Blogs about: Harvey Haddix
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A 1958 Topps Mickey Mantle for $5? Whaaaat
For weeks, I’d been itching to get back to one of my local card shops to dig through their vintage bargain bins. The Topps Million Giveaway promotion has rejuvenated my love for the old, smelly… more →
The Greatest game you've never heard about
wrote 1 day ago: For 12 innings Haddix was perfect Baseball can be a cruel mistress. Just ask Harvey “Hard Luck … more →
The Forgotten Gem
wrote 3 days ago: Think of the best pitching performance you have ever seen or heard about in professional baseball. I … more →
Yu da' Man
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wrote 1 month ago: Almost… Monday night, the Rangers Yu Darvish joined an elite group of major leaguers, the ones … more →
Braves' Lew Burdette's Two Flirtations with Perfection
wrote 2 months ago: Did you ever have one of those days when it seemed as if everything went right? It was like some spi … more →
Hard-Luck Harvey Haddix and the Greatest Game Ever Lost by Lew Freedman (2009)
wrote 9 months ago: Hard-Luck Harvey Haddix and the Greatest Game Ever Lost by Lew Freedman McFarland, 2009 218 pages Ma … more →
He Was A Cub
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wrote 10 months ago: Volume 4 – Donnie Moore Less than 18,000 men have played Major League Baseball, that’s it. Think ab … more →
He Jests at Scars that Never Felt a Wound
wrote 1 year ago: Fenway Park in Boston at 100: Site of some of the most ecstatic and (more often) unhappiest moments … more →
Tim Hudson and my Favorite Pitching Rotations
wrote 1 year ago: If you were to ask me my favorite all time pitching rotations, I would have trouble be picking just … more →
Conditions made Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point night a bit of a sham
wrote 1 year ago: To commemorate Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 point night that took place 50 years ago tonight, the ra … more →
New Arrivals: 1969 Cincinnati Reds (89-73, Finished 3rd in NL West)
wrote 1 year ago: I ran across this collection of four index cards in an open auction a few weeks ago. I am not an es … more →
Did You Know?
wrote 1 year ago: Everyday I will bring you a little fact about the game of baseball. Baseball is my favorite sport an … more →
Dear Harvey...Tough Shit! Just in Time for Opening Day - The Baseball Project Announces the Release of Their Second Album of Baseball Songs, 'Volume 2: High and Inside'
wrote 2 years ago: “I could have put a cup on either corner of the plate and hit it” ——— … more →
In Which The Kitten Pitches Into The Thirteenth
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wrote 2 years ago: If you saw his picture after that, you saw the smile; Not that of a man basking in the joys Of over … more →
Losing in perfection
wrote 2 years ago: “A pitcher does this once in a lifetime – once in baseball history – and we can’t win the game for h … more →
Morning Coffee and the Blog Roundup 10/27 - I'm Back Edition
wrote 2 years ago: Wow what a day yesterday. I’ve learned recently that I’m gluten intolerant, but I didn … more →
Calling the Game
wrote 2 years ago: Americans love to scream at the umpire – or in basketball scream at the ref – when they blow a call. … more →
Galarraga was Robbed, but Haddix was Better (and Lost)
wrote 2 years ago: Armando Galarraga was robbed of a perfect game but won. Harvey Haddix pitched a perfect game but los … more →
This Week in Baseball: June 4th
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wrote 2 years ago: This week in baseball was crazy. It will be remembered for Armando’s Almost and the retirement … more →
Armando Galarraga: Almost
wrote 2 years ago: So, I thought that whole “Perfect Game” thing was supposed to be hard to do? First Dalla … more →
