Aug 30
By Jeff Stuart It was fifty odd years ago today Gil Hodges taught the gang to play. The legendary Dodger great Gil Hodges, acquired from the New York Mets in return for outfielder Jim Piersall, took over the helm of the Senators just 40 games into the 1963 Season. While the club lost a franchise …
Aug 09
By Jeff StuartDon Zimmer was there to witness so much baseball history and is indelibly linked to it. He was one of the last two players alive to have played with Jackie Robinson. He was on the 1955 Dodgers World Series Championship team. “When Yogi hit the ball down the left-field line,” said Zimmer with …
Aug 09
By Jeff Stuart When Albie Pearson won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1958 and Bob Allison followed suit in 1959, Washington became the first American League team to have players win the award in back to back years. It was not until 30 years later that another AL team accomplished the feat. Jose …
Aug 06
By Jeff StuartOn June 24, 1970 two of Yankee Steve Hamilton‘s “Folly Floater” pitches retired Cleveland’s Tony Horton, a very good hitter, at the Bronx in New York to end the top of the 9th. That earned him a place in baseball history. The Yankees trailed the Indians badly and had no chance of beating …
Aug 05
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 1957, lefthander Claude Osteen was traded to Washington for Dave Sisler in November 1961.In November 1963, Gil Hodges told Ben Olan of the Associated Press that he had high hopes for the 24 year-old Osteen. “He has all the tools to be a 15-game winner for us,” Hodges said. …
Aug 05
By Jeff StuartIt is not surprising that Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, who had a reputation for being hardnosed, noticed the young catcher Clint Courtney when he managed the Beaumont Roughnecks, a Yankees AA Farm Team in the Texas League in 1950.Clint Though he was an All-State Basketball player in High School, Clint was short …
