Jun 13
The Mickey Vernon Sports History Museum, located in Delaware County, PA, is a non-profit museum with the purpose of celebrating the life and career of Mickey himself and the athletes of his home county. It is funded strictly by donations. Mickey Vernon died on September 24, 2008. Two months before he died, he and I were taking a trip to …
Jun 12
From the Mickey Vernon Museum, American League Baseball players drawn by Vic Johnson. This caricature of Harvey Kuenn is just one of a series of 19 caricatures of American League baseball players drawn by Vic Johnson during 1957. This caricature of Harvey Kuenn and the the other 18, is taken from a composite collection of those illustrations …
Jun 11
In December 1900 the story broke about a plan to create a “Baseball Trust” that would control all of professional baseball and in time all other sports. The proposed “Baseball Trust” was created by John T Brush[1] and supported by Andrew Freedman[2] and Arthur Soden.[3] A large corporation was to be formed in New Jersey, …
Jun 08
DELCO LEAGUE VS. MILITARY ALL-STAR GAME: Mills doesn’t mind taking the loss in this game GLEN MILLS, PA (6 June 2012) – The U.S. Military All-Stars (12-0) jumped out to a 6-0 lead before surrendering 5 runs while using 4 new pitchers making their debut on the “Red, White & Blue Tour.” Garrett Jenner was …
Jun 08
Washington’s major league baseball club heads to Boston for a baseball series. It is fitting that we take time to remember and acknowledge one of the biggest Boston baseball fans, Arthur General “Hi-Hi” Dixwell. From the 1890s and many years thereafter he was well known to baseball supporters not only in Boston but around the …
Jun 08
Available for immediate delivery – just in time for Father’s Day! Through the eyes of two former major league ballplayers George Case and Mickey Vernon of the Washington Senators, we get a FIRST time look at life in the “Big Leagues” by those who lived it. Ballfield to Battlefield and Back from FDR to JFK …
Jun 06
SAN DIEGO, CA – The U.S. Military All-Stars announced today that they are set to embark on their 23rd annual “Red, White & Blue Tour” visiting 45 states and 3 countries and presented by Louisville Slugger. The city-to-city bus tour will begin in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania on June 6th and commemorate D-DAY by honoring …
Jun 05
I am very pleased to announce that retired major league pitcher Dave Baldwin has agreed to be our newest contributor at D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today. Here is little information about our newest contributor. Dave Baldwin grew up in Tucson, Arizona, thousands of miles from Washington D.C., yet his favorite pitcher was Walter Johnson. After …
Jun 01
For Nationals fans, the only thing uglier than that rotating home run display in Marlins Park is the result of the series just concluded there: a three-game sweep that soured what had been a fine National League East road trip. With at least one series now in hand against each NL East opponent, the Nats …
May 25
The Player Hoy was born in Houcktown, Ohio in 1862. He played his first professional season with Oshkosh in 1886 in the Northwestern League. He returned with Oshkosh and in 1887 batted a sparkling .367 in 115 games. A left handed batter who threw with his right hand, Hoy was listed at 5-06 and 160 …
