This day in baseball: Connie Mack passes
Posted: February 8, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Connie Mack, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports, World Series 1 CommentThe legendary Connie Mack died on February 8, 1956 at the age of 93. Mack had fallen and suffered a hip fracture a few months previously in October 1955, undergoing surgery on October 5 and missing the World Series that week for the first time ever. He remained wheelchair-bound from that point on. Officially, it was announced that Connie Mack died of “old age and complications from his hip surgery.”
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This day in baseball: Stargell elected to HoF
Posted: January 12, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, MLB, National Baseball Hall of Fame, National League, Pittsburgh Pirates, sports, Willie Stargell, World Series 1 CommentOn January 12, 1988, Pirates slugger Willie Stargell was the only player elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. Stargell helped bring two world championships to Pittsburgh and was the National League’s co-MVP in 1979, as well as the World Series MVP that same year. Stargell was the 17th player to be elected to the Hall in his first year of eligibility.
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This day in baseball: Charles Stoneham dies
Posted: January 6, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Charles Stoneham, Frank McQuade, history, Horace Stoneham, John McGraw, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Giants, sports, World Series Leave a commentCharles Stoneham, the owner of the New York Giants baseball team, passed away on January 6, 1936. Stoneham was the last remaining owner of the trio (along with John McGraw and Frank McQuade) that purchased the team in 1919. He passed the team on to his son, Horace Stoneham, upon his death. During his time as owner, Stoneham saw the Giants win the World Series in 1921, 1922 and 1933.
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R.I.P. Don Larsen
Posted: January 2, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, 21st Century | Tags: Baseball, Don Larsen, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, sports, World Series 5 CommentsDon Larsen is perhaps best known for pitching the only post-season perfect game in Major League Baseball history, accomplishing the feat in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. He won the World Series MVP Award and Babe Ruth Award in recognition of his pitching during that postseason.
Larsen was born on August 7, 1929 in Michigan City, Indiana. He passed away in Hayden, Idaho yesterday, January 1, 2020 from of esophageal cancer.
Rest in peace.
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Don Larsen, who remained a welcome & familiar face at our annual Old-Timers’ Day celebrations. The Yankees organization extends its deepest condolences to Don’s family and friends during this difficult time. He will be missed. pic.twitter.com/OgOdofzSTS
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) January 2, 2020
“Cubs in Five,” The Mountain Goats
Posted: November 16, 2019 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Canterbury Tales, Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball, MLB, music, sports, The Mountain Goats, World Series Leave a commentThe Chicago Cubs went so long between World Series championships that, even after finally winning one, the pop culture references to their dry spell continue to haunt. This song is an example of just that. You know you’ve had a rough time of things when the likelihood of your winning again gets compared to the likelihood of the Canterbury Tales becoming a bestseller.
This day in baseball: Kenesaw Mountain Landis is hired
Posted: November 12, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Black Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Commissioner of Baseball, history, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports, World Series Leave a commentU.S. District Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis accepted the offer to become baseball’s first commissioner on November 12, 1920. The decision to hire a commissioner came in the wake of the 1919 World Series scandal, which involved eight White Sox players who were paid off by gamblers to throw the Series against Cincinnati. Landis would officially begin his new role in January 1921.
Congrats to Washington
Posted: October 31, 2019 Filed under: 21st Century | Tags: Baseball, Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports, Washington Nationals, World Series Leave a commentCongratulations to the Washington Nationals on winning their first World Series championship in franchise history! That certainly made for a thrilling Game 7.
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