There is a baseball team in Boston, Massachusetts called The Red Sox that won 5 of the first 18 Modern Era World Series ever played and were poised to dominate the 1920s with the emergence of the best athlete ever to play the game, a charismatic delinquent from Baltimore named Babe Ruth, a phenomenal pitcher …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 10/27/23 – CURSE OF THE BAMBINO LIFTED DAY! Read More »
“The Imperfect Man Pitches The Perfect Game!” was how one headline so aptly put it. On October 8th, 1956, the only perfect game ever pitched in the World Series was thrown by Don Larsen, which is why today is NATIONAL PERFECT GAME DAY! It was yet another World Series matchup between the New York Yankees and …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 10/8/23 – PERFECT GAME DAY! Read More »
It was the best of trades. It was the worst of trades. December 26, 1919. For the New York Yankees, it was the best thing that ever happened, the very first step in forging their brand name as the winningest team in professional sports. For the Red Sox? Not so much, making this a day of …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 12/26/22 – RED SOX SELL BABE RUTH DAY! Read More »
So, George Steinbrenner, the volatile and famous owner of Major League Baseball’s premier team, The New York Yankees, died the way he lived, upstaging the game he loved. On the morning before baseball’s annual All Star Game, George Steinbrenner reminded the world that he has done more to transform and promote the game of baseball …
It’s Opening Day! Baseball is back, and the world is suddenly in harmony again after a challenging Winter filled with bad weather and worse news. The weather is perfect, as Springy a Spring day as ever there was, and the defending World Campion New York Yankees are opening the 2010 season against the Boston Red …
