Quote of the day
October 12, 2021
If you don’t play to win, why keep score?
~Vern Law
Month: October 2021
This day in baseball: Mathewson wins Game 1
October 9, 2021
Christy Mathewson threw a shutout against Philadelphia in Game 1 of the World Series on October 9, 1905, leading New York to a 3-0 victory. The Giants hurler went on to shutout the Athletics twice more during the Series that year.
“A Fisherman’s Tale,” Anonymous
October 6, 2021
This piece was published in 1942 and it references Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. In the novella, the main character, Santiago, idolizes DiMaggio and is a big Yankees fan. To Santiago, DiMaggio represents an ideal, and he compares himself against the ballplayer as a way to measure his own success and worth.
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Ernest
Hemingway
Immortalized
Joe
DiMaggio
and
Joe
DiMaggio
Immortalized
Himself
And
So
Did
Ted Williams
that wonderful slugger from Boston.
Quote of the day
October 4, 2021
You can’t hit what you can’t see.
~Walter Johnson
This day in baseball: Addie Joss’s perfect game
October 2, 2021
On October 2, 1908, Addie Joss of the Cleveland Naps pitched a perfect game against the Chicago White Sox. Joss’s performance was the fourth perfect game in Major League Baseball history, and the second in American League history. Joss pitched in front of a crowd of 10,598 at League Park, in Cleveland, Ohio.
