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1964: Baseball’s Version of “Musical Chairs!” Johnny Keane Gets Yogi’s Job!
New York Yankees / St. Louis Cardinals April 23, 2022April 25, 2022

1964: Baseball’s Version of “Musical Chairs!” Johnny Keane Gets Yogi’s Job!

“I managed good but boy did they play bad.” –Johnny Keane, commenting on his lack of success as Yankees’ manager…

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Happy Easter from All of Us At Baseball History Comes Alive!
Babe Ruth April 17, 2022April 17, 2022

Happy Easter from All of Us At Baseball History Comes Alive!

Scroll Down to Read Today’s Essay Subscribe to Baseball History Comes Alive for automatic updates. As a Free […]

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Follow-up to My Recent Essay on Jim Gentile!
We're Contacted by Relative/Acquaintance of a Former Player! April 15, 2022April 15, 2022

Follow-up to My Recent Essay on Jim Gentile!

As I’ve mentioned many times, we always enjoy it when we’re contacted by a relative or a friend of a former ballplayer…

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Pete Rose Steps to the Plate for the First Time, April 8, 1963
Cincinnati Reds April 9, 2022

Pete Rose Steps to the Plate for the First Time, April 8, 1963

“Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty-year-old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen-year-old. If you’ve got both, you can play baseball!” –Pete Rose…

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LET’S PLAY BALL! SEVEN MEMORABLE OPENING DAY GAMES
Bill Schaefer Posts / Opening Day April 6, 2022March 30, 2023

LET’S PLAY BALL! SEVEN MEMORABLE OPENING DAY GAMES

For baseball fans like us, no day of the year is more highly anticipated than Opening Day…

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Let’s Remember the 1937 MVP and Triple Crown Winner, Joe “Ducky” Medwick!
Forgotten Stars / Hall of Fame / MVPs / St. Louis Cardinals / Triple Crown Winners / World Series April 2, 2022April 2, 2022

Let’s Remember the 1937 MVP and Triple Crown Winner, Joe “Ducky” Medwick!

“When Joe Medwick dies, half the National League will go to his wake just to make sure that S-O-B is dead!”…

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Featured Ballplayer of the Month: Sandy Koufax

  • Sandy Koufax with Carl Erskine, October 2, 1963 (Getty Images)
  • Three greats, Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson
  • Sandy Koufax and Wally Moon during the 1959 World Series
  • Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale with Tommy Lasorda and Duke Snider
  • Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax yields a hit to Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Memorial Stadium. St. Louis, Missouri 9/17/1963 (Image # 1049 )
  • A young Sandy Koufax
  • Sandy Koufax later in life
  • Jim Kaat with Sandy Koufax in the 1965 World Series
  • Sandy signing balls
  • Sandy with Dodger teammate and fellow Hall-of-Famer, Don Drysdale
  • Whitey Ford with Sandy Koufax
  • A young Sandy Koufax with the Brooklyn Dodgers
  • Jeff Torborg caught Sandy's Perfect Game.
  • Stan Musial with Sandy Koufax and Warren Spahn
  • Maury Wills, Sandy Koufax, Willie Davis
  • Don Sutton with Tommy Lasorda and Sandy Koufax
  • Don Drysdale, Pete Richert, Stan Williams, Sandy Koufax, Johnny Podres
  • Sandy Koufax at the time of the Johnny Roseboro incident
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  • Teammates mob Sandy adter the Perfect Game
  • Sandy Koufax, 1965 after the final out of his Perfect Game
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  • Sandy Koufax threw a no-hitter at Shibe Park on June 4, 1964
  • Sandy hoolding up four no-hitter balls.
  • Sandy sets World Series strike out record, 1963
  • Sandy Koufax with his mother and father
  • Don with Sandy Koufax
  • Sandy Koufax and Jim Palmer
  • Sandy after recording 14 KO's (Getty Images)
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  • Don Newcombe with Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax
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  • Box score from Sandy's Perfect Game,, Seept. 9, 1965
  • Sandy Koufax and Willie Davis

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