Mike Schmidt’s Hall of Fame induction speech
Posted: June 14, 2022 Filed under: 20th Century | Tags: All-Star Game, Baseball, Baseball Hall of Fame, Gold Glove Award, history, Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, Mike Schmidt, MLB, National Baseball Hall of Fame, National League, Philadelphia Phillies, sports, The Sporting News Leave a commentMike Schmidt played 18 seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies, and in that time, Schmidt was a 12-time All-Star and a three-time National League MVP. Over the course of his career, Schmidt hit 548 home runs, including 40 or more home runs in three separate seasons and 30 or more home runs in ten other seasons. He also won ten Gold Glove Awards and was named The Sporting News Player of the Decade for the 1980s.
Mike Schmidt was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1995. In his induction speech below, I particularly like Schmidt’s discussions on positive encouragement for kids and on the need for baseball to reconnect with its fans.
This day in baseball: Eddie Mayo
Posted: December 19, 2017 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Boston Braves, Detroit Tigers, Eddie Mayo, history, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, MLB, New York Giants, Pacific Coast League, sports, The Sporting News, World War II Leave a commentOn December 19, 1936, the Boston Braves purchased second baseman Eddie Mayo from the Giants. Mayo, however, would not see a lot of playing time with the Braves, hitting only .216 in the time he did get to play. After leaving Boston in 1938, Mayo would not appear in a major league game for five years, playing instead for the Los Angeles Angels in the Pacific Coast League. When World War II broke out, however, and the league was depleted of players, Mayo became a productive player for the Tigers, being named the Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News in 1945.
This day in baseball: Quinn’s big day
Posted: September 30, 2016 Filed under: 19th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Boston Beaneaters, history, Joe Quinn, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports, St. Louis Browns, The Sporting News 3 CommentsOn September 30, 1893, Browns’ second baseman Joe Quinn was honored by The Sporting News as the most popular baseball player in America. That same day, in a doubleheader against the Beaneaters, Quinn collected eight hits, becoming the first player in history to accomplish the feat. The Browns won both games of the doubleheader, 17-6 and 16-4. Quinn, who worked as a mortician during the off season, was inducted into the Australian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013.
Joe Quinn (Wikipedia)
