Hank G. Sandy. Mickey. Hank A. Lou & The Babe.

•October 18, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Hank Greenberg. Hall of Fame First baseman of the Detroit Tigers crosses home plate in mid-stride.

 

Sandy Koufax, Hall of Fame Southpaw for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers after throwing his first career no-hitter against the New York Mets. In the first inning of this game, Koufax struck out the side using only 9 pitches making him only the 11th player to accomplish the feat at that time….Notice the wiped out “0 for 4” at the bottom!

 

Yankee great Mickey Mantle crushes a Home Run OUT of old Briggs Stadium in Detroit in a game against the Tigers. Read description on photo for more info.

 

July 1958. Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves narrowly avoids a collision with New York Yankee First baseman Bill “Moose” Skowron.

 

New York Yankee legends having some fun. Apparently, Lou Gehrig thinks Babe Ruth can not play the saxophone as well as he can play Baseball.

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Yogi. Lou. Curt. Satchel & Catfish. The Spaceman.

•October 17, 2010 • 4 Comments

A great quality color photo of Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees.

 

Incredible photo.  August 16th, 1925. Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees slides headfirst into home ( he was called safe) in a game against the Washington Senators.

 

August 17th, 1961. St. Louis Cardinal Center Fielder Curt Flood makes a run saving catch against the San Francisco Giants  (ball hit by Hobie Landrith) in Candlestick Park.

 

1965, Kansas City Athletics. 19 year old Rookie pitcher Jim “Catfish” Hunter sits in 58 year old pitcher Satchel Paige’s lap while talking the art of pitching. 1965 marked the last Major League season of Paige’s career, and 2nd to last in professional baseball. He pitched 2 innings the following year with the Peninsula Grays,  a Class A affiliate if the Cincinnati Reds.

 

On September 5, 2010. 63 year old Bill “The Spaceman” Lee pitched a victory for the The Brockton Rox of the Can-Am League. Lee pitched five 1/3  innings in which he allowed 2 runs on 5 hits with 1 strikeout. The Rox defeated the Worcester Tornadoes, 7-3. Lee is now the oldest pitcher to appear (or to win) in a professional Baseball game. The Baseball Hall of Fame has his hat that he wore that day and will have it on display in the new Hall of Fame’s Records Room which opens in 2011

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John Fogerty. Charlie Brown. Ted. Bob, Joe, and Warren.

•October 15, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Great song and GREAT video.

 

On December 22, 1962 Charles Schulz depicted his frustration with the San Francisco Giants losing to the New York Yankees in the 1962 World Series.  In the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 7 of the World Series Willie McCovey hit a line drive directly to 2nd basemen Bobby Richardson to end the game. McCovey often went on record on saying it was the hardest ball he ever hit in his career. On January 28, 1963 Charles Schulz ran the identical comic strip altering the “three feet higher” line to “TWO feet higher.”

 

Ted Williams loved his Sugar Crisp.

 

Bob Gibson, Joe Torre, and Warren Spahn. My mind was kind of blown after finding this. Thank you Google image search.

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Ralph in shorts, Some Classic Braves, Satchel, Uecker & friends, and Doc.

•October 14, 2010 • 1 Comment

Chet Lemon of the 1976 Chicago White Sox. He doesn’t look too happy about wearing shorts. (CORRECTION: This is actually Ralph Garr. Thanks to Chris Thurlow for noticing!)

Smoltz, Glavine and Maddux. Unreal.

Satchel Paige walking onto the field late in his career as a member of the Cleveland Indians.

Joe Torre, Willie Mays and Bob Uecker. I bet you never would have thought these 3 guys were ever in the same room together.

Doc Ellis being Doc Ellis. RIP

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The Babe, A great SF Baseball game, Joe, and the 1901 Chi-Sox.

•October 13, 2010 • Leave a Comment

In 1935, Babe Ruth wrapped up his career as a member of the Boston Braves. He did not finish the season with the Braves as he retired May 30th. He hit .181 with six home runs in 72 at-bats in his final season.

 

1907. As a long time resident of San Francisco and someone who loves the history of PCL baseball, I would have loved to have seen this exhibition game. Too bad there is not a field at that location anymore as Recreation Park moved several times during the early 1900’s.

 

May 15, 1941. A great photo of Joe Gordon of the New York Yankees as he leaps for home plate. After his playing career was over, Gordon was often overlooked by bigger stars and teammates from his playing days even though he was a 9 time All-Star, won AL MVP in in 1942 and won 5 World Series rings. He was posthumously recognized and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.

 

The Babe liked to party.

 

The 1901 Chicago White Sox with first year owner Charles Comiskey. He went on to own and operate the White Sox until his death in 1931.

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