April 12th, 1965… Dick Allen hits the first regular season HR in Astrodome history. Chris Short pitched a complete game shutout gem as the Phillies beat Astros to open the season.
Thanks to Chris Short, the Astros were not able to shoot off their new scoreboard “home run spectacular” during this game, they had to wait until after the game to show it off to MLB Commissioner Ford Frick
DA15 Instagram Post: OTD in 1981, Carlton Fisk changed his “Sox” and flipped his number #WhiteSox
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the famous “chilli-dog” walk-off HR #WhiteSox View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dick Allen (@dickallen_15)
27 Years ago… even as a video game… this is painful to watch. For the record: Bill Buckner is a good man. He was a great baseball player. We played together on the ’71 Dodgers. He had the type of career most players only dream about. Sadly, the vast majority of the people in the world…
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…
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…
