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The Best Last-Place Team Ever? 1966 Yankees Didn’t Know How to Finish Last
The 1967 Sporting News Baseball Guide reported “Many observers felt [the 1966 Yankees] to be the best tenth-place team in major league annals.” If they couldn’t capture yet another pennant, at least they could be the best at finishing last. The 1966 Yankees boasted two Hall of Fame players in Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford, […]
Hitting Homers at Home and on the Road
There still is one career home run record that Henry Aaron has not taken from Babe Ruth, but probably not for long! That is most home runs hit on the road. Ruth hit 367 and Aaron, going into the 1976 season, is right on his heels with 366. Aaron, of course, leads with most roundtrippers […]
With Two Out in the Ninth: The Almost No-Hitters
On April 15, 1983, pitcher Mitt Wilcox of the Detroit Tigers came within one out of a perfect game when pinch hitter Jerry Hairston of the White Sox, batting for shortstop Jerry Dybzinski, hit a clean single through the middle with two down in the ninth inning. Imagine the deep disappointment for hurler Wilcox, who […]
Joe Castiglione: Remembering the 1967 Red Sox broadcast team
Boston Red Sox announcer Joe Castiglione remembers listening to Ned Martin and Ken Coleman call games during the pennant-winning season in 1967. Later, as a colleague, he enjoyed hearing them reminisce many times about the Impossible Dream season. In 1967, the voices of the Boston Red Sox were Ned Martin and Ken Coleman. Martin started […]
Yankee Old-Timers Day: A Long-Running Tradition
The 2007 Old-Timers Day included Whitey Ford (16), Yogi Berra (8), Reggie Jackson (44), Don Mattingly (23), Ron Guidry (49), Moose Skowron (14), Don Larsen (18), Graig Nettles (9), Bobby Murcer (1), Goose Gossage (54), Paul O’Neill (21), Scott Brosius (18), Joe Pepitone (25), and Chris Chambliss (10). (Jerry Coli/Dreamstime) The original Yankee Stadium, […]