Happy Birthday Carlos May
Happy Birthday to my good friend & protector Carlos May
HBD Tony Perez
Warm birthday wishes to my friend Atanacio Perez Rigal.
Wallpaper Wednesday: Getting Back to Baseball
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OTD in 1970 – Ernie Hits Number 500
50 years ago today… the great Ernie Banks hits his 500th career home run off Braves righty Pat Jarvis in the Cubs’ 4 – 3 victory over Atlanta at Wrigley Field. It is also his 1,600th career RBI. The ball, after it bounces back onto the field, is retrieved by Braves left fielder Rico Carty,…
OTD: One Million Tootsie Rolls
On this day in 1975… Bob Watson of the Houston Astros races around the bases on Milt May’s home run and crosses the plate at Candlestick Park in time to score the one millionth run in major league history, seconds ahead of Dave Concepción of the Cincinnati Reds, playing in a different game in another…
Wallpaper Wednesday: WHITE SOX 15
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Remembering Bart Johnson
We lost a big part of our 1972 White Sox team yesterday. Bart was a great athlete with an unbelievable competitive streak. He will be missed. My prayers go out to Bart and his family. Obituary from the Chicago Tribune Bart Johnson, a former Chicago White Sox pitcher and longtime scout with the organization, dies…
OTD: John Kennedy Arrives
On this day in 1957 John Kennedy becomes the first African American to play for the Phillies. Philadelphia was last National League franchise to integrate, waiting exactly 10 years and 7 days after Jackie Robinson first broke the major league color barrier for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Kennedy entered the game (played in Newark, New Jersey)…
HBD Tommy Hutton
Warm Birthday wishes to my former Phillies teammate Tommy Hutton. Stay safe my friend!