornfield” in “Field of Dreams” – instead, he ended up drunk, and arrested for DUI in the center of a “cornfi…

Eight Years ago the Boston Red Sox wiped away 86 years of pain

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The Red Sox hosted the St. Louis Cardinals for the first two games of the 2004 World Series, because the American League team had won the All-Star Game in July. The Sox had come back from Yankee…

Any One Watching

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“QUESTION” – “can you name me baseball’s highest-ever, TV rated, World Series Game?” ( Answer at the bottom – don’t look )…….
Its not the first 2 Games of this year’s World Series between th…

Wild Cards Get Some Respect

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When the St Louis Cardinals secured that second Wild Card spot in the National League, most baseball “experts” gave them little chance to last more than one game into the postseason.  After…

Jeffrey Maier steals homerun ball

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October 9, 1996 – Bernie Williams hit a home run in the 11th inning to give the New York Yankees a 5 – 4 victory over Baltimore in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. The Yankees…

Don Larsen perfect game on This Day in Baseball

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October 8, 1956 – Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the only perfect game in World Series history for a 2 – 0 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sal Maglie, the opposing pitcher, gave…

The off-season for Red Sox starts – news and notes

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This will be one of the most active and important off-seasons in recent history for the Boston Red Sox. There will be a new manager. Likely, most of the coaching staff will be revamped. T…