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1911 DMB World Series-Game #4
NOTE: The Philadelphia A’s beat the NY Giants in 6 games in the actual 1911 World Series 10/24/1911 @ Shibe Park Christy Mathewson vs Chief Bender GIANTS SWEEP THE A’S BEHIND MATHEWSON AND SNODGRASS F… more →
Baseball Revisited
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The only pitcher in the 20th century to complete a major league campaign with at least 25 victories … more →
One For The Hall-Andy Coakley
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Andy Coakley pitched just 9 seasons in the Major leagues, beginning at the age of 19 with the … more →
Dick McBride Had Some Serious Chops
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wrote 1 month ago: Photo from NYPL … more →
Colourful Hall of Famer Rube Waddell pitched in Chatham
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wrote 1 month ago: Hall of Fame hurler Rube Waddell pitched around a dozen games for a squad in Chatham, Ont., in 1898. … more →
No Hits-No Problem
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wrote 3 months ago: Baseball players make errors, they can go 0-4 with a couple of strikeouts, and yet teams still manag … more →
Jack Barry (Philadelphia A's and Boston Braves) married Margaret McDonough, daughter of Thomas & Mary (Loftus) McDonough
wrote 6 months ago: More information about Jack: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Barry_(baseball) … more →
Remembering Canadian big leaguer and war hero Phil Marchildon
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wrote 6 months ago: Penetanguishene, Ont., native Phil Marchildon was on the road to superstardom before his big league … more →
A History Of Baseball In 100 Objects #23-The World Series Press Pin
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wrote 10 months ago: This is a list of objects in no particular order that define baseball’s history. They will encompass … more →
Hall of Fame; Hall of a Lot of Histroy
wrote 10 months ago: The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York is a truly inspirational place. Despit … more →
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wrote 10 months ago: The Athletics have called three cities home – Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Oakland. The city … more →
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wrote 11 months ago: The player that hit the most home runs between 1900-1909 was Harry Davis. Davis connected for 67 ho … more →
Happy Birthday Lefty Grove
wrote 1 year ago: Hall-of-Fame pitcher Lefty Grove, was born on this day in 1900. Lefty won 300 games in his 17-year … more →
The Eye of The Beholder?
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wrote 1 year ago: In the 1911 World Series, Connie Mack’s Philadelphia A’s beat John McGraw’s NY Giants in 6 games. Th … more →
Throwing Kryptonite Curveballs into the Abyss
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wrote 1 year ago: When the situation called for Superman, he summoned Clark Kent. As it turned out, the cape was highl … more →
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wrote 1 year ago: For all left-handed pitchers to have won ERA titles, Lefty Grove has won the most in baseball histor … more →
WHERE WILL THE PHILS GO FROM HERE? AND ALL HAIL TONY LARUSSA, CHAMPION.
wrote 1 year ago: The Phillies have completed an outstanding season in which they won 102 and dropped only 60. They t … more →
Has LaRussa's Time Come and Gone?
wrote 1 year ago: Tony LaRussa making one of his record number of pitching changes. Much has been made about the Cardi … more →
Head Games – The Tragic Consequences of Pitches that Got Away
wrote 1 year ago: Home plate on a baseball diamond measures precisely seventeen inches in width, and pitchers and hitt … more →
A Great First Half of Baseball
wrote 1 year ago: We have officially arrived at the All-Star Break. It has been a memorable first part of the season. … more →
