Yankee great Don Larsen, the only pitcher who threw a perfect game in the World Series has passed away at the age of 90 as a result of esophageal cancer. A few days ago, Larsen entered a care hospice. When it was announced that Larsen had entered the care hospice, you could tell the end …
Today in baseball: World Series’ first perfect game
Today, sixty-three years ago, Don Larsen accomplished what no-one had ever done before: pitching the first perfect game in World Series history. Game five was a pitchers duel from both sides. Not only did Don Larsen not allow a hit, his opponent, Sal Maglie, allowed only five hits and issued two walks as he gave …
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Today in baseball: David Cone goes perfect
On this day, twenty years ago, Yankee pitcher David Cone pitched a perfect game, a feat he didn't manage with Royals, the Mets, the Blue Jays and the Red Sox. On Yogi Berra Day, in a legend-filled Yankee Stadium, Don Larsen threw out the first pitch to 1956 battery mate Yogi Berra to commemorate Larsen's …
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Baseball related music: “Talkin’ baseball” by Terry Cashman
In today's edition of Baseball related music, we pay attention to "Talkin' baseball, sung by Terry Cashman. The song is describing the history of baseball from the 1950s to the beginning of the 80s. The song was released in 1981, the year the regular MLB season was shortened by a player strike. The song was …
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Gary Sanchez or Austin Romine?
The Yankees are very high on Gary Sanchez, mainly because of his bat. They are willing to turn a blind eye on his defensive qualities. The backup catcher Austine Romine doesn't handle the bat in a bad way either but is a better defensive catcher. Who should be behind the plate as regular catcher? Sanchez …
Yogi Berra: A legend passes at 90
I have been mulling all afternoon if I should write something about Yogi Berra's passing. A bit cheap to write about it as all other baseball websites wrote about it already. But on the other hand, as a Yankee fan I should spend some words on it. Berra signed with the Yankees in 1943 while serving …
Yankees by the numbers: one uniform number less to play with
Coming Friday, the Yankees will sign Bernie Williams to a minor league contract, after which he will retire as a Yankee. This will happen nine years after he played his final game with the American League team from New York. The Yankees will retire his number 51 one month later on May 24. The former …
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Cardines Field in Newport, Rhodes Island
In my post about Rickwood Field I wrote that that was the oldes still standing ballpark in the US. Well, today I learned that that is not the case. I have made a correction. It is the oldest standing ballpark where professional baseball is played, even though it is only once per year. The (arguably) …
1955, the season that was next year
After the New York Giants won the World Series in the previous year, the Dodgers started the season hopeful as ever. How many World Series had they played without winning one? 1916 and 1920 as the Robins, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953. In five of these World Series appearances, the hated Yankees were …
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