World Series - 2024: LA Dodgers v NY Yankees

 

2024-Oct-25:28

Los Angeles Dodgers (Dodger Stadium) - New York Yankees (Yankee Stadium)

 

2024 World Series - 120th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League champion New York Yankees. Dodgers defeat the Yankees 4 games to 1

Freddie Freeman was named the MVP of the series, tying a World Series record with 12 RBIs and hitting home runs in the first four games of the series, including Game 1 when he hit the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history

Hall of Fame - 2012 : Larkin, Santo

2012-Jul-22 Induction Day - Cooperstown NY

Barry Larkin 1986-2004 - Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame

Ron Santo 1960-1974 - Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox

Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame

PMW cachets

American League

1943-Apr-20 Chicago IL

American League Professional Base Ball Clubs

Joe DiMaggio - Togolese Republic - 2014

100th Anniversary Joe DiMaggio's birth

2014-Oct-02 Togo

 

World Series - 2010 : San Francisco Giants v Texas Rangers

2010-Oct-27 – Nov-01

San Francisco Giants 4 – 1 Texas Rangers

AT&T Park (SFG) - Globe Life Park in Arlington (TEX)

MVP: Édgar Rentería (SFG)

Celebrate the Century - Jim Thorpe

Ginsburg cachet

1998-Feb-03 Washington DC

World Series : 2013 - Boston Red Sox v St Louis Cardinals

2013-Oct-23/30

Fenway Park (BOS) 4 - 2 Busch Stadium (STL)

MVP David Ortiz (Boston)

Hall of Fame - 2009 : Rice, Henderson, Gordon

2009-Jul-26 Induction Day Cooperstown NY

Joe Gordon 1958-1969

New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians

Rickey Henderson 1979-2003 

Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, Anaheim Angels, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers

Jim Rice 1974-1989 Boston Red Sox

Don Baylor : Roberto Clemente Award

1985-Feb-14 New York NY

Roberto Clemente Award presented by Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberoth for Baylor's unselfish and caring work with cystic fibrosis.

The Roberto Clemente Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team", as voted on by baseball fans and members of the media. 

Play Ball!

Play Ball! Another Home Run Season

2003-Mar-31 Perth Amboy NJ

Postmark was also used in Brick NJ, Flemington NJ, Red Bank NJ

Mark Whitten : St Louis Cardinals

1993-Sep-08 Cincinnati Oh 

St Louis Cardinals v Cincinnati Reds

Mark Whitten 1990-2000

(Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees)

1993-Sep-07 Hit 4 home runs and 12 RBI in one game v Cincinnati Reds

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)