Baseball headlines in history

[JohnU]

Hey, pitching a no-no was page 1 stuff in 1938 ... who knew?

 

[JohnU]

Yeah, who knew?

 

[molsaniceman]

18 years ago

 

[JohnU]

18 years ago

The odds of that happening are next to zero.

 

[kburjr]

May 27, 1959
Madison (WI) State Journal reported the score as 2-0 because Adcock's HR was with a man on. But later, they corrected it.

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Not to give my age away, but I listened to this game on the radio. I thought I was going to die of a heart attack at age 7.

 

[ElTexan]

 

[JohnU]

10-10-1957

Lew Burdette one of very few pitchers to get 3 wins in a single W.S.

 

[navamind]

"2018 Orioles Win"

 

[JohnU]

"2018 Orioles Win"

We can do a bit better than that. 9-29-03

 

[ElTexan]

 

[JohnU]

The '61 Phils, first in America, last in the National. These guys lost 23 in a row until Aug. 20 when they split with the Braves. The crowd at the airport was pretty rowdy, according to reports. They lifted Mauch on their shoulders.
I recall Buzhardt first coming up being called Buz-heart ... then later he insisted it was Buh-Zahrt.

 

[JohnU]

Big win for the Irish. Bigger win for the Cubs. This was 1945, or the last pennant the Cubbos would win until 2016.

 

[JohnU]

Big Klu won the hearts of the South Siders with this big day in 1959. There wasn't a lot more for the Sox to celebrate.

 

[JohnU]

Oct. 1, 1949... Pittsburgh was used to seeing Kiner hit home runs. The guy was amazing in the middle of a crap lineup. He hit his 54th and it didn't even weigh at the top of the sports front.
(Page 1 that day -- a nationwide steel strike that was pretty important to the 'Burgh.)

Wilson's NL mark, set in 1930, held up until McGwire's time.

 

[JohnU]

The '59 season was complete with a best-of-3 with LA vs. Milwaukee. Didn't turn out so well for the Braves.

 

[Shanemansj13]

 

[JohnU]

According to Wikipedia, this about Roy Campanella.

Campanella lived in Glen Cove, New York ... he operated a liquor store in Harlem between regular-season games and during the off-season. After closing the store for the night on January 28, 1958, he began his drive home. While he was traveling at about 30 mph, his rented 1957 Chevrolet sedan hit a patch of ice at an S-curve, skidded into a telephone pole, and overturned, breaking Campanella's neck.

 

[JohnU]

60 yrs ago, 1959 ...

 

[JohnU]

Oct 11, 1924 ... The Big Train

 

[JohnU]

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