willie mays Stories - Beyond the Box Score
Then There Was One.
Duke Snider died this weekend. The Duke of Flatbush was 85 and sadly, the last two decades of his life was a parable for many a sports star: beset with money and health problems and largely forgotten by the masses that once showered him with adulation. But during his prime, he represented, along...
Today in Sports History: July 18th
(Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance. Three Cubs Fall of Famers) 7/18/1897 - Anson first to 3,000 Cap Anson is the first player in history to collect 3,000 career base hits, which he does for the Chicago White Stockings (later known as the Chicago Cubs). 3,000 hits, as well as 300 wins for...
Today in Sports History: March 18th
(Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. Photo by Malcolm Emmons, US Presswire) 3/18/1985 - Mays, Mantle reinstatedMLB commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Hall of Fame outfielders Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle, who had been banned from baseball by former commissioner Bowie Kuhn. Mays was ostracized in...
Today in Sports History: January 30th
1/30/1958 - Frick removes fan voting Baseball commissioner Ford Frick announces that fans will no longer decide the starters for the MLB All-Star Game. The year before, Cincinnati fans had voted all but one of the Reds' position players into the National League's starting lineup; the only one who...
Today in Sports History: September 13th
(Frank Francisco throws the chair. Photo by D. Ross Cameron, AP Photos) 9/13/1965 - Mays knocks 500th home runThe "Say Hey Kid" hits career home run #500 off the Astros' Don Nottebart. Willie Mays was the first player in history to collect both 3000 hits and 500 home runs. Adding that with his...
Today in Sports History: May 11th
(Erving's incredible baseline layup. Photo by Manny Millan, Sports Illustrated Photos) 5/11/1972 - Willie returns to New YorkThe San Francisco Giants trade an aging Willie Mays to the New York Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and $50,000. The deal sent the 41 year-old Mays to the city he had...
Historical WAR Between Hitters and Pitchers
With Sean Smith releasing historical WAR for pitchers, we can take a look at how they compare with the hitters. Here are the top twenty five players in career WAR, including seasons 1955 and after. Rank WAR Pos Player 1 173.9 H Bonds, Barry 2 140.4 H Mays, Willie...
Jim Souhan is TRYING to get our blood pressure up
Jim Souhan, of the Star Tribune, wrote a column for the baseball preview section that appeared in today's paper. Titled "Short and sweet gives way to long and bor-r-r-ing," it decrys players who go to the plate looking to walk, rather than going up there to "do something spectacular." After the...
Sunday Applesauce
A few weeks ago, I was interviewed for an article to appear in the New York Times about the effort by the NYCEDC to transform Willets Point from chop shops and environmental wasteland to a burgeoning residential and commercial development. The article appeared in today's issue, and includes some...
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