Happy Birthday Roberto
The great Roberto Clemente would have been 86 years old today.
The great Roberto Clemente would have been 86 years old today.
Ed Herrmann was a great teammate and a key contributor to that memorable 1972 White Sox team. He had a solid major league career posting double digits in HRs for five straight seasons, earning a spot on the 1974 AL All Star team, throwing out 42 base runners in a single season, and catching Larry…
Wilver Dornell Stargell would have been 80 years old today. Sadly he passed in 2001, much too soon for someone that enjoyed life as much as he did. I miss him every day. Of course everyone knows he was a great ballplayer, but to me he was a greater friend. Although my team were always…
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I first met Ernie Banks in the summer of 1958. I was in the 10th grade. John Ogden (the scout that would sign me with the Phillies) took a group of us to Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field to see a ballgame between the Cubs and the Pirates. Although I considered myself a basketball player first and…
Happy 52nd birthday to Phillies playoff legend, Matt Stairs. His home run at Dodger Stadium in the 8th inning of Game 4 during the 2008 National League Championship Series remains one of the most iconic memories in franchise history Not many people know this but during his 19 year big league career, Matt Stairs played…
It has been 13 years since we lost Willie Stargell. Rather than go on and on about how much Willie meant to so many in baseball… we wanted to share this timeless obituary by AP sports writer Ted Anthony published on April 9th, 2001Â from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [hr] Captain Willie was Pittsburgh icon He was…