Photo Friday: Padres vs. Phillies, 1994
Brawl at the plate It was a Monday afternoon in May 1994 and I was a senior in high school. My dad was on the board of education in our town, so he knew the administration well, so when the…
History
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Revisionist history: Darryl and Dawson on the Mets
MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch was at the Baseball Assistance Team‘s annual dinner last night and filed a story comprised of several conversations with some of the Hall of Famers and other baseball illuminati. This one particular anecdote from former Mets manager…
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Dance-Off ’86
Not only did the Mets win 35 more games than the Dodgers in 1986, but they produced an exponentially better music video that year.
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Project Rundown: The Bucs’ sartorial switch
I was looking through the Pirates uniform history in the 1970s on Dressed to the Nines and noticed something that seemed peculiar to me. In 1970, the club had two distinct sets of home and away uniforms: The traditional sleeveless…
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When the Mets leased New York
I’ve been sitting on a recent article by Tyler Kepner in The New York Times because I haven’t had the time to finish all the research I’d intended for this post. The piece included an interesting statistic (and echoed some…
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Another blanking for Brodeur
Career shutout No. 108 for Martin Brodeur tonight in a 2-0 win over the Panthers. He leads the NHL with seven this season, the most he’s had since he last led the league, with 12 in 2006-07. Brodeur’s played 46…
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The Cobb Field story
Cobb Field (top) by trimworksconst; Dehler Park via Baseballparks.com I put the Golden Globes on the backburner last night to watch Cobb Field: A Day at the Ball Park on MLB Network. Part of the Reel Hardball series (“Movies Out…
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Another shutout — and then some
Martin Brodeur stopped 51 shots as the Devils beat the Rangers, 1-0, tonight. But it wasn’t just a 1-0 win, it was a 1-0 shootout win, coming after 65 minutes of scoreless hockey at Madison Square Garden. Not only did…
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Still a fan of the summer of ’98
Mark McGwire at Wrigley Field, May 1, 1998 I graduated from college in 1998, so that was a special summer for me, too. I set up my spring semester schedule to only have classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My friends…
