Friday, February 21, 2025

Cities Series : 2003 - Athletics v Phillies

2003-June-06/08 Veterna's Stadium - Philadelphia Pa

June-06: Oakland Athletics 7 – 4 Philadelphia Phillies
June-08: Oakland Athletics 1 – 7 Philadelphia Phillies (rain date)
June-08: Oakland Athletics 3 – 8 Philadelphia Phillies

The City Series was the name of a series of intracity baseball games played between Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics of the American League and its predecessors, and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League that ran from 1883 through 1954. While the games were officially exhibitions, they were a matter of prestige in Philadelphia and a long rivalry existed between the players, management, and fans

The Athletics played the Phillies for the first time in interleague play in June 2003 at Veterans Stadium. The Phillies invited former A's Eddie Joost and Gus Zernial to the games. Connie Mack's daughter Ruth Mack Clark attended the first game. Former Florida U.S. Senator Connie Mack III, Mack's grandson, threw out the first ball.

Monday, February 17, 2025

Montreal Expos : 2003 - Puerto Rico

2003-Apr-11 Hiram Bithorn Stadium - San Juan PR

Bithorn Stadium became part-time home of the Montreal Expos of the National League in 2003 and 2004 before their move to Washington, D.C. as the Washington Nationals. The Expos played 20 "home" games across the two seasons as a result of poor attendance at their home Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Before Major League Baseball's announcement of the Montreal Expos' move to Washington, Puerto Rico and San Juan made an effort to lure the Expos franchise to the island territory permanently

 

Friday, February 14, 2025

All-Star Game : 1999 - Fenway Park Boston

1999-Jul-13 Fenway Park Boston Ma
National League 1 - 4 American League
Ceremonial First Pitch : Ted Williams
MVP: Pedro Martínez (BOS)
In two innings, AL starting pitcher Martínez struck out the first four batters of the National League, becoming the first pitcher in history to begin the All-Star Game striking out the side. In all he struck out five of the six batters he faced

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

MiLB - Peoria Chiefs v Rockford Expos

1993-Apr-09 Rockford Ill
Opening Day

The Rockford Expos was a minor league baseball team located in Rockford, Illinois, from 1988 to 1999. They were the class-A minor league affiliate of the Montreal Expos 1988-1992

The Peoria Chiefs were the affiliate of the Chicago Cubs

Saturday, February 8, 2025

All-Star Game - 1978 San Diego

1998-Jul-11 San Diego Ca
20th Anniversary 1978 All-Star Game San Diego Stadium
American League 3 - 7 National League
Ceremonial First Pitch: Ray Kroc
Honorary Captains: Brooks Robinson (AL) Eddie Mathews (NL)

The two triples hit by Rod Carew, and the one hit by Steve Garvey marked the first time that three triples had been hit in a single All-Star Game

MVP: Steve Garvey

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Hall of Fame - 2004 : Molitor, Eckersley

National Hall of Fame Induction
July 25, 2004 Cooperstown, NY

Paul Molitor
Milwaukee Brewers (1978-1992) Toronto Blue Jays (1993-1995)
Minnesota Twins (1996-1998)

Dennis Eckersley
Cleveland Indians (1975-1977) Boston Red Sox (1978-1984, 1998)
Chicago Cubs (1984-1986) Oakland Athletics (1987-1995)
St Louis Cardinals (1996-1997)

National Baseball Hall of Fame - Kendal Bevil


Monday, February 3, 2025

All-Star Game : 1997 Cleveland

 

1997-Jul-08 Jacob Field - Cleveland Oh
National League 1 - 3 American League
MVP: Sandy Alomar Jr (CLE)
Ceremonial First Pitch: Larry Doby

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Detroit Tigers : 2016


2016-Apr-08 Comerica Park Detroit, Mi - Opening Day
The Tigers defeat the New York Yankees 4-0
Jordan Zimmerman pitched 7 innings for the victory, Luis Severino takes the loss
Tiger RBIs: Miguel Cabrera (2 - 1 home run) Anthony Gose, Jose Iglesias

Washington Senators

Washington Senators 1901-1960

Founded as the Senators in 1901, the team changed names to the Nationals during the 1905-1955 , and then changed back to the Senators from 1956-1960. The names "Senators", "Nationals" and "Nat" were used interchangeably by fans and media. The team moved to Minnesota taking the name Twins in 1961

January 12, 1922 - Washington American League Base Ball Club
August 12, 1930 Washington American Base Ball Club
signed by Walter Johnson
September 10, 1931 Washington American Base Ball Club
signed by Walter Johnson
July 2, 1963 The Senators
Be A Senators Booster
January 23, 1964 The Senators
Season Ticket Plans

St Louis Cardinals : 1983

1983-Apr-05 Busch Stadium - St Louis Mo

Pittsburgh Pirates 7 – 1 St Louis Cardinals
PIT RBI: Jason Thompson (HR), Lee Lacy (HR), Tony Pena, Dale Berra (HR), Lee Mazzilli (HR)
STL RBI: George Hendrick
Pitching: PIT John Candelaria (W 9-innings) STL Bob Forsch (L 5.1-innings)
Jim Kaat entered the game in relief on the 7th inning in his 25th season

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

World Series - 2019 : Houston Astros v Washington Nationals


October 30, 2019 Houston Tx - Washington DC

2019 World Series
Oct 22-30
Washington Nationals (Nationals Park) v Houston Astros (Minute MaidPark)
Nationals defeat the Astros 4 games to 3

MVP: Stephen Strasburg - Nationals pitcher

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

All-Star Game : 2013 Citi Field

2013-Jul-16 Flushing NY - Citi Field

The American League shut out the National League for the third time in All-Star game history; the National League has six shutouts. This game marks the first time that there have been shutouts in consecutive All-Star games

MVP: Mariano Rivera (NYY) - Rivera, who retired at the end of the season, was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player. Rivera pitched in the 8th inning and retired all 3 batters he faced. He was the first reliever selected to an All-Star team to ever receive the award, as well as the first pitcher since Pedro Martínez in 1999. Given his pending retirement, the award was given in recognition of his outstanding career

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Oklahoma City Oklahoma - MiLB

1992-April-11 Oklahoma City Ok
Olympic Baseball stamp second day postmark

1980s business envelope

Oklahoma City has been home to professional baseball for all but a few years since 1904, when the Metropolitans (Mets) were established as the city's first team.


Oklahoma City 89ers played from 1962 to 1997. The 89ers played in the Triple-A American Association (AA) in 1962, moved to the Pacific Coast League from 1963 to 1968, and returned to the AA from 1969 to 1997. the 89ers rejoined the PCL in 1998 


Oklahoma City Comets (2025–present) - Los Angeles Dodgers
Oklahoma City Baseball Club (2024) - Los Angeles Dodgers
Oklahoma City Dodgers (2015–2023) - Los Angeles Dodgers
Oklahoma City RedHawks (2009–2014) - Texas Rangers, Houstons Astros
Oklahoma RedHawks (1998–2008) - Texas Rangers
Oklahoma City 89ers (1962–1997) - Houston Colt .45s/Astros, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Hall of Fame - 1979: Mays, Wilson, Giles

 Aug 5, 1979 Induction - National Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooperstown, NY

Willie Mays
New York/San Francisco Giants (1951-1952, 1954-1972)
New York Mets (1972-1973)

Hack Wilson
New York Giants (1923-1925) - - Chicago Cubs (1926-1931)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1932-1934) - - Philadelphia Phillies (1934)

Warren Giles
President, GM - Cincinnati Reds (1937-1951)
National League President (1951-1969)

Monday, January 20, 2025

Jason Bay

2004-Nov-08 Pittsburgh Pa

Jason Bay - Canadian-American professional baseball left fielder who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball. Initially drafted by the Montreal Expos, he played for the San Diego Padres (2003), Pittsburgh Pirates (2003-2008), Boston Red Sox (2008-2009), New York Mets (2010-2012) Seattle Mariners (2013)

Bay debuted with the Padres on May 23, 2003, getting his first major league hit, a home run, in the ninth inning. Two days later, he suffered a broken right wrist after being hit by a pitch. August 26, 2003, Bay was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates, along with Óliver Pérez and Cory Stewart in exchange for Brian Giles. He finished the season with a .287 batting average, four home runs, and 14 RBI in 30 games.

2004: Bay batted .282 in 120 games, leading all major league rookies in home runs (26) and RBIs (82). He led all NL rookies in slugging percentage (.550), extra base hits (54) and total bases (226). With his 26 home runs, Bay broke a Pirates rookies record of 23 set by Johnny Rizzo in 1936 and matched by Ralph Kiner in 1946. Selected as the 2004 NL Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News, Bay was the second Pittsburgh Pirates player honored with the award, after second baseman Johnny Ray in 1982. Bay was also the first Canadian player to win the award

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Lou Brock

1979-Aug-13  St Louis – Busch Stadium\
Chicago Cubs 2 – 3 St Louis Cardinals
Lou Brock 2-2 (3,000 hit)
CHC RBI: Mike Vail, Larry Bittner
STL RBI: Gary Templeton, George Hendrick, Keith Hernandez
Pitching – CHC: Willie Hernandez (L 2.1-innings) STL Mark Littell {L 2-innings)

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Hall of Fame - 2016 : Griffey, Piazza


2016-jul-24 Cooperstown NY Hall of Fame Inductions

Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players, with results announced on January 6, 2016; Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were elected to the Hall of Fame.

Saturday, January 11, 2025