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Fun With “Erased” No-Hitters!
Odds and Ends August 27, 2023August 29, 2023

Fun With “Erased” No-Hitters!

Wow…you learn sometime new about this game every day! Here’s something I was previously unaware of: Erased No-Hitters!…

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Did Ted Williams Ever  Pitch in a Major League Game? You Bet He Did!!
Boston Red Sox / Detroit Tigers / Ted Williams August 25, 2023August 25, 2023

Did Ted Williams Ever  Pitch in a Major League Game? You Bet He Did!!

As strange to us as it seems, yes, the great Ted Williams once pitched in a major league game….

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What Inspired the Famous Norman Rockwell Painting, “The Three Umpires”?
Norman Rockwell and Baseball / Umpires August 19, 2023August 20, 2023

What Inspired the Famous Norman Rockwell Painting, “The Three Umpires”?

I’ve posted the iconic Norman Rockwell painting The Three Umpires before, but I never knew what rainy-day incident served as the inspiration for the painting. Was it based on something historic? Or did Rockwell just make it all up?…

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MAJOR LEAGUE VETERANS –  KOREAN WAR CHAPTER
Baseball and the Military / Ted Williams / Vince Jankoski Posts August 18, 2023December 16, 2024

MAJOR LEAGUE VETERANS –  KOREAN WAR CHAPTER

Today Vince Janoski turns his “what if” spotlight on major league baseball and the Korean War. He highlights a few baseball stars, among the many who served their country during this conflict…

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More Fun With Triple Plays…Especially Unassisted Triple Plays!
Dead Ball Era / Historic Events / Triple Plays August 12, 2023August 13, 2023

More Fun With Triple Plays…Especially Unassisted Triple Plays!

In reading the National Pastime This Day in Baseball History website, I discovered that yesterday was the twentieth anniversary of the twelfth unassisted triple play in major league history, pulled off by the Braves’ Rafael Furcal on August 10, 2003…

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World War II and Major League Baseball
AAGPBL / Baseball and the Military / Guest Posts / Vince Jankoski Posts August 10, 2023August 18, 2023

World War II and Major League Baseball

We welcome back Vince Jankoski will another of his specialties: “What ifs?” Today he tackles “what if” WW II hadn’t rudely intruded on the careers of many of baseball’s biggest stars…

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Beautiful Color Restoration of the Addie Joss Benefit Game by Chris Whitehouse
Dead Ball Era / Hall of Fame / Historic Events / Odds and Ends August 5, 2023August 6, 2023

Beautiful Color Restoration of the Addie Joss Benefit Game by Chris Whitehouse

Addie Joss was a much-beloved ace starting pitcher for the Cleveland Naps whose life was tragically cut short at the age of 31…

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My Review of “Sugarball, A Novel of Negro League Baseball,” by R. Lee Procter
Book Reviews / Negro Leagues August 2, 2023August 2, 2023

My Review of “Sugarball, A Novel of Negro League Baseball,” by R. Lee Procter

It’s not often that we baseball history buffs venture into the realm of historically-based novels. It’s also not often that we encounter one such book from this genre that happens to be right up our alley…

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Featured Ballplayer of the Month: YAZ

  • Yaz and manager Dick Williams, 1967
  • Yaz with Dwight Evans and Jim Rice
  • Ted passes hitting tips to Yaz.
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  • Bill "Spaceman" Lee with Yaz and Carlton Fisk
  • Yaz from 1960s
  • Carl Yastrzemski
  • Yaz at the unveiling of his statue
  • Yaz receives award from American League president Joe Cronin and John Hillerich (National Pastime Museum photo)
  • Carl Yastrzemski throws out the first pitch
  • Beautiful swing of Carl Yastrzemski in the 1967 World Series
  • Yaz gets congratulations from teammates after hitting home run in the 1967 World Series
  • Yaz crosses the plate after hitting home run
  • A young Carl Yastrzemski (National Pastime Museum photo)
  • Yaz at the plate
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  • Carl Yastrzemski with Ted Williams, two player Carroll Hardy pinch hit for
  • Hubert Humphrey with Yaz
  • Yaz glares at the umpire after being called out on strikes
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  • Yaz throws out first pitch at 2007 World Series, surrounded by 1967 Red Sox teammates
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