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Dazzling Dazzy Vance in the “K-Zone”
Walter Johnson. Lefty Grove. Bob Feller. Sandy Koufax. Nolan Ryan. Randy Johnson. Their names are synonymous with “overpowering strikeout pitcher.” Relative to their peers, however, none of them, nor any other pitcher, was as dominant in the “K-Zone” in any single season as Brooklyn’s Dazzy Vance in 1924.
1989 Winter Meetings: Minor Moves Make Major Impacts
Dollar Disputes The twin specters of collusion in the recent past, and an expiring deal between the owners and players in the near future (on December 31, 1989), cast the shadow of a seasonal shutdown over the Nashville winter meetings. According to some owners, increasing salaries and revenue differences threatened competitive balance. The eccentric Marge […]
Out of Here: Home Runs in Canada
For a long time, a significant career home run record rested in the hands of one of the country’s first superstars, one of its most charismatic players, only to be broken twice in the recent past. No, this article is not about Major League Baseball (MLB) home run kings Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Barry […]
‘Les Expos Sont La’: The Expos Are Here
Montreal Expos’ manager Gene Mauch and New York Mets’ manager Gil Hodges post prior to the first game in franchise history, Shea Stadium, April 8, 1969. The Expos won, 11-10. (Courtesy of the McCord Museum, Montreal) Gerry Snyder, Charles Bronfman, and John McHale. Three of the biggest names in Montreal Expos history. Without Snyder’s […]
The Day Ted Williams Became the Last .400 Hitter in Baseball
September 28, 1941. Shibe Park, Philadelphia. The Red Sox split a Sunday doubleheader with Connie Mack’s Athletics on the final day of the 1941 season. These were meaningless games in the standings; the Red Sox were in second place but 17 1/2 games behind the Yankees and the Athletics were dead last, 37 1/2 games […]
The 1903 Hudson River League
In 1903, one of the more prominent citizens of Poughkeepsie, New York, was William A. McCabe. McCabe, the Chief of Police and “tenement” investor, had been a professional baseball player with the 1886 Poughkeepsie team in the old Hudson River League, primarily at second base, and had sponsored semi-professional teams in Poughkeepsie since the mid-1890’s. […]
Appendix: Female Baseball Teams in New York, 1850-1898
This appendix is related to the article, “Women’s Baseball in Nineteenth-Century New York and the Man Who Set Back Women’s Professional Baseball for Decades,” by Debra Shattuck. This appendix is related to the article, “Women’s Baseball in Nineteenth-Century New York and the Man Who Set Back Women’s Professional Baseball for Decades,” by Debra Shattuck. […]
Oakland Athletics: Westward-Ho, In Stages
Rock and roll is the métier of choice at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (a.k.a. O.co Coliseum since 2011). For example, the Allman Brothers Band’s hit “Ramblin’ Man” can often be heard at the baseball Athletics’ 35,067-capacity home. It is fitting, given the franchise’s peregrination from Philadelphia to Kansas City in 1955 and then to Oakland […]
The Browns Get it Right: Winning the World Series Rematch in 1945
After the St. Louis Cardinals captured the sixth and clinching game of the 1944 World Series, Browns owner Don Barnes and general manager Bill Dewitt made their way to the victor’s offices to extend congratulations. As related in Bill Mead’s Even the Browns, they found Cardinals owner Sam Beardon, who responded boorishly: “If we’d lost […]