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November 11, 2011
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BBA Names Verlander, Kershaw As Pitchers Of The Year
The members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance have announced the winners of their 2011 Walter Johnson Award, recognizing the top pitcher in each league. The BBA has named Detroit Tigers righty Justin Verlander and LA Dodgers southpaw Clayton Kershaw as Pitchers of the Year for the recently-concluded campaign.
Verlander was the unanimous selection for the award, having been the top...
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October 23, 2011
BBA Names Kimbrel, Hellickson and Hosmer As Rookies Of The Year
Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel (l) won NL honors, while Tampa Bay righty Jeremy Hellickson (c) and Kansas City 1B Eric Hosmer (r) shared honors in the junior circuit.
The members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance have announced the winners of their 2011 Willie Mays Award, recognizing the top rookie in each league. The BBA has named Atlanta Braves closer Craig Kimbrel as the NL Rookie...
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October 16, 2011
The Red Sox Ownership And Front Office Have Betrayed The Public Trust
I became a Red Sox fan in May, 1967. My father took my brother and I to Fenway Park for the first time on May 17th. It was a month before my sixth birthday but the Sox would be on the road on the big day and he wanted to give me an early present – box seats to the Red Sox vs Orioles game. The game has remained vivid in my memory throughout the ensuing forty-four years for a...
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October 14, 2011
BBA Names Gibson, Maddon As Managers Of The Year
The members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance have named Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson and Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon as winners of the 2011 Connie Mack Award, recognizing each league’s top manager for the recently-concluded regular season.
Gibson took over an Arizona team that finished last in the National League West in 2010 and led them to a divisional...
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October 10, 2011
Fair Or Not, Terry Francona’s Departure Is Imminent And Necessary
According to published reports, the Red Sox and manager Terry Francona will agree to part company this morning after an eight-year marriage that brought the franchise a pair of World Series championships – its first titles since 1918. Tito won’t be fired… his contract expired on Wednesday night and it has been agreed by both parties that the ballclub will not exercise...
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September 30, 2011
In The Wake Of An Epic Collapse We Get Troubling Insights Into The Mind Of Adrian Gonzalez
Adrian Gonzalez’ comments from earlier in the week lead me to ask whether the Red Sox made a mistake in bringing him to Boston
Boston Globe columnist Peter Abraham posted an interesting article on Boston.com yesterday morning on the subject of accountability. In the wake of the ballclub’s September debacle, he neatly juxtaposed the reactions elicited from LF Carl Crawford...
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September 30, 2011
The Top 10 Reasons For The Red Sox EPIC September Collapse
In spite of blowing last night’s contest, closer Jonathan Papelbon is not on my list of the Top 10 Reasons the club fell apart in September… this debacle was about more than one game.
Pundits across the baseball universe are characterizing the twin September collapses by the Red Sox and Atlanta Braves as the worst choke jobs in the history of Major League Baseball, and...
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September 29, 2011
This Day In Red Sox History: September 17, 1960
Left fielder Ted Williams hit the next-to-last home run of his Hall-of-Fame career… it was a two-run home run that provided the Red Sox only runs in a 2-1 win.
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September 20, 2011
This Day in Baseball History: September 20th
In 1907, Pirates pitcher Nick Maddox no-hit the Dodgers, 2-1… at the age of 20 years and ten months, he was — and remains — the youngest pitcher in MLB history to throw a no-hitter.
In 1912, Boston’s Smoky Joe Wood failed to break Walter Johnson’s record of 16 consecutive victories, losing 6-4 to the Tigers.
In 1919, on Babe Ruth Day in Boston, the Bambino...
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September 20, 2011
This Day in Baseball History: September 19th
In 1929, Joe Sewell set a major league record by playing in his 115th consecutive game without striking out.
In 1931, Lefty Grove became the first pitcher since 1920 to win thirty games… he would be the last to do so until the Tigers’ Denny McLain in 1968.
In 1937, Tigers’ first baseman Hank Greenberg became the first player to hit a homer into the center field...
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September 19, 2011
This Day in Baseball History: September 18th (Clemens Ks 20 – Again)
In 1922, George Sisler’s 41-game hit streak was stopped by New York’s Joe Bush — the same pitcher the streak had begun against back on July 27th.
In 1956, Mickey Mantle hit his 50th home run, making him only the eighth player in major league history to do so… Mantle would go on to win the Triple Crown with a .353 batting average, 52 home runs and 130 RBI....
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September 18, 2011
This Day in Baseball History: September 17th
In 1906, Columbia University junior Eddie Collins — playing as Sullivan — made his debut at shortstop with the Philadelphia Athletics… Collins would go on to play twenty-five years in the Major Leagues, bat .333, and become a member of the Hall of Fame.
In 1916, George Sisler outdueled Senators legend Walter Johnson, 1-0… it would be Sisler’s last major...
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September 17, 2011
This Day In Red Sox History: September 16, 1975
Luis Tiant beat Jim Palmer and the Baltimore Orioles, 2-0, as the Red Sox increased their lead in the AL East to 5 1/2 games (while lowering their magic number to seven) with the victory.
It was El Tiante’s first shutout of the season and 36th of his career.
The Sox scored on a pair of solo home runs – by Carlton Fisk and Rico Petrocelli.
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September 16, 2011
This Day in Baseball History: September 16th
In 1883, Tommy Burns and Ned Williamson of the National League’s Chicago White Stockings both scored three runs in the seventh inning to establish a major league record which still stands today.
In 1924, Jim Bottomley of the St Louis Cardinals went six-for-six and knocked in a record twelve runs in the Cardinals win.
In 1948, Joe DiMaggio hit his 300th career home run joining...
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September 16, 2011
This Day In Red Sox History: September 15, 1979
Red Sox DH Bob Watson became the first player in MLB history to hit for the cycle in both leagues and he accomplished the feat by doing it in order – with a single in the second, a double in the fourth, a triple in the eighth and a home run in the ninth.
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September 15, 2011
This Day in Baseball History: September 15th
In 1904, Giants hurler George Wiltse beat the Braves to run his career record to 12-0… the dozen consecutive victories established the record for the most wins at the start of a career for a starter.
In 1912, Smokey Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox pitched his 16th consecutive victory to tie Walter Johnson’s record (he beat the St. Louis Browns 2-1).
In 1928, the Braves...
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September 15, 2011
This Day In Red Sox History: September 14, 1988
Left fielder Mike Greenwell hit for the cycle and scored three of the four Red Sox runs in Mike Boddicker’s 4-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
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September 14, 2011
This Day in Baseball History: September 14th (1994 Regular Season And Post-Season Cancelled)
In 1914, Braves shortstop Johnny Evers was ejected for swearing… he later claimed he was talking to the ball and not to umpire Mal Eason… in spite of his protestations, he was still suspended for three days.
In 1923, George Burns of the Red Sox completed an unassisted triple play against the Indians… the second baseman gathered in a Frank Brower line drive, tagged...
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September 14, 2011
This Day In Red Sox History: September 13, 1967
With their fourth straight win at home, the Red Sox remained in a first place tie with the Minnesota Twins atop the American League, one game ahead of the Detroit Tigers. In the greatest pennant race in major league history, the Red Sox would never be more than one game out of first place for the rest of the year… and they would never again be in first place alone — until the...
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September 13, 2011
This Day in Baseball History: September 13th
In 1883, one-armed pitcher Hugh Daily no-hit Philadelphia in Cleveland’s 1-0 victory.
In 1909, Tigers OF Ty Cobb won the home run crown with his ninth round-tripper (all of the inside-the park variety).
In 1925, Dodgers hurler Dazzy Vance no-hit the Phillies five days after pitching a one-hitter against them.
In 1934, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis sold the World Series broadcast...
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September 13, 2011
This Day In Red Sox History: September 12, 2005
David Ortiz hit two home runs in an extra inning game in Toronto. The second homer was the game winner in the Sox 6-5 victory… it was also Big Papi’s 40th home run of the year.
It was the second consecutive season in which Ortiz hit forty or more home runs. He was only the second Red Sox hitter to achieve the feat — only Carl Yastrzemski, who hit exactly 40 HR in both 1969...
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September 12, 2011
This Day In Baseball History: September 12th (Yaz’ 3,000th Hit)
Red Sox HOFer Carl Yastrzemski singled off NY Yankees pitcher Jim Beattie to secure his 3000th career hit on this day in 1979
In 1914, NY Yankees shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, just twenty-three years of age, replaced Frank Chance to become the youngest manager in MLB history… he went 10-10 and was replaced for the start of the next season.
In 1930, Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez...
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September 12, 2011
This Day In Red Sox History: September 11, 1923
Coming off a no-hitter that he had pitched on September 7th, Red Sox pitcher Howard Ehmke surrendered a disputed base hit to the first NY Yankees batter he faced in the ballgame… he then pitched nine more innings of hitless ball.
OF Whitey Witt was credited with a hit when his grounder bounced off the chest of 3B Howie Shanks and rolled towards second base. Some observers...
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September 11, 2011
This Day in Baseball History: September 11th
In 1886, at Washington’s Capitol Park, backstop Connie Mack made his major league debut for the Senators.
In 1912, A’s second baseman Eddie Collins stole six bases… he would accomplsih the feat again on September 22nd.
In 1915, Eddie Plank, of the St. Louis Terriers (Federal League), won his 300th game… the future Hall of Famer (1946) was the ninth player...
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