SHOHEI OHTANI- THE JAPANESE BABE RUTH- COMING TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES NEXT SEASON
60 Minutes ran a piece on 22 year old Shohei Ohtani who is being billed the “Japanese Babe Ruth”- he is both a star pitcher and hitter like the great […]
Category Archives: Baseball
MY LIFE THROUGH MY T-SHIRT COLLECTION- THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS
The first sport that I got into as a kid was baseball when I was six. A couple years later I started following the NFL and for a couple years […]
THE ASTRODOME IN HOUSTON OPENS- THIS DAY 1965
On this date in 1965 the Astrodome- the “8th Wonder of the World” opened to great fanfare in Houston, Texas. At the time the Astrodome was viewed as a real […]
MY LIFE THOUGHT MY T-SHIRT COLLECTION- WILLIE STARGELL
At age 6 in 1967 i became a baseball fanatic and living in the Pittsburgh area I became a Pirate fan. I was really fortunate, the Pirates from the time […]
BOBBY DOERR- NINETY-NINE TODAY- OLDEST LIVING BASEBALL PLAYER/ LAST PLAYER LIVING FROM THE 1930’S
Bobby Doerr turns ninety-nine today. Bobby Doerr is the oldest living Major League Baseball player, the last living player who was active in the 1930’s and of course the […]
AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL BEGINS USING THE DESIGNATED HITTER- THIS DAY 1973
On this day in 1973 the American League began using the Designated Hitter. Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees would be the first ever DH to ever come […]
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