Stirrups Now!
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Fan of baseball history & of bringing stirrups back to the game.
Joined August 2011
OTD 1989: Nolan Ryan is sitting at 4,999 strikeouts. He and Rickey Henderson have an epic dual…Ryan at age 42 brings everything he has with some extraordinary pitches.
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Today in 1957: The Dodgers buy a 44-passenger airplane for $775,000, which they will use to transport the club during the season. They are the first team to own their own plane.
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1957: The Grand Central Station Yankee ticket station. Look at those prices!
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This HR will be forgotten by time, but this Muncy 8th inning Game 7 blast was huge. Cut the deficit to one, Blue Jay fans had to feel some trepidation.
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Beautiful image by Ozzie Sweet (I think)
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Bring back uniforms that look like this along with the turtleneck.
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Few catchers were better than Campy. When his career ended, his .498 SLG was the best in history for catchers. (Min 3,000 PAs)
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OTD 1991 Luke Appling passed away. At the time of his death he had the 35th most hits ever & among SS it was third most behind Wagner & Yount. When he retired in 1950 only 20 players total had more hits than him. Under appreciated HOFer.
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Luis Sojo turns 61 today. Excellent team guy & utility player. In the ‘95 tie breaker game he propelled the Mariners into the playoffs with this little league grand slam:
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Darren Daulton was born OTD in 1962. We lost him at age 55 in 2017. He is missed…
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July 19, 1970: Bert Campaneris makes a nice double play in an even better uniform…
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Gibson would pitch 5 innings& defeat the Mets that day. His ERA was at 3.52…a few weeks earlier he lasted just 0.2 innings & gave up 9 runs!
Bob Gibson and Curt Flood before a game in New York (Sept. 7, 1967) @uniformcritic
#CurtFlood4Cooperstown #FloodTheHall
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Dan Bankhead is sadly forgotten as the 1st African American pitcher in the major leagues. He even hit a HR in his first MLB at bat.
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Well wishes to Jeff Reardon who is recovering from quadruple bypass surgery. He got the last three outs easily in the ‘87 World Series, my Twins won & as a 13 year old I was forever thankful & remain so.. https://t.co/UciBd1wRtf
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