This time of year my focus always turns to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A visit to the induction ceremony should be on any baseball fan’s bucket list. My list was checked in 2000. Tony Perez, Sparky Anderson, Carlton Fisk and Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman were the highlights of the weekend. But from […]
Category: 1950s Baseball History
Cincinnati Reds righthander Brooks Lawrence was poised to earn his 14th straight win without a loss 59 years ago this week. With one out in the ninth inning, the Reds led the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on July 21, 1956. Lawrence faced future National Baseball Hall of Fame legend Roberto Clemente. With one swing, Clemente would […]
It’s amazing how baseball’s present can always be connected to its past. As the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game finished, David Price of the Detroit Tigers was the winning pitcher. Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers was on the wrong end of a 6-3 American League victory thanks to a first-inning homer by […]
With the Cincinnati Reds hosting the Major League All-Star Game this summer on July 14, it will be the fifth time the history of the organization the best players will converge near the Ohio River. The mid-summer classic was in Cincinnati for the first time in 1938. Crosley Field was also the site for the […]
One never knows when going to a baseball game that history could be witnessed. On the day that Sam “Toothpick” Jones tossed a no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 1955, not many fans were in attendance at Wrigley Field. Toothpick’s historic moment as the first African-American to hold an opponent without a hit occurred in […]
Opening Day was a little different for the Boston Braves in 1950. Sam Jethroe became the first African-American to play for the Braves when he took the field against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds on April 18. Jethroe, who had spent several years in the Negro Leagues prior to joining Boston, went […]