This is amazing. The lesson: don't get discouraged, don't give up, keep on grinding...

Born today in 1968: Sammy Sosa. One of nine players to hit over 600 career home runs. He is the only player to belt 60 or more home runs in a single season 3 times, but didn't lead the league in any of those 3 seasons. #MLB #Cubs #baseball

Today in 1975: Tom Seaver won his third Cy Young award. Led the NL with 22 wins, 243 strikeouts and a 2.38 ERA. When inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992, he received the highest percentage of votes in history: 98.8% (since surpassed by Rivera, Jeter, Ichiro and Griffey Jr.)

Quite an accomplishment by these guys...

A Veteran's Day salute to Ted Williams. He lost 5 prime seasons serving in World War II and Korea. Was shot down on his 1st mission as a Marine pilot in Korea. Made a crash landing, only spraining his ankle. He flew 39 missions and was hit 3 times in combat. #MLB @USMC

Today, we salute all who served our country. So many gave up some prime baseball years, including Bob Feller, Warren Spahn, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Joe DiMaggio and Stan Musial. Others, like Yogi Berra, Jackie Robinson and Ty Cobb, served before or after playing. #VeteransDay

If Commissioner Rob Manfred wants to make a serious statement about gambling, he would immediately ban gambling ads in every stadium, program and broadcast of major and minor league baseball. This still won't stop individual players from being tempted. We live in a fallen world.

Born today in 1944: Tigers great Norm Cash. A 5-time All-Star, 1961 AL batting champ. During Nolan Ryan's 2nd no-hitter, he came up in the 9th carrying a table leg, not a bat. The ump said "You can't use that." Cash said "Why not. I won't hit it anyway." #MLB #baseball #Tigers

Today in 1964: The Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. They played in Milwaukee for 13 years (from 1953-1966), winning two NL pennants and the 1957 World Series. The first Atlanta Braves game took place on April 12, 1966. #MLB

Cool photo. Roger doesn’t get the respect he deserves, having won back-to-back MVP awards….

Dizzy Dean was quite a character. And quite confident in his abilities. Before one game, he bet he could strike out Joe DiMaggio’s brother, Vince, 4 times. Dizzy struck him out his first 3 at-bats. In his 4th at-bat, DiMaggio hit a foul pop-up behind home plate. Dean yelled to

Born today in 1935: Bob Gibson. Had arguably the best season for a pitcher in 1968. Started 34 games; completed 28 with 13 shutouts. Led the #Cardinals to a pennant, won the MVP and Cy Young. Had an #MLB record for ERA: 1.12. The next year, baseball lowered the pitching mound.

Interesting way to look at it….

Hilarious….

Born today in 1944: Ed Kranepool. One of the original New York Mets in 1962. A local New Yorker who signed with his hometown team at age 17, and spent his entire 18-year career with them. Holds the team record for games played and is beloved for hitting a critical home run in

Today in 1966: The Orioles Frank Robinson, the Triple Crown winner, was named the unanimous AL MVP. The first player to ever win the MVP in each league Led Baltimore to its 1st World Series win that year, as well as 3 more pennants (1969-71) and 2nd championship in 1970 #MLB

So very sad. Prayers for this family. So much bigger than baseball…

Two of the top 3rd basemen of all time. Quite a bond!

The longest World Series game in terms of time was Game 3 of the 2018 series. The #Dodgers beat the #RedSox, 3-2 in 18 innings. The game took 7 hours, 20 minutes. That's longer than the combined game time of the entire 1939 Series (7 hours, 5 minutes). #mlb #baseball

Born today in 1944: Joe Niekro. As a pitcher, he won 221 games in his 22-year career. As a batter, Joe Niekro had 1,165 career plate appearances. He had only one home run, but it was against his brother, Phil, in May 1976. #MLB #baseball #Astros