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In 1945, Jackie Robinson signed a contract to play for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League for a salary of $400 per month. In his one and only season in the Negro Leagues, he batted .387 and appeared in the league’s All-Star Game. Later in that same year, Brooklyn Dodgers’ President and General Manager Branch Rickey, who had been scouting the Negro Leagues for talent, signed Robinson to... Continue reading
HARVARD WINS 29-29! - Saturday, November 23, 1968
Both Harvard and Yale brought undefeated 8-0 records into “The Game”. Yale held a seemingly
insurmountable lead, 29-13 with 3:30 remaining in the fourth quarter. In those final minutes, Harvard was able to score cutting the Yale lead to 29-21, and with 42 seconds remaining, Harvard recovered an onside kick, and quarterback Frank Champi was able... Continue reading
Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige is often referred to as the “Babe Ruth” of the Negro League. He played for over 20 years on several teams in the Negro League and was widely considered to be the league’s greatest ever pitcher. In 1948, Paige became Major League Baseball’s oldest ever rookie when he signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians. At 42 years of age, he went 6-1 for the Indians and... Continue reading
Top Ten Most Unbreakable Baseball Records by sports historian Ken Siegel
Baseball is the sport in which statistics and records are the most cherished. As such, it is always fun to think about what records may be broken, and by whom. However, certain records may never be broken. Here is my top ten list of baseball records I believe may never be broken:
10. Yankees’ 5 Consecutive World Series... Continue reading
Josh Gibson is referred to as the "Black Babe Ruth". During his career, he was as much a force in the Negro Baseball League as the Bambino was in the major leagues. From the late 1930s thru the early 1940s Gibson's bat powered the Grays to nine consecutive Negro National League championships.
Knicks Win NBA Championship in 1970 - With Bill Russell retiring after the 1969 season, the NBA Eastern Division was finally open to all contenders, and the New York Knickerbockers took full advantage and finished in first place with 60 wins. They were led by MVP Willis Reed, First team All-Star Guard Walt Frazier, Forwards Dave DeBusschere and Bill Bradley, and guard Dick Barnett. Coach Red... Continue reading
WILLIE MAYS – THE SAY HEY KID
The legendary Willie Mays got his first career base hit when he homered off of future Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn. The year was 1951, and Mays, along with another phenom named Mickey Mantle debuted for the Giants and Yankees, respectively. Willie Mays won the 1951 Rookie of the Year Award. Known as the “Say Hey Kid”, he played 22 memorable major league seasons... Continue reading
DID YOU KNOW ? The New York Yankees signed Mickey Mantle to a minor-league contract in 1949, the day he graduated high school. He was paid $400 for the remainder of the season and a $1,100 signing bonus. A Yankee for his entire career, among Mantle's many accomplishments are all-time World Series records for home runs (18), runs scored (42), and runs batted in (40). He once hit a ball left-... Continue reading
October 13, 1960 • Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, PA
Bill Mazeroski slammed a ninth-inning walk off home run high over the left-field wall of
historic Forbes field to lead Pittsburgh to its first World Series championship in thirty five
years. Danny Murtaugh’s astounding Bucs brought down Casey Stengel’s mighty
Yankees, 10-9, in a titanic struggle that gave the National League champions the... Continue reading
Roberto Clemente played his entire 18-season major league career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, amassing exactly 3,000 base hits and a career batting average of .317. Clemente won four National League batting titles, was named as the NL MVP in 1966, and was a top defensive outfielder as well, winning 12 gold glove awards. Along with his reputation as an elite baseball player, Clemente was also... Continue reading
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