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It Happened! Thank you for your support! Gil’s In!

I'm sure by now you are all aware that, yes, indeed, Gil Hodges will now have a well-deserved spot Cooperstown!...

Posted on: December 5, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 11 Comments

Name This Week’s Mystery Player!

(Entry No. 5) He was recognized as one of the most versatile athletes in the league during his prime, [he] could play every position, with the exception of catcher, and often was the starting second baseman or center fielder when he was not on the mound...

Posted on: December 4, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 1 Comment

Eiji Sawamura and Babe Ruth’s 1934 Tour of Japan

It’s amazing what you discover when searching the National Pastime “This Day in Baseball History” website!

Posted on: December 4, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 12 Comments

Let’s Revisit the 1910 World Series: Cubs vs. A’s!

The 1910 Fall Classic featured the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games...

Posted on: November 30, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 7 Comments

Name This Week’s Mystery Player!

(Entry No. 4) Name This Week's Mystery Player! How well you do know your old-time players? Each week, I’ll post…

Posted on: November 27, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 8 Comments

Let’s Take a Moment to Recall the Tragic Story of the Cardinals’ Charlie Peete

Charlie who? You’ve never heard of Charlie Peete? Neither had I. Until yesterday that is…

Posted on: November 27, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 9 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving from Baseball History Comes Alive!

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Posted on: November 25, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 4 Comments

Name This Week’s Mystery Player!

(Entry No. 3) Name This Week's Mystery Player! How well you do know your old-time players? Each week, I’ll post…

Posted on: November 20, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 4 Comments

Great Photo of Roberto Clemente With His Children!

A few years ago, I started a series I called "Baseball Fathers and Sons." It's been a while since I added to it, so I thought this would be a good time for another entry...

Posted on: November 20, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 13 Comments

Coach Johnny Sain for the Hall of Fame!

"I don't know of a greater pitching coach in my career. . .he should be in Baseball's Hall of Fame." -White Sox GM Roland Hemond, speaking of Johnny Sain

Posted on: November 17, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 7 Comments

Name This Week’s Mystery Player!

(Entry No. 2) He played for two decades in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and had his best years with Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics during the late 1920s and early 1930s...

Posted on: November 14, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 12 Comments

Let’s Remember the Great Branch Rickey!

"Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game." -Branch Rickey...

Posted on: November 14, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 8 Comments

Answer to Today’s Quiz…It’s Freddie Lindstrom!

“It was Fate, that’s all...Fate and a pebble!”

Posted on: November 12, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 2 Comments

It’s Time For a Quiz!

This one may be for you older guys out there...some of you younger guys might not be able to handle this one. Haha!...

Posted on: November 12, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 16 Comments

New Blog Topic: Update For All Of You Who Signed the Gil Hodges Petition!

If you're one of the nearly 800 readers who have signed the petition thus far in support of Gil Hodges' enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, you'll be interested in hearing this bit of news...

Posted on: November 9, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 5 Comments

New Feature: Name This Player! Let’s Have Some Fun!

(Entry No. 1) Each week, I'll post an old-time ballplayer and you can test you knowledge of "the old days" of baseball...

Posted on: November 9, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 14 Comments

Spotlight on the Hall of Fame: The Great Johnny Bench

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Posted on: November 6, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 3 Comments

The Three Alou Brothers Make History: All Three In The Same Outfield!

Can we put this one in the category: "It'll never happen again"? I think that's a safe bet!...

Posted on: November 5, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 4 Comments

Last Chance To Sign Petition In Support of Gil Hodges for the Hall of Fame!

"Gil Hodges was a great player but an even greater man." - Duke Snider...

Posted on: October 29, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 4 Comments

“It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over!” The Fourteen-Year Feud Between Yogi Berra and George Steinbrenner Finally Comes to An End

“It’s over…fourteen years is long enough. I forgive you, George.” -Yogi Berra to George Steinbrenner

Posted on: October 26, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 4 Comments

THERE ARE ERRORS…AND THEN THERE ARE ERRORS!! Hank Gowdy and the 1924 World Series

“The mask held me like a bear claw," –Hank Gowdy, recalling his unfortunate incident in the 1924 World Series which led to Washington's winning run...

Posted on: October 23, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 7 Comments

The 1962 World Series (Part Three)

Today, in Part Three, I’ll provide some details about the 1962 World Series which also had a dramatic ending. This time it didn’t end in the Giants’ favor.

Posted on: October 17, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 11 Comments

Back Into The Dead Ball Era: The 1912 New York Giants!

"In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a [hill of beans] for the rest of the game." -John McGraw...

Posted on: October 15, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 8 Comments

Followup To Paul Doyle’s Essay on the Dodger-Giant 1962 Playoff Series (Part Two)

A Bitter Stan Williams Recalls His Role In One Of The Worst Innings In Dodger History, October 3, 1962

Posted on: October 12, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 9 Comments

1962: THE LAST DODGERS-GIANTS “PLAYOFF” SERIES (Part One)

Most of us who read Baseball History Comes Alive treasure the 1951 National League Playoff Series where Bobby Thomson hit the "Home Run Heard 'Round the World."...

Posted on: October 10, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 15 Comments

Eddie Robinson Passes Away: The Last Surviving Member of the 1948 World Series Champion Cleveland Indians

The baseball world was saddened to learn this week of the passing of baseball lifer Edie Robinson, aged 100,..

Posted on: October 8, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 3 Comments

Let’s Remember Baseball Lifer Don Zimmer and His 66 Years in the Game!

As I was watching the Yankees and Red Sox in their wild-card game last night, I have to admit that my baseball history antenna was real active...

Posted on: October 6, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 11 Comments

THE TRAGIC STORY OF BASEBALL’S UNFORTUNATE HALL-OF-FAMER, ERNIE LOMBARDI

“Lombardi was so slow he ran like he was carrying a piano—and the tuner”-Anonymous teammate...

Posted on: October 3, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 2 Comments

“DiMaggio” Stars In the 1943 All-Star Game!

"DiMaggio" Stars In the 1943 All-Star Game, and no…I’m not talking about Joe!...

Posted on: October 2, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 5 Comments

DiMaggio Brothers, Part One: Teenaged Joe DiMaggio “Bored with Baseball”!

Recently, while shifting through Baseball Digest archives, I came across an interesting interview from the March 1946 issue in which Joe DiMaggio reflected on his early years in baseball...

Posted on: September 28, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 9 Comments

“I SAW IT ON THE RADIO!”

Today, Paul Doyle offers us something a bit different: Paul gives us a brief history of baseball and radio broadcasting...

Posted on: September 26, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 8 Comments

A Salute to the Baseball Boyer Family on the Passing of Eldest Brother, Cloyd

Thanks to our reader, Brian Talley, who alerted me to the passing of Cloyd Boyer, 94, earlier this week in Webb City, Missouri...

Posted on: September 25, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 5 Comments

New Blog Topic: MLB should create an “MOP Award”: Most Outstanding Player!

The 2021 baseball season, conducted during a global pandemic, has provided some amazing individual performances...

Posted on: September 24, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 5 Comments

Paul Dean, Jr. RIP

“He’s the hottest thing you ever saw…He’s gonna make ‘em forget me and Paul.” –Dizzy Dean, speaking of his nephew, Paul Dean, Jr....

Posted on: September 22, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 5 Comments

Another Edition Of “Baseball’s Forgotten Stars!”: Wes Ferrell

I love going through the 1930s-'40s looking for stars who’ve been largely forgotten over the passage of time. And believe me, there’s plenty of them!...

Posted on: September 19, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 2 Comments

Casey Stengel’s Often Overlooked Playing Career!

“Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?” - Casey Stengel

Posted on: September 18, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 3 Comments

“M&M BOYS” HIT HOME RUNS GOOD & PLENTY!

With the overabundance of Home Runs being hit in the majors over the last twenty years or so, we have almost forgotten the 60th anniversary of Roger Maris' quest to break one of the iconic records in the game-most home runs in a season...