In the year 1945, with our nation still in the throes of the Second World War, one of the greatest artists in the history of organized sports met with an obscure, unheralded end. This man, whose work would go on to achieve legendary status, was laid to rest at the age of 76. He [...] [...more]
Throughout previous posts on this website, we’ve discussed several of the all farces in the history of sports promotions. We’ve visited Disco Demolition Night, and Ten Cent Beer Night, emerging from our experiences slightly buzzed and smelling of burning vinyl. But on both of these occasions, it has been rowdy fellows of the rougher gender [...] [...more]
Babe Ruth played his baseball career with three teams, The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and the Boston Braves. But he’s most famous for playing in New York where his antics were legendary. The Yankees depended on Ruth to help carry the load and when he was injured it messed the team up in [...] [...more]
In the waning days of 1929, the Philadelphia Athletics were set to face the Chicago Cubs in the baseball’s annual World Series. With bigtime pitchers Lefty Grove and George Earnshaw (20-6, 2.81 ERA and 24-8, 3.29 ERA that year, respectively), it seemed as though the Atheltics’ postseason rotation was set. But when the time came [...] [...more]
The World Series as we know it has always been a seven-game series but that wasn’t always the case. The first format of the World Series was two teams playing in an 8-game winner takes all series. The first series to go 8-games was during the first ever World Series between the Boston Red Sox [...] [...more]
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