Catching up on Brodeur
After shutting out the Panthers on Jan. 20, Martin Brodeur went more than two months without a whitewash, and then — BAM! — two in a row, just as he’s setting himself up for the playoffs. He blanked the Hurricanes…
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Long ball lists x 30
Quick! Name the Padres’ franchise leader in home runs. It’s not Adrian Gonzalez, though it may be by the end of the season … depending on if (or when) San Diego trades him. Gonzalez entered the season needing 34 home…
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Diving into Mets history
’69 pins Earlier this week, I went to the Mets’ website and searched for tickets to last night’s game on Stubhub. I considered two seats in the front row of the Pepsi Porch — I can’t wait to sit there,…
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When the Sox and Yanks meet to start the season
Five years ago, the last time the Yankees and Red Sox opened the season against one another, I wrote this post. So here is the updated list, with that 2005 season reflected (the starred years of 1917 and 1919 featured…
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Jeter rules Jersey
I was kicking around Baseball-Reference‘s birth sites and, after some sorting, made a minor discovery: If Derek Jeter plays 150 games this season, he’ll have played more games in the majors than any other New Jersey-born player. <br>Report Created on…
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Little Old New York
The still image above is from a British tourism film about New York City in 1963. Along with scenes from Idlewild (pre-JFK) Airport, Chinatown and the downtown skyline is a segment on Yankee Stadium. The footage was taken on July…
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Hall of Fame | History | Media
Willie plays all fields
11:29 p.m. update — The Daily Show interview was great, of course, and Jon Stewart’s New Jersey roots made it unique, when Stewart mentioned Mays’ days with the Trenton Giants in 1950. Back when the Trenton Thunder came along in…
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Dead Ball days
Great stuff here: a montage of black-and-white baseball photographs from the Dead Ball Era, set to the theme from The Natural. You’ll find a couple of pictures of Babe Ruth on the mound for the Red Sox, Ty Cobb at…
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At the game | Ballparks | History | Photography | Road trip
Photo Friday: Memorial Stadium, 1991
Cal I never got to see Comiskey Park before it was replaced by New Comiskey, and I still regret that a bit. But I was just 13 in the summer of 1990, and Chicago is a long way from New…
