In the second episode of "Did You Know?", we pay attention to one of baseball's greats who played the biggest part of his career for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves. Did you know that Warren Spahn was the winningest pitcher among lefties? He still owns the record of 363 victories, followed by Steve Carlton, who is at …
Baseball Shorts: Bob Uecker Quotes
Most of you will know Bob Uecker but mainly because of his role of Harry Doyle in Major League. Despite his abysmal stats, he still managed to stay in the bigs for six seasons. But Uecker was best known for his quotes. Here is an anthology. Bob Uecker as Harry Doyle in Major League Uecker …
Ballparks around the World: Stade Canac, Québec
It has been a while but in this episode of Ballparks around the World we pay attention to the home of the Québec Capitales (independent CanAm League), Stade Municipal in Québec, North America's only walled city. In 1937, Canada suffered from the great depression, just as most other countries of the world. Prime Minister of …
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Boston, Milwaukee and New York, a deja-vu for some players
I love the pic shown above. It shows Hank Aaron on the left and Willie Mays on the right. This is a picture with some historic significance. It shows two players with uniforms of the towns they started their career at, but uniforms of two totally different clubs. The picture also shows something that I …
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