Pinch-hit : Springfield Isotopes

2009-May-07 Los Angeles CA

Baseball has been a part of the Simpsons storylines on several occasions. 

1990-Nov-08: Dancin' Homer - season 2 episode 5 - Homer tells his bar buddies the story of how his drunken antics at a baseball game with his boss landed him a job as a dancing mascot for the Springfield Isotopes

1992-Feb-20: Homer at the Bat – season 3 episode 17 - The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's softball team is surprisingly successful thanks to Homer, but Mr. Burns decides to call in Major League Baseball ringers for the championship game anyway especially after making a $1 million dollar bet that his team will win. Features – Don Mattingly, Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, Ken Griffey, Jr., Steve Sax, Ozzie Smith, José Canseco, Darryl Strawberry, Mike Scioscia

2025-Apr-27: Abe League of Their Moe – season 36 episode 15 - After Grampa and Moe recruit a Macedonian slugger to play in Springfield, it strains their friendship and the very integrity of baseball. The episode features guest stars Kevin Burkhardt, Steve Gelbs, Kevin Millar

San Diego Padres : 2002

2002-Apr-08 Qualcom Stadium San Diego CA

Padres opened the season on the road with a 2-5 record

Arizona Diamondback 0 – 8 San Diego Padres

SDP RBI: D'Angelo Jimenez 2(HR); Phil Nevin 2(HR); Brian Lawrence; Mark Kotsay

ARI pitching: Brian Anderson L(4-innings)

SDP pitching: Brian Lawrence W(9-innings complete game)

Howard Johnson - New York Mets

1989-Dec-20 Shea Stadium - Flushing NY

Howard Johnson 1982-1995

(Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs)

2× Silver Slugger Award (1989, 1991)

NL home run leader (1991)

NL RBI leader (1991)

New York Mets Hall of Fame

Knoxville Smokies - MiLB

1999-Aug-30 Knoxville TN

Knoxville has fielded a a team since 1921, playing inn various Leagues and various levels

1999: Double A affiliate Toronto Blue Jays, Southern League

Maury Wills : Los Angeles Dodgers

1987-Oct-03 Los Angeles Ca

25th Anniversary Stolen Base Record

Maury Wills - 1959-1972

(Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos)

NL MVP (1962)

2× Gold Glove Award (1961, 1962)

6× NL stolen base leader (1960–1965)

586 career stolen bases

Negro League Baseball : 2002

2002-Feb-25 Washington DC

2002-Feb-01: legends of black baseball come to life in a new musical by local writer-director Raquis Petree and composer Marion Johnson. "Black Diamond: Satchel Paige and the Negro Leagues" plays through March 1 at the Smithsonian's Discovery Theater in celebration of Black History Month. The story tells the story of the Negro Leagues through the eyes of four principal figures: Andrew "Rube" Foster, the "father of black baseball"; Josh Gibson; Satchel Paige; and Jackie Robinson.

The show ran Feb 01 through March 01 at the Smithsonian's Discovery Theater, Arts & Industries Building

One 'Diamond,' Many Facets - January 31, 2002 - Janice L. Kaplan, Washington Post 

Luis Gonzalez - Arizona Diamondbacks

2001-Oct-07 Milwaukee Wi

Luis Gonzalez 1990-2008

(Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins)

Silver Slugger Award (2001)

Arizona Diamondbacks No. 20 retired

Arizona Diamondbacks Hall of Fame

Home Run Race : 1998

1998-Sep-27 Cooperstown NY

During Major League Baseball's 1998 season, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs pursued the league's long-standing and highly coveted single-season home run record (61), set in 1961 by Roger Maris. The season-long chase culminated on September 8, 1998, when McGwire, facing Sosa and the Cubs, hit his 62nd home run of the season to break the record. McGwire finished the season with 70 home runs, while Sosa finished with 66

Sosa and McGwire shared Sports Illustrated magazine's 1998 "Sportsman of the Year" award.

New York Yankees - 2003

2003-Apr-08 Yankee Stadium Bronx NY

Yankees started the seasons on the road with a 3-4 record

Minnesota Twins 3 – 7 New York Yankees

MIN RBI: Torii Hunter 2; Matt LeCroy

NYY RBI: Hideki Matsui 4(HR); Robin Ventura 2(HR); Raúl Mondesí

MIN pitching: Joe Mays L(5-innings)

NYY pitching: Andy Petitte W(5.2-innings)

All-Star Game : 1969 Washington DC

1994-Jul-23 Washington DC

25th Anniversary 1969 All-Star Game (cachet indicates 40th Anniversary)

1969-Jul-23 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium - Washington, D.C.

American League 9 – 3 National League

MVP: Willie McCovey (SFG)

Boston Braves - 1948 Anniversary

1998-Sep-26 Allston MA

50^th Anniversary 1948 NL pennant

In 1948, the team won the National League pennant by capturing 91 games to finish 6.5 places ahead of the second–place St. Louis Cardinals. The pitching staff was anchored by Hall of Famer Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain, who won 39 games between them. The Braves lost the 1948 World Series in six games to the Cleveland Indians (who had beaten the Red Sox in a tie-breaker game to spoil an all-Boston World Series). 

1948 NL pennant was the only one the Braves would win while in Boston. The Braves moved to Milwaukee in 1953

Sibby Sister, infielder: Boston Bees / Boston Braves / Milwaukee Braves (1939–1942, 1946–1954)

New York Yankees - 1986

1986-Apr-08 Yankee Stadium - New York NY

Kansas City Royals 2 - 4 New York Yankees

KCR RBI: Hal MacRae 2 (HR)

NYY RBI: Butch Wynegar 3(HR), Willie Randolph

KCR pitching: Bud Black L(7-innings)

NYY pitching: Ron Guidry W (5-innings) Dave Righetti S(1.2-innings)

World Series : 1946 St Louis Cardinals v Boston Red Sox

1996-Oct-15 St Louis Mo

50th Anniversary 1946 World Series

1946-Oct-06/15

St. Louis Cardinals (4) Boston Red Sox (3)

Sportsman's Park (STL) - Fenway Park (BOS)

World Series : 1960 - Pittsburgh Pirates v New York Yankees

1994-Oct-13 Pittsburgh Pa

34th Anniversary Bill Mazeroski's game winning home run in game 7 of the series

1960-Oct-5/13

Pittsburgh Pirates (4) - New York Yankees (3)

Forbes Field (PIT) - Yankee Stadium (NYY)

MVP Bobby Richardson (NYY) 

World Series : 1954 - New York Giants v Cleveland Indians

1994-Oct-02 Cleveland Oh - 40th Anniversary

1954-Sep-29 – Oct-02

Polo Grounds (NYG) - Cleveland Stadium (CLE)

New York Giants (4) Cleveland Indians (0)

"The Catch" occurred during Game 1 of this series, when Giants center fielder Willie Mays snared a long drive by Vic Wertz near the outfield wall with his back to the infield

New York Yankees : 2002

2002-Apr-05 Yankee Stadium - Bronx NY

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0 – 4 New York Yankees

NYY RBI: Derek Jeter; Alfonso Soriano; Nick Johnson

Pitching – TBD Joe Kennedy (L5-innings 8-hits 4-Ks) NYY Andy Pettite (W 6-innings 2-hits 6-Ks)

Legends of Baseball : All-Century Team - 2000

2000-Jul-07 Cooperstown NY

Uncle Sam Stamp Club - Troy NY

Valleypex - Buffalo NY : Masonic Baseball

2006-Jun-17 Valleypex Station - Buffalo NY

Masonic Baseball Players

Masons and Baseball

Team picture includes

Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx, Herb Pennock, Dazzy Vance,Red Rolfe, Rube Walberg

 

Hall of Fame - 2015 : Johnson, Martínez, Biggio, Smoltz

2015-Jul-26 Induction Day - Cooperstown NY

Randy Johnson - 1988-2009

Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants

Pedro Martínez - 1992-2009

Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies

Craig Biggio - 1988-2007

Houston Astros

John Smoltz 1988-2009

Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, St Louis Cardinals

Hall of Fame - 2024 : Beltré, Helton, Mauer, Leyland

National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction

2024-Jul-21 Cooperstown NY

Adrián Beltré - 1998-2018

Los Angeles Dodgers; Seattle Mariners; Boston Red Sox; Texas Rangers

Todd Helton - 1997-2013

Colorado Rockies

Joe Mauer - 2004-2018

Minnesota Twins

Jim Leyland manager - 1986-2013

Pittsburgh Pirates; Florida Marlins; Colorado Rockies; Detroit Tigers

David Ortiz : Boston Red Sox

2015-Sep-12 Tropicana Field - St Petersburg Fl

David Ortiz 500th Career Home Run

Boston Red Sex 10 – 4 Tampa Bay Rays

BOS RBI: David Ortiz 4 (2HR); Dustin Pedroia 3 (HR); Travis Shaw 2 (HR); Mookie Betts (HR).

TBR RBI: John Jaso 2 (HR); Richie Shaffer (HR); Luke Maile

Pitching: BOS – Rick Porcello (W 7-innings) TBR Matt Moore (L 5-innings)

Hall of Fame - 2023 : McGriff, Rolen

National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction

2023-Jul-23 Cooperstown NY

Fred McGriff - 1986-2004

Toronto Blue Jays; San Diego Padres; Atlanta Braves; Tampa Bay Devil Rays; Chicago Cubs; 

Los Angeles Dodgers

Scott Rolen - 1996-2012

Philadelphia Phillies; St. Louis Cardinals; Toronto Blue Jays; Cincinnati Reds

 

Ken Griffey Jr : 2008

2008-Jul-16 Washington DC

Despite being ranked second in the National League All-Star voting for outfielders for most of the first half of the season, Griffey finished fourth with 2,907,746 ballots, 87,000 votes behind Kosuke Fukudome. He was not selected to the All-Star Game as a reserve. At the All-Star Break, Griffey was batting .239 with 12 home runs and 42 runs batted in. "I always have a backup plan... If you can't hit a tough lefty, bunt. If you can't hit a tough righty, bunt. If you can't go to the All-Star Game, go to the Bahamas," Griffey said.

2008-Jul-15 Bronx New York – Yankee Stadium - 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 79th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League and the National League, the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. 

 

Hall of Fame - 2006: Sutter

2006-July-30 Hall of Fame Induction, Cooperstown, NY

Bruce Sutter - 1976-1988

Chicago Cubs;  St Louis Cardinals; Atlanta Braves

The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players, voting Bruce Sutter into the Hall.

2005-Jul-26 the Hall announced that its board of directors had approved a special election to be held in 2006, by the Committee on African-American Baseball, of Negro leagues and pre-Negro leagues candidates. The Committee selected 17 players and executives for induction: Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz Mackey, José Méndez, Alex Pompez, Louis Santop, Mule Suttles, Ben Taylor, Cristóbal Torriente, Sol White, Jud Wilson, Effa Manley, owner of the Newark Eagles from 1935 to 1948; Cum Posey, owner of the Homestead Grays from 1920 to 1946; J. L. Wilkinson, owner of the All Nations and Kansas City Monarchs teams from 1912 to 1948.

Hall of Fame - 1981 : Gibson, Mize, Foster

National Baseball Hall of Fame

1981-Aug-02 Cooperstown NY

Bob Gibson 1959-1975 - St Louis Cardinals

St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

Johnny Mize - 1936-1953

St Louis Cardinals; New York Giants; New York Yankees

St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

Rube Foster - 1902-1914

Chicago Union Giants; Cuban X-Giants; Philadelphia Giants; Leland Giants; Chicago American Giants;  Louisville White Sox

Manager: Leland Giants; Chicago American Giants; Louisville White Sox

Negro Leagues President, founder

198-Aug-02 Cooperstown NY

Ernie Harwell - Sportscaster - Ford C Frick Award

 

Lou Brock Day : St Louis Cardinals

1979-Sep-09 St Louis - Busch Stadium

Lou Brock Day - Jersey Retirement #20

Montreal Expos 4 - 1 St Louis Cardinals

Lou Brock 0-2 (2BB)

MON RBI: Rodney Scott, Larry Parrish, Gary Carter (HR), Ellis Valentine

STL RBI: Ted Simmons (HR)

Pitching – MON: Rudy May (W 5.22-innings) STL Pete Vuckovich (L 7-innings)

At the end of the 1979 season, Brock was named the National League Comeback Player of the Year — the first player to be so named in his final Major League season 

World Series - 2014 : SF Giants v KC Royals

2014-Oct-21:29

Kauffman Stadium (Royals) – AT&T Park (Giants)

MVP: Madison Baumgarner (SFG) Bumgarner pitched 21 innings in the 2014 World Series and allowed just one run, giving him a series ERA of just 0.43

The Giants defeated the Royals four games to three.This was the second World Series in history in which two wild card teams faced each other

Arizona-Mexico League

The Arizona-Mexico League was a Minor League Baseball league active fro 1955-1958. The envelope depicts a blue drawing of a baseball player with people in stands behind him. Above that is "Arizona-Mexico League Professional Baseball". The address is east Broadway, Tucson, Arizona. the envelope is postmarked May 26, 10PM, 1957 Tucson Arizona

Arizona Memory Project

Roberto Alomar

1998-Jul-07 Coors Field Denver Co

2011-Jul-24 Cooperstown NY - Hall of Fame Induction

PMW8-24B #/20 cachet

Roberto Alomar Velázquez - Puerto Rican second baseman who played in Major League Baseball for seventeen seasons (1988-2004) San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox,Arizona Diamondbacks. 12-time All-Star, 1998 MVP. 

10 Gold Glove Awards - 4 Silver Slugger Awards. Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame 2011