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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
Top Ten Greatest Super Bowls - compiled by sports historian Ken Siegel - Well over 100 million people tune in each year to the Super Bowl, making it America’s biggest annual event. This game is so big that my wife turns off the QVC channel to watch it. While there have been some blowouts over the years, there have also been some very exciting Super Bowls as well. Here is my top ten list of... Continue reading
The Immaculate Reception
There are moments that defy explanation, and Pittsburgh Steelers star Franco Harris was the key player in professional football’s most famous play, ‘The Immaculate Reception.’
Trailing the Oakland Raiders 7-6, facing fourth-and-10 on their own 40-yard line with
22 seconds remaining in the game and no time-outs, it appeared that the Steelers had no chance to win this... Continue reading
The 1972 USA Olympic Men's basketball team lost their very first Olympic Game since Olympic play began in 1936. It was the most controversial moment in Olympic history. In the final game against the Soviet Union and the US trailing, Doug Collins was fouled driving to the basket with three seconds left to play. He sank the first free throw to tie the game and made the second as an inadvertent... Continue reading
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
Bucky Dent typically batted ninth in a powerful New York Yankee lineup, and in 1978 he hit .243 with only 5 home runs during the regular season. The Yankees and Red Sox had tied for first place at the end of the 1978 season and played a one-game playoff in Fenway Park on October 2nd to determine the AL East Champion. In the top of the 7th inning, with the Red Sox leading
2-0, Dent hit a 3 run... Continue reading
The 1972 USA Olympic Men's basketball team lost their very first Olympic Game since Olympic play began in 1936. It was the most controversial moment in Olympic history. In the final game against the Soviet Union and the US trailing, Doug Collins was fouled driving to the basket with three seconds left to play. He sank the first free throw to tie the game and made the second as an inadvertent... Continue reading
BABE RUTH’S CALLED SHOT - It is one of baseball’s all-time great mysteries. Did Babe Ruth really call his shot just before hitting a mammoth World Series home run? The undisputed facts of the events were as follows: It was October 1, 1932, Game 3 of the World Series in Wrigley Field, with the Yankees leading the Cubs 2 games to 0. In the top of the 5th inning, Ruth was at bat with the score... Continue reading
Polo Grounds I was originally built in 1883 and, after many modifications, was named Polo Grounds IV in 1911. The Giants played there until moving west in 1957. The horseshoe shape had the left and right field walls less than 300 feet and the centerfield wall was almost 500 feet. The bullpens were in fair territory in left and right center. The New York Mets played there in 1962-1963.
The phrase... Continue reading
Tony Conigliaro played 8 seasons in the majors during the years of 1964 to 1975, mostly for the Boston Red Sox. In 1965, in just his 2nd season and at just 20 years of age, Conigliaro led the American League in home runs with 32, the youngest home run champion in AL history. However, his career was substantially hindered when he was hit in the cheekbone by a pitch in 1967, causing severe injury... Continue reading
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