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Misc. Baseball

http://miscbaseball.wordpress.com/

Gathering up assorted interesting items of baseball anecdotes and history, mostly from the '80s.

• Added on: Mar 7th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: arnec
• Listed in: Baseball Sports
• Tags: baseball history baseball trivia baseball anecdotes 1980s baseball

Recent Posts

• The Seattle Mariners’ First Game

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 17:53 in misc., stadiums, frank tanana, seattle baseball history, 1977 seattle mariners, diego segui

  It came on Wednesday, April 6, 1977, with venerable Diego Segui, the Ancient Mariner, battling the Angels’ Frank Tanana. And it was not auspicious: Segui allowed six runs, four earned, in three and two-thirds innings as the Mariners lost 7-0 (t...

• The Seattle Pilots’ First Game at Sicks Stadium

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 17:27 in misc., stadiums, jim bouton, gary bell, seattle pilots, seattle baseball history, don mincher, go go you pilots, nancy hegan, sicks stadium

  After a last-minute rush to install as many seats in the new right-field bleachers at Sicks Stadium as the Pilots could, opening day at the stadium happened on Friday, April 11, 1969. Lew Matlin, head of stadium operations for the Pilots: “Work...

• The Official Decision on Merkle’s Boner

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 16:22 in misc., fred merkle, merkle's boner, 1908 n.l. pennant race, 1908 new york giants

  The National League board of directors took two days to reach a decision on what Fred Merkle of the New York Giants did at the end of the game vs. the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 22, 1908. When it came to a decision, here’s what it said: “Merkl...

• 10-Cent Beer Night: June 4, 1974 in Cleveland

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 00:22 in misc., mike hargrove, billy martin, jeff burroughs, 10-cent beer night, 1974 cleveland indians, baseball riots

  Back in 2004, Wayne Scanlan of the Ottawa Citizen took a look at 10-cent beer night, and quickly set the scene: “The Cleveland Indians of 1974 were a desperate franchise. Consistently dwelling in the cellar of the American League East Division,...

• Jack Kralick and His No-Hitter

  Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 23:55 in 1, baseball loners, jack kralick, twins no-hitters

  Back in 1990, Steve Aschburner of the Minneapolis Star Tribune wrote about Dean Chance’s 5-inning perfect game and also the first no-hitter in Twins history, thrown by Jack Kralick, a 27-year-old lefthander from Detroit, against the Kansas City...

• A-Rod in the Playoffs

  Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 19:21 in alex rodriguez, a-rod, joey cora, hitters fielders, 2000 alcs, a-rod in the playoffs, donna crist

  With the soul of David Ortiz circa 2004 apparently having been transferred to Alex Rodriguez, at least for the 2009 playoffs, here are a couple pictures from his time in the playoffs as a Seattle Mariner. This was a time when there was no sense of Ro...

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