Quote of the day
April 2, 2014
I pitched 874 Major League games in twenty-two years, and I never had a sore arm until the day I quit. My arm went bad in when I was in spring training, and I guess it was about time.
~Cy Young
Tag: Cy Young
This day in baseball: The World Series is born
October 1, 2013
The first World Series game ever was played on 1 October 1903 at Boston’s Huntington Avenue Grounds before a crowd of 16,242. In the game, Cy Young and the Americans (now the Red Sox) were defeated 7-3 by Deacon Phillippe and the Pirates. The first World Series home run was hit by Jimmy Sebring in the top of the seventh – a dinger that gave the Pirates a 7-0 lead at the time. Though the Americans attempted to make a comeback in the final innings, they were unable to catch up in time.
This day in baseball: Cy Young’s debut
August 6, 2013
On August 6, 1890, pitching legend Cy Young made his Major League debut at Chicago’s West Side Park at the age of twenty-three. He is credited with the win as the Cleveland Spiders defeated the Colts 8-1. Young dominated, allowing the Colts only three hits. He finished his rookie season with a 9-7 record, and would go on to win 511 games in his career.
