Editor’s note: The 27 * 61 Yankees Replay games are being played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. The designated hitter will not be used for any games. Injuries will only be used during the game when they occur. There’s always hope. The 1961 New York Yankees may have been down, but they certainly weren’t out […]
Category: 1940s Baseball History
Editor’s note: The 27 * 61 Yankees Replay games are being played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. The designated hitter will not be used for any games. Injuries will only be used during the game when they occur. The pitcher’s mound apparently wasn’t the best place to be as the 1948 Cleveland Indians survived an […]
Editor’s note: The 27 * 61 Yankees Replay games are being played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. The designated hitter will not be used for any games. Injuries will only be used during the game when they occur. Mickey Mantle hit a pair of homers and knocked in six runs, but it was his glove […]
Editor’s note: The 27 * 61 Yankees Replay games are being played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. The designated hitter will not be used for any games. Injuries will only be used during the game when they occur. Wilcy Moore may have had his worst outing of the season, but he survived to to stay […]
A defensive shift is so common today that we see what once was a strange double play. It’s becoming routine to see a shortstop play a ground ball in shallow right field and throw it to a third baseman, who is actually standing on second ready to complete the twin killing with a toss to […]
It’s always fun listening to popular radio and television baseball announcer Duane Kuiper on the game broadcasts for San Francisco Giants. Kuiper was doing the TV broadcast when Barry Bonds hit his 756th home run in 2007, which is a bit ironic since the former second baseman only hit one long ball in his big […]
As a child, the Major League All-Star Game was always special. With the 60-game season now in place for this year, hopefully, everything works out and there will be a World Series. Growing up in the Midwest during the 1970s, I was able to listen to a lot of different teams on the radio. However, […]
Hank Thompson often gets lost when discussing baseball history because he played in the shadows of several all-stars and members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Back in 1949, Thompson was part a pivotal moment in the integration of the major leagues. On July 8 in Brooklyn, Thompson batted against Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe to […]
As a child collecting baseball cards was all about getting my favorite players. Growing older, it became more about the stories that went with a piece of cardboard. Thanks to the Internet, it’s been relatively easy to acquire cards that have a unique story. Over the years, several of my favorite stories have appeared on […]
Editor’s note: The 1948 Tournament games are being played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Injuries will only be used during the game when they occur. For this tournament, the rules include a three-man pitching rotation using the best lineups available. The first and second round series will be the best two of three games. The […]