OTD in 2010… Doc Playoff No Hitter
Hard to believe it has been 10 years since Roy Halladay pitched a playoff no-hitter against the Reds. Here is the entire game broadcast:
OTD in 1970… Hello Dodgers
On this day in 1970… got the opportunity to realize a childhood dream & put on the same uniform as Jackie Robinson
OTD 1972: Roberto Gets Number 3000
On this day in 1972, the Great Roberto Clemente became the 11th player in Major League History to reach that mark. Clemente was the first Latin player to gather 3,000 hits. No one knew at the time, it would be the last regular season hit of his Hall of Fame career. In the bottom of…
OTD in 1970: Rookie Throws a No-No
Oakland A’s pitcher Vida Blue, in his eighth major league start, becomes the 11th rookie to throw a no-hitter. The A’s 21 year-old southpaw, who will become the AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner next season, beats the Twins at Oakland Coliseum, 6-0.
Today in 1971… Rick Wise has a day
49 years ago, Rick Wise had a pretty good day. While he was recoving from the flu, The Phillies right-hander throws only 95 pitches to 28 batters to no-hit the Reds in Cincinnati AND he hit 2 home runs. Wise played 12 seasons in the National League (where he was allowed to bat) and hit…
Today in 1974… Schmidt goes deep for a single
On the night of June 10, 1974, in Houston, Schmidt gave the baseball world a taste of his hall of fame power in the first inning against the Astros’ Claude Osteen. With runners on first and second, Schmidt drove a ball off a public-address speaker hanging from the Astrodome roof in center field. The speaker…
OTD in 1989… Jim Rooker walks to Pittsburgh
On this day in 1989… the Pittsburgh Pirates send 16 batters to the plate in the 1st inning against the Philadelphia Phillies, taking a 10 – 0 lead (Pittsburgh’s best inning since September 1942) on ten hits, including a three-run home run by Barry Bonds. Pittsburgh leaves the bases loaded. Pirates announcer Jim Rooker crows…
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,…
OTD: One Million Tootsie Rolls
On this day in 1975… Bob Watson of the Houston Astros races around the bases on Milt May’s home run and crosses the plate at Candlestick Park in time to score the one millionth run in major league history, seconds ahead of Dave Concepción of the Cincinnati Reds, playing in a different game in another…
OTD: John Kennedy Arrives
On this day in 1957 John Kennedy becomes the first African American to play for the Phillies. Philadelphia was last National League franchise to integrate, waiting exactly 10 years and 7 days after Jackie Robinson first broke the major league color barrier for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Kennedy entered the game (played in Newark, New Jersey)…