Long Island Ducks - ALPB

April 28, 2000 Central Islip, NY

The Long Island Ducks compete in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent high-level league. The Ducks played their first game in 2000, 2-years after the start of the league. The home park for the Ducks is Bethpage Ballpark (Suffolk County Ballpark)

Former NY Met, Bud Harrelson is part-owner and was the team's first manager

All-Star Game - 2018 Washington DC

July 17, Washington DC - Nationals Park
American League defeats National League 8-6
Winning Pitcher: Edwin Diaz (Mariners) - Losing Pitcher: Ross Stripling (Dodgers)
Starting Pitchers: Chris Sale (Red Sox) - Max Scherzer (Nationals)
The game broke a home run record, as ten were hit in the game; the previous being six. All but one run was scored by way of a home run
AL HRs: Aaron Judge, Mike Trout, Jean Segura, Alex Bregman, George Springer
RBI: Segura 3, Trout, Michael Brantley, Judge, Bregman, Springer
NL HRs:Wilson Contreras, Trevor Story, Christian Yelich, Scooter Gennett, Joey Votto
RBI: Gennett 2, Votto, Yelich, Story, Contreras

MVP: Alex Bregman (Astros)

All-Star Game - 1980 Los Angeles

July 8, 1980 Los Angeles, California  -  Dodger Stadium

National League  4-2  American League

MVP : Ken Griffey - Cincinnati Reds

NL RBI : Ken Griffey (HR), Dave Winfield, George Hendrick

AL RBI : Fred Lynn (HR)

Starting Pitchers : JR Richards (NL) Steve Stone (AL)

51st midseason exhibition held between the all-stars of the National League and American League.

Rod Carew and Pete Rose played in their 14th game

Johnny bench played in his 13th game

Reggie Jackson played in his 10th game

Steve Stone pitched 3 perfect innings with 3 strikeouts

Jerry Reuss struck out the side in the 6th inning

Toledo Mud Hens - MiLB

July 16, 1995 Toledo, Ohio - - Frank Ellis cachet

July 16, 1995 Maumee, Ohio

1996
1996 was the centennial anniversary of baseball in Toledo, which played in 1896 as the Swamp Angels in the Interstate League at Bay View Park, outside the Toledo city limits. The area was inhabited by the American coot, which is known as a mud hen

The Mud Hens played in the American Association in 1903, until the team moved to Wichita in 1955

 In 1965 an International League team from Richmond relocated to Toledo and adopted the name Mud Hens as a Triple-A affiliate for the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers

The Toledo Mud Hens are a minor league team currently playing in the International league as an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. Home games are played at Fifth Third Field, which opened in 2002 replacing Ned Skeldon Stadium

Toledo Mud Hens Centennial adhesive backed sticker issued by the Stamp Collectors Club of Toledo in conjunction with Toledo Expo 96. The labels were issued in a sheet of 32 with the left upper corner using the slogan "Toledo Stamp Expo 96" and the lower right corner with the slogan "Stamp Collectors Club of Toledo" - Baseball is My Life

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1965

1974

2019
June 18 meter, the Mud hens defeated the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs 2-1
RBIs: Mud Hens - Pete Kozma, Jacob Robsen - Ironpigs - Mitch Walding
Winning Pitcher: Tim Adleman

Albany-Colonie Yankees

Albany-Colonie Yankees 1990 meter

The Albany-Colonie Yankees were a minor league affiliate of the New York Yankees from 1985-1994, at the Double-A level. Games were played at Heritage Park, which was torn down in 2009

Bernie Williams, Pasqual Perez, Scott Kaminiecki, Kevin Maas, Hensley Meulens, Randy Velarde and Derek Jeter are a few of the Yankees who spent time at Albany-Colonie

Heritage Park - Times Union archives

Don Baylor

Aug 29, 1985 New York - Yankee Stadium

Don Baylor set the American League record of most times hit by a pitch with 190, when he was hit by Kirk McCaskill

The Yankees defeated the California Angels 4-0

Don Baylor - Batting ave .260, 338 home runs 1,276 RBI

• Baltimore Orioles 1970-1975
• Oakland Athletics 1976, 1988
• California Angels 1977-1982
• New York Yankees 1983-1985
• Boston Red Sox 1986-1987
• Minnesota Twins 1987
• Colorado Rockies - Mgr 1993-1998
• Chicago Cubs - Mgr 2000-2002

Dennis Martinez

July 28, 1991 Los Angeles - Dodger Stadium

Dennis "EL Presidente" Martinez pitched a perfect game as the Montreal Expos defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0.  The first Nicaraguan to play in the majors, Martinez is the first Latin pitcher to throw a perfect game. Martinez threw 96 pitches, 66 for strikes with 5 strikeouts

Martinez played from 1976-1998 for the Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves

Career:

• W-L record 245-193
• ERA 3.60
• Strikeouts 2,149
• 4-time All-Star
• MLB Wins Leaders 1981
• MLB ERA Leader 1991
• Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame - 2002
• Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame - 2016

Benito Santiago

September 26, 1987 Los Angeles -  Dodger Stadium

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the San Diego Padres 4-3

Benito Santiago, catcher for the Padres set an all-time rookie record hitting in 28 straight games

October 2, 1987 San Diego - Jack Murphy Stadium

Los Angeles Dodgers 10 - San Diego Padres 3

Santiago established a new rookie record of 34 game hitting streak

Santiago played from 1986-2005 for the San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs

Career: batting ave .263, 920 RBI, 217 home runs

Ken Griffey - Sr & Junior

April 3, 1989 Oakland, Ca - Oakland Coliseum

April 3, 1989 Cincinnati, Ohio - Riverfront Stadium

Ken Griffey Jr major league debut with the Seattle Mariners, while his father was playing for the Cincinnati Reds

Aug 31, 1990 Seattle, Wa

First father/son teammates to take the field in the same game

October 30, 1997 Cooperstown, NY

Player of the Year

Bevil cachet #/450

Feb 10, 2000 - Cincinnati - Traded

April 4, 2000 Cincinnati, Oh - Cinergy Field

Wild Horse painted cachet

Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Cincinnati Reds

Griffey's first game with the Reds, 0-4 with 2 strikeouts

June 20, 2004 - St Louis, Mo

500th Career Home Run

Ken Griffey Sr played  from 1973-1991 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners. A 3-time All-star, he was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2004

Ken Griffey Jr followed in his father's footsteps. Junior played 22 years (1989-2010) for the Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. 

• Batting Ave .284
• RBI - 1,836
• Home Runs - 630
• 13-time All-Star
• AL MVP - 1997
• 10-time Gold Glove
• 7-time Silver Slugger
• 4-time AL Home Run Leader
• AL RBI Leader - 1997
• Seattle Mariners retire #24 - 2016
• Seattle Mariner sHall of Fame - 2013
• Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame - 2014
• Baseball Hall of Fame - 2016

Junior was honored by St Vincent July 23, 1989

Howard Ehmke

May 28, 2004 Silver Creek, NY

Howard Ehmke was a right handed pitcher for the Buffalo Blues (1915) Detroit Tigers (1916-1917, 1919-1920) Boston Red Sox (1923-1926) Philadelphia Athletics (1926-1930)

Career record 166-166, 3.75 ERA. Ehmke achieved great success with the Boston Red Sox, throwing a no-hit game (Sept 7, 1923) and a 23-win season in 1923

Was the surprise starter in the 1929 World Series game 1 for the Athletics at age 35 (old for the time).  Ehmke would pitch a complete game with 13 strikeouts in the 3-1 victory. The Athletics would win the series against the Chicago Cubs

Ehmke was inducted into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame, 1983

1939 Baseball FDC (Heritage Auctions website) signed by members of the 1939 Philadelphia Old-Timers including Howard Ehmke (under the word Athletics)

Article announcing Ehmke release from the Athletics -- 1971 Fleer World Series card

Turn of the Century Baseball

Roxbury NY - Turn Back the Century Days, a vibrant part of the Roxbury landscape. The Roxbury Nine revives the national pastime playing the game of baseball as it was in the good old days of 1898

The Holloway Old-timers Baseball Festival, is a 3-day event of food, music, games, rides parades and baseball. The festival began as a reunion for former rail workers who loved to play ball and has grown into a major town event

Old-Timers Day

Old-Timer's Day is a tradition started by the New York Yankees in 1939 with Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day and has continued to this day. It is a gathering of former players who participate in a 3-inning game to the enjoyment of the fans who come to watch their heroes of the past

From 1982 to 1985, an Old-timers Classic was sponsored by Cracker Jack, with games being played at RFK Stadium, Washington DC. 

In 1986 the series sponsorship was assumed by Equitable Life and 26 games would be played at each ballpark from May 17 until September 20

June 29, 1987 - Washington, DC

National Old Timers Baseball Classic

Aug 5, 1989 - Minneapolis, Mn

Equitable Old Timers Game

1991 the series would be sponsored by Upper Deck heroes of Baseball, with a 24-game series starting April 14 and ending on September 1. The series would continue until 1995

1983 an old-timers game was played at Comiskey Park prior to the 50th anniversary All-Star game

All-Star Game - 1990 Chicago

SportsMark Limited Edition - photo by Michael Vagaries

Ron Alexander cachet

Perrone

July 10, 1990 Chicago, Il - Wrigley Field
Ernie Banks threw out the ceremonial first pitch
American League defeats the National League 2-0
Winning Pitcher: Bret Saberhagen (KC Royals) -- Losing Pitcher: Jeff Brantley (San Francisco Giants)
All scoring done in the top of the seventh inning, as Julio Franco hit a double to right to score Sandy Alomar from third and Lance Parrish from first
Texas Ranger Julio Franco was named Most Valuable Player

All-Star Game - 1989 Anaheim

July 11, 1989 Anaheim, Ca

Anaheim Stadium

Angels coach Jimmie Reese threw out the ceremonial first pitch

American League defeats National League 5-3

Winning Pitcher: Nolan Ryan (Texas Rangers) -- Losing Pitcher: John Smoltz (Atlanta Braves)

Home Runs: Wade Boggs (Boston Red Sox) Bo Jackson (KC Royals)

The Royals' Bo Jackson was named Most Valuable Player

Mike Schmidt who retired on May 29, 1989 was elected to the National League team by the fans. He appeared in the opening game ceremonies, but did not play in the game