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 […]
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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- […]
1969 BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE DAY- AL MCBEAN- SAN DIEGO PADRES
Alvin O’Neal McBean- when McBean played for the Pirates from 1961 to 1968 and then finishing his career with them in 1970 -the Pirates announcer the colorful Bob Prince […]
1969 BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE DAY- MICKEY STANLEY- DETROIT TIGERS
The 1969 Topps baseball cards are my favorite. I heard someone once say that a lot of people’s favorite year card is the ones when they first started collecting. Maybe […]
THE GREATEST LIVING BASEBALL PLAYER- WILLIE MAYS 87 TODAY
Back in 1969 for the baseball centennial they made a big deal out of naming Joe Dimaggio the greatest living player. It is still debatable as to whether Dimaggio was […]
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