HBD Tony Perez
Warm birthday wishes to my friend Atanacio Perez Rigal.
OTD in 1970 – Ernie Hits Number 500
50 years ago today… the great Ernie Banks hits his 500th career home run off Braves righty Pat Jarvis in the Cubs’ 4 – 3 victory over Atlanta at Wrigley Field. It is also his 1,600th career RBI. The ball, after it bounces back onto the field, is retrieved by Braves left fielder Rico Carty,…
Remembering Bart Johnson
We lost a big part of our 1972 White Sox team yesterday. Bart was a great athlete with an unbelievable competitive streak. He will be missed. My prayers go out to Bart and his family. Obituary from the Chicago Tribune Bart Johnson, a former Chicago White Sox pitcher and longtime scout with the organization, dies…
Schmidt Hits 4 at Wrigley
On this day in 1976… Michael Jack Schmidt, the greatest third baseman in baseball history, blasted four home runs in Chicago to lead the Phillies to an impressive comeback win against the Cubs. The below is an original article from the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) written by our friend Rich D’Ambrosio. April 17,…
On the Radio with Dan Baker & The Bull
Check out the April 13th, 2020 broadcast of THE BULL SESSION with Dan Baker and Greg Luzinski. WBCB SPORTS LINK
Also on this day… Frank Robinson blazes a trail
Before April 8, 1975 there had never been a black MLB Manager. On that day, Frank Robinson broke new ground in baseball’s long march to truly become the National Pastime. Robinson wasn’t just a manager for the Indians. He was batting second for Cleveland as their Designated Hitter. On that day, Frank crushed a first-inning…
Remembering John Herrnstein
My former Phillies teammate John Herrnstein would have been 82 years old today. A caring and humble man, John was always more than “just a baseball player”. A few years older than me, We played together in Little Rock (1963) and in Philadelphia until he was traded to the Cubs (along Fergie Jenkins) in 1965….
Remembering Jimmy Wynn
Jimmy Wynn passed away last night. This SABR article was written by Mark Armour in 2014. Sometime during the 1967 baseball season, Houston Chronicle sportswriter John Wilson first referred to Houston Astros’ center fielder Wynn as the “Toy Cannon.” Wynn did not like the nickname at first, believing, justifiably, that it was yet another reference to his small…
DA15 Instagram Post – HBD Road Runner
DA15 Instagram Post: Happy Birthday to my Oakland #Athletics teammate Manny Sanguillen…. hope you have a great day ROAD-RUNNER
DA15 Instagram Post – HBD Pat Corrales
DA15 Instagram Post: Happy Birthday to my friend and former #Phillies teammate Pat Corrales