Editor’s note: The Reds Decade 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 that starts over with each best-of-three game series. If a real life starter is not in the rotation, he […]
Category: 1950s Baseball History
Editor’s note: The Reds Decade Tournament games are being played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Injuries will only be used during the game when they occur. Many Cincinnati Hall of Fame inductees will take part in the Reds Decade Tournament. Fans will recognize most of the players in this eight-team tourney that features Reds squads […]
Getting traded is part of the life of a professional athlete. Being a fan, it can be frustrating to have one of your favorite players shipped to another team. Over the years, the Cincinnati Reds have really just made one move that hurt me the most. After the 1976 season, the Reds sent Tony Perez […]
There always seems to be two sides to every baseball story. Such was the case when the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Boston Braves 8-2 on Sept. 21, 1952. On the good, there was Brooklyn pitcher Joe Black. The bad, it was the Braves and their future. Although nothing was official, it turned out to be […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’ve often wondered why Major League Baseball never removed the name of longtime Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis from the Most Valuable Player Awards. Recently, I’ve read reports about MVPs Barry Larkin (1995) and Mike Schmidt (1980, 1981 and 1986) discussing how they would be fine and welcome the removal of his name that has […]
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 […]
Early Wynn found out early that he wouldn’t throw a no-hitter on May 1, 1959. It was the second batter of the first inning ruined the party as Boston’s Pete Runnels singled against the Chicago White Sox ace as the Red Sox visited Comisky Park. What no one knew at the time was that would […]
Editor’s note: Second Chance Tournament games are being played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. The designated hitter is also being used for all games. The first and second rounds will be decided with a best of three series, while the championship series will be a best of five format. Boston will have the opportunity to […]