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May 4, 2021

Today in Baseball: Blacks Allowed to Buy Grandstand seats in St. Louis

For years, Black baseball fans were only allowed to get seats in the bleachers during MLB games. Slowly teams abandoned that policy. On this day in 1944, the St. Louis Browns and Cardinals are the last teams to integrate seating for fans. It won't come as a surprise that black baseball fans were discriminated as …

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October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

Baseball Shorts: World Series in Same Stadium

The 2020 World Series are played at Globe Life Field, the home ballpark of the Texas Rangers. With the Series played in the same ballpark, the 2020 World Series is the fourth of which all games are played in the same stadium. The very first World Series that was played in the same stadium was the …

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October 20, 2020

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 …

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October 7, 2020

Today in Baseball: Catching fly balls with a Tuba

Today in 1964, a player that would not reach the Hall of Fame because of his splendid playing career, used a musical instrument to catch some fly balls during batting practice. This ball payer would be voted into the Hall of Fame because of his broadcasting career with the Milwaukee Brewers. This should ring a …

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