This day in baseball: Billy Williams is Rookie of the Year
Posted: November 30, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Baseball Writers Association of America, Billy Williams, Chicago Cubs, Joe Torre, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Braves, MLB, National League, Rookie of the Year, sports 3 CommentsOn November 30, 1961, Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs was selected as the National League Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. The outfielder hit 25 home runs and drove in 86 runs that year, and was selected on 10 of the 16 ballots cast by the writers. The runner-up in the voting, Braves catcher Joe Torre, received five votes from the writers.
Billy Williams in 1969 (Wikipedia)
Contact lens solution
Posted: November 29, 2021 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, cartoons, comics, humor, sports Leave a commentThis got a chuckle out of me. Dry contacts, man, they really do mess with your vision.
Quote of the day
Posted: November 28, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day, Uncategorized | Tags: Baseball, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, Roy Clark, sports 2 CommentsTo put it better, we believe the radar gun will get you drafted, but you have to pitch to get to the big leagues. Tools will get you drafted, but you have to be able to play to get to the big leagues.
~Roy Clark
Roy Clark (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted: November 25, 2021 Filed under: 21st Century | Tags: Baseball, Holidays, sports, Thanksgiving 2 CommentsTo all my readers in the U.S., I hope you have a great and relaxing holiday!
This day in baseball: Joe Mauer named AL MVP
Posted: November 23, 2021 Filed under: 21st Century, This day in baseball | Tags: American League, Baseball, history, Joe Mauer, Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, Minnesota Twins, MLB, MVP, sports 2 CommentsJoe Mauer was named Most Valuable Player for the American League on November 23, 2009. In spite of missing the first month of the season with a back injury, Mauer received 27 of 28 first place votes from the BBWAA to become the fifth Twin in history to earn MVP honors.
Joe Mauer in 2008 (Wikipedia)
Baseball in space, 2019
Posted: November 20, 2021 Filed under: 21st Century | Tags: Baseball, Houston Astros, International Space Station, Major League Baseball, MLB, NASA, sports, Washington Nationals, World Series Leave a commentWhen the Houston Astros made it to the World Series in 2019, NASA astronauts on the International Space Station celebrated the game with their own game of baseball. Unsurprisingly, playing baseball in outer space looks a little different than it does here on Earth.
The astronauts were rooting, of course, for the Astros in that year’s Series. Unfortunately for the crew of the ISS, the Washington Nationals came out victorious in 2019.
This 17,500 mph fastball found its way to the @Space_Station cupola. We hope all are enjoying watching the #WorldSeries action back on Earth! pic.twitter.com/5EUq4OLKb6
— Jessica Meir (@Astro_Jessica) October 28, 2019
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This day in baseball: The Alleghenys jump to the National League
Posted: November 18, 2021 Filed under: 19th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: American Association, Baseball, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, National League, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, Pittsburgh Pirates, Players' League, sports Leave a commentThe Pittsburgh Alleghenys left the American Association on November 18, 1886 to join the National League as an expansion team. In 1891, the Pittsburgh team would become known as the Pirates, a name derived from an incident involving the franchise accused of being “piratical” for taking players from rival teams in other leagues.
Quote of the day
Posted: November 15, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, humor, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, quotes, sports, Yogi Berra 2 CommentsIn baseball, you don’t know nothing.
~Yogi Berra
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Bugs Bunny plays baseball
Posted: November 13, 2021 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Bugs Bunny, cartoons, humor, Looney Tunes, sports, videos 1 CommentTalk about a high-scoring game. And using an entire tree trunk as a baseball bat has Mark McGwire steroid vibes all over it.
Looney Tunes was a staple piece of entertainment in my childhood. Enjoy this bit of lighthearted cartoon baseball!
This day in baseball: Waitkus is Comeback Player of the Year
Posted: November 10, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Bernard Malamud, books, Eddie Waitkus, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, sports, The Natural Leave a commentSeventeen months after being shot in the chest with a rifle by an obsessed fan, Eddie Waitkus was named the Comeback Player of the Year by the Associated Press on November 10, 1950. The Phillies’ infielder hit .284 that season and led the team with 102 runs scored, as he continued to be one of the best fielding first basemen in the league.
Waitkus’s story would provide part of the inspiration for Bernard Malamud’s The Natural, published in 1952.
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