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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Braves are World Champions
Posted: November 2, 2021 Filed under: 21st Century | Tags: Atlanta Braves, Baseball, Houston Astros, Jorge Soler, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports, World Series Leave a commentCongratulations to the Atlanta Braves on their World Series victory.
More exciting (for me, as a Royals fan, anyways), congratulations to Jorge Soler on winning MVP honors! Soler is just the second Cuban-born player to win the World Series MVP Award.
Jorge Soler (AP Photo)
Quote of the day
Posted: November 1, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: All-Star Game, Baseball, Kirby Puckett, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, MLB, quotes, sports, World Series Leave a commentI was told I would never make it because I’m too short. Well, I’m still too short, but I’ve got 10 All-Star games, two World Series championships, and I’m a very happy and contented guy. It doesn’t matter what your height is, it’s what’s in your heart.
~Kirby Puckett
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Quote of the day
Posted: October 26, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, MLB, New York Yankees, quotes, sports, World Series 1 CommentI don’t just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That’s how I think.
~Mariano Rivera
2021 World Series schedule
Posted: October 24, 2021 Filed under: 21st Century | Tags: Atlanta Braves, Baseball, Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports, World Series Leave a commentThe 2021 World Series matchup is set! Beginning Tuesday, October 26th, the Astros and the Braves will be going head-to-head. All games will be broadcast on Fox, and the schedule is as follows:
| DATE | GAME | TIME (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| Tues., Oct. 26 | Game 1 – Braves at Astros | 8:09 p.m. |
| Weds., Oct. 27 | Game 2 – Braves at Astros | 8:09 p.m. |
| Fri., Oct. 29 | Game 3 – Astros at Braves | 8:09 p.m. |
| Sat., Oct. 30 | Game 4 – Astros at Braves | 8:09 p.m. |
| Sun., Oct. 31 | Game 5 (if needed) – Astros at Braves | 8:15 p.m. |
| Tues., Nov. 2 | Game 6 (if needed) – Braves at Astros | 8:09 p.m. |
| Weds., Nov. 3 | Game 7 (if needed) – Braves at Astros | 8:09 p.m. |
This day in baseball: Athletics win the 1910 Series
Posted: October 23, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Eddie Collins, history, Jack Coombs, Major League Baseball, MLB, Philadelphia Athletics, sports, World Series Leave a commentOn October 23, 1910, before a crowd of 27,374, Philadelphia’s Jack Coombs won his third game of the World Series to defeat the Chicago Cubs, 7-2. The victory sealed the outcome of the Series, as the Athletics took the championship in five games. Eddie Collins had three hits, including two doubles, in that final game for the A’s.
Jack Coombs (Library of Congress)
“Lets Go, Go Go White Sox”
Posted: October 13, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, 21st Century, Pop culture | Tags: ALCS, Baseball, Black Sox, Black Sox Scandal, Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers, Chicago White Sox, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, music, sports, World Series 2 CommentsI’m not a White Sox fan, but I admit I was lowkey hoping they’d at least advance to the ALCS, if only so that I could post this without it seeming awkward. But I also know that if I wait until after the end of the season, I run the risk of forgetting about this altogether, so here’s the White Sox fight song performed by Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers.
This song first appeared in 1959 during the White Sox’s run for the AL pennant, which was the team’s first league championship since the Black Sox Scandal of 1919. The song re-emerged and regained popularity in 2005, the year that the Sox swept the Astros in four games in the World Series.
This day in baseball: Mathewson wins Game 1
Posted: October 9, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Christy Mathewson, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics, sports, World Series Leave a commentChristy Mathewson threw a shutout against Philadelphia in Game 1 of the World Series on October 9, 1905, leading New York to a 3-0 victory. The Giants hurler went on to shutout the Athletics twice more during the Series that year.
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This day in baseball: Black Sox admissions
Posted: September 28, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: 1919 World Series, Baseball, Black Sox, Black Sox Scandal, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Commissioner of Baseball, Eddie Cicotte, Happy Felsch, history, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Lefty Williams, Major League Baseball, MLB, Shoeless Joe Jackson, sports, World Series Leave a commentOn September 28, 1920, Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams, Joe Jackson, and Happy Felsch admitted to a grand jury that they had thrown the 1919 series in return for a bribe. The grand jury would indict eight White Sox players on charges of fixing previous season’s World Series against the Reds. The eight members involved in the Black Sox Scandal would go on to be cleared of the charges, but they would be banned for life from baseball by Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball’s first commissioner.
1919 Chicago White Sox (umkc.edu)
RIP Tommy Lasorda
Posted: January 9, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, 21st Century | Tags: Baseball, Baseball Hall of Fame, Brooklyn Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, National Baseball Hall of Fame, National League, sports, Tommy Lasorda, World Series Leave a commentTommy Lasorda was born September 22, 1927. He was a hardcore baseball lifer, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 and 1955 and for the Kansas City Athletics in 1956. After retiring from playing, Lasorda worked as a scout for the Dodgers and eventually worked his way into coaching. He coached for the Dodgers from 1973 through 1976 before taking over as manager of the club. Lasorda led the Dodgers to four NL pennants and two World Series championships during his tenure. Upon retiring from the managerial position in 1996, he continued to work for the Dodgers in a variety of roles for the rest of his life.
Lasorda was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 as a manager in his first year of eligibility. He died January 7, 2021 from a cardiopulmonary arrest in Fullerton, California at the age of 93.
Rest in peace.
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