The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners, Matt Kemp of the San Diego Padres and Jackie Bradley Jr., of the Boston Red Sox. Iwakuma tossed the fifth no-hitter in the history of the Mariners in Seattle on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Iwakuma struck out seven and […]
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Strat-o-Matic is a baseball simulation that began as a cards and dice game in the early 1960s before entering the computer age. These featured games on Shoestring Catches are part of season replays or tournaments played with cards and dice with a few exhibitions thrown in for fun. Today’s game matches the Montreal Expos and […]
Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is legendary. A few weeks before establishing the iconic major league mark, DiMaggio actually broke the record of 44 games set by Willie Keeler with the old Baltimore Orioles in 1897. In a doubleheader at home on July 1, the New York Yankees superstar tied Keeler against the […]
Everyone loves a trophy. In 1960, Topps created an All-Rookie Team and the baseball cards of outstanding young players had trophies added to their pictures. There were a pair of National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees on the squad 40 years ago along with several all-stars and most valuable players. The third member of the […]