Happy Birthday Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente would have been 84 today. To celebrate… he’d probably get on base twice and throw a runner out at third
Roberto Clemente would have been 84 today. To celebrate… he’d probably get on base twice and throw a runner out at third
On this day in 1970, Erine Banks took a pitch from Braves righty Pat Jarvis over the wall and into the Wrigley Field bleachers for the 500th home run of his Hall of Fame career. Rico Carty retrieved the ball after it bounced off a fan’s hand. Some future Hall of Famers would also to…
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Plaque hanging on the old Wampum High School Gym. Dick’s brothers Coy, Hank, Caesar and Ron are all represented here remembering the Wampum High School Indians. Editors note: The previous version of this post was incorrectly written with two errors: 1) The post failed to recognized Dick’s brother, CAESAR CRAINE. 2) The author inadvertently copied the text email from…
Today is the 101st anniversary of Monte Irvin’s birth. Born on February 25, 1919, in Haleburg, Alabama… Monte was still a young boy when his family moved to Orange, New Jersey. Monte was a great high school athlete, earning 16 varsity letters and was recognized all-state in four sports (football, basketball, track, and baseball). He was…
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….
Happy Birthday to #WhiteSox legend Harold Baines