1969 BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE DAY- ERNIE BANKS-CHICAGO CUBS
Ernie Banks will always be remembered as Mr. Cub. The baseball card above represents Banks perfectly. The first time I saw him play my uncle pointed him out during […]
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1969 BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE DAY- KEN SUAREZ- CLEVELAND INDIANS
In 1969 Ken Suarez was a catcher for the Cleveland Indians. Suarez was a catcher for three major league teams during his career- Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians and the […]
50 YEARS AGO TODAY- MONDAY 5.13.1968- MY FIRST BASEBALL GAME- ST.LOUIS CARDINALS VS PITTSBURGH PIRATES AT FORBES FIELD
Fifty years ago today I went to my first Major League Baseball game. The previous fall I had fallen in love with baseball and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 1968 […]
1969 BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE DAY-DICK “DUCKY” SCHOFIELD- ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Dick “Ducky” Schofield had a lengthy -19 year career as a major league baseball player. He came up to the St.Louis Cardinals as an 18 year old in 1953 and […]
1969 BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE DAY- MIKE MARSHALL-SEATTLE PILOTS
Mike Marshall’s first claim to fame was being a prominent figure in his Pilot teammate Jim Bouton’s groundbreaking book – a journal of the 1969 season ‘Ball Four.” Entering […]
1969 BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE DAY- BOOG POWELL-BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Born John Wesley Powell- forever will be known as “Boog.” He received the nickname from his father. In the south they call little kids who found themselves in mischief- […]
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