Hall of Fame : 2025 - Allne, Sabathia, Suzuki, Parker, Wagner

 National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction

2025-Jul-27 Cooperstown NY

Dick Allen (1963-1977)

Philadelphia Phillies, St Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics

Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame

CC Sabathia (2001-2019)

Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees

Clveland Guardians Hall of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki (1992-2019)

Orix Blue Wave, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankes, Miami Marlins

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame : Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame

Dave Parker(1973-1991)

Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays

Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame : Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame

Billy Wagner (1995-2010)

Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves

Houston Astros Hall of Fame

Japan - US : 1951

1951-Oct-27 Utsonomiya

Japan-US Friendly Baseball Tournament - American All-Stars vs Yomiuri Giants

Since the end of World War II, US forces had consciously used the shared love of baseball to help bind the two nations together. To this end, Maj. Gen. William F. Marquat, the occupation forces’ Chief of Economic and Scientific Section, had restarted Japanese professional and amateur baseball immediately after the war. He also worked closely with Frank “Lefty” O’Doul to organize baseball exchanges. O’Doul made three trips to Japan between 1946 and 1950, bringing over the San Francisco Seals in 1949 and Joe DiMaggio in 1950. In August 1951, O’Doul announced that after the season he would return to Japan for the fourth time; this time taking an all-star team of major leaguers and Pacific Coast League stars on a goodwill tour to bolster ties between the two countries.

Sponsored by the Yomiuri newspaper, and organized by Sotaro Suzuki, the team was to play 16 games during a four-week trip starting in mid-October. The roster included American League batting champ Ferris Fain, Bobby Shantz, and Joe Tipton of the Athletics; Joe DiMaggio, Billy Martin, and Eddie Lopat of the Yankees; Dom DiMaggio and Mel Parnell of the Red Sox; Pirates Bill Werle and George Strickland; and PCL standouts Ed Cereghino, Al Lyons, Ray Perry, Dino Restelli, Lou Stringer, Chuck Stevens, and Tony “Nini” Tornay.

Games were played from Oct-20 through Nov-19, playing against the Yomiuri Giants, Mainichi Orions, Central League All-Stars, Nankai Hawks, Nagoya Dragons, Pacific League All-Stars and All-Japan teams

Society of American Baseball Research – excerpts on an article written by Rob Fitts

Louisville SSN 724

1985-Dec-14 Groton CT

USS Louisville (SSN-724)

USS Louisville (SSN-724), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Louisville, Kentucky. She was launched on 1985-Dec-14 —sponsored by Mrs. Betty Ann McKee (née Harris), wife of Admiral Kinnaird McKee, Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion —and commissioned on 1986-Nov-08 with Captain Charles E. Ellis in command.

MiLB : St Cloud Rox

The St. Cloud Rox were a professional minor league baseball team that existed from 1946 to 1971 in St Cloud, Minnesota, playing in the Northern League for the duration of the franchise.

The St. Cloud Rox were an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins (1965–1971), Chicago Cubs (1960–1964), San Francisco Giants (1958–1959) and New York Giants (1946–1957).

1961 St Cloud Rox

Myron Hall Collection - Stearns County Historical Society c1990