You don’t see a lot of hip hop songs about baseball, but this one by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis is pretty good. This elegy for legendary Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus was performed at Safeco Field after Niehaus’ death in 2010.
In spite of a 99-63 record for the season, on October 17, 1964, the New York Yankees fired manager Yogi Berra. The Yankees had lost the 1964 World Series to the Cardinals in seven games.
Baseball has done more to move America in the right direction than all the professional patriots with their billions of cheap words.
~Monte Irvin
On October 13, 1960, the Pittsburgh Pirates squared off against the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the World Series at Forbes Field. Bill Mazeroski of the Pirates came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth with the score tied 9-9 and belted a game-winning walk-off home run against Yankee hurler Ralph Terry. It remains the only Game 7 World Series walk-off home run in baseball history.
At the kickoff of the the 2010 World Series, Ken Burns narrated the poem “Home” for the MLB. It’s one of those videos that makes you feel pretty nostalgic about baseball. Enjoy.
On October 10, 1920, the only unassisted triple play in World Series history was executed by Bill Wambsganss of the Cleveland Indians. In the fifth inning of Game 5 of the series against Brooklyn, Wambsganss caught a line drive hit by Clarence Mitchell, stepped on second base to get Paul Kilduff, and tagged Otto Miller, who was running towards second from first base.
It’s not a game of inches, like you hear people say. It’s a game of hundredths of inches.
~Rube Bressler
Here’s a tremendous find that the Library of Congress recently recovered. Found in the garage of an estate, eight cans of nitrate film were discovered to be in near-perfect condition. The contents of the film? Nearly forty minutes of Game 7 of the 1924 World Series, in which the Washington Senators defeated the New York Giants 4-3 in twelve innings.
If you would like the read the story from the Washington Post, click here. As an added bonus, Keith Olbermann took the liberty of broadcasting the game’s highlights, complete with commentary:
With the postseason well underway, this is a fairly timely infographic by Craig Robinson from last year depicting the number of times teams have played each other in the World Series. My fingers are crossed that, by the end of the month, we’ll be able to add another dot to the Royals column.
On October 6, 1945, William Sianis attended Game 4 of the World Series with his pet goat in an attempt to promote his bar, the Billy Goat Tavern. However, when ushers insisted that the goat must leave Wrigley Field, Sianis placed a curse on the Chicago Cubs to prevent them from ever winning the World Series again.
