Tag: Boston Braves

This day in baseball: Suspicions of doctoring

April 16, 2015

In Brooklyn on April 16, 1928, the umpire ordered that Boston Braves pitcher Charlie Robertson lose his glove after several Robins (later the Dodgers) players complained of strange things happening to his pitches.  The New York Times reported, “The Robins detected Robertson doing odd stunts with the ball with the aid of his glove. They reported it to umpire Moran who made Robertson change his glove.”  In spite of this, Robertson still managed to defeat the Robins, 3-2.

Wikimedia Commons
Charlie Robertson (Wikimedia Commons)

This day in baseball: Color television meets the MLB

August 11, 2014

On August 11, 1951, WCBS-TV in New York City televised the first-ever color broadcast of a baseball game.  The Boston Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 8-1 in the first game of a doubleheader at Ebbets Field.  Red Barber and Connie Desmond of Brooklyn provided the play-by-play commentary.

Newspaper headline following the game, although the story does not mention the color broadcast (Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers)

This day in baseball: Opening Day run extravaganza

April 19, 2014

On Opening Day in 1900, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Beaneaters (also known as the Braves) decided to play out their first game of the new century with a bang.  The teams set a record for most runs scored in an Opening Day game as they went ten innings in the match-up.  The Beaneaters scored a whopping nine runs in the ninth inning to send the game into the tenth, only to lose to Philadelphia 19-17.

Boston Beaneaters, 1900 (Wikimedia Commons)