There was no more famous Baltimore Oriole than Babe Ruth. The 19 year-old got his start with Jack Dunn’s Birds, and between Dunn and catcher Ben Egan, Ruth quickly developed into the hottest pitcher in the minor leagues. However, competition from the Federal League led Jack Dunn to sell his greatest find, causing a lifetime of resentment and the reason why he would hold on to so many of his stars long past the time they should have gone to the major leagues. […]
What’s a better way to celebrate Father’s Day than throwing a no-hit COMPLETE GAME? Phillies ace Jim Bunning did just that back in 1964… […]
When the teenage Orestes Miñoso approached the manager of the Ambrosia Candy Company baseball team for a tryout, little did he know that it would be the beginning of a career that would span four countries and last seven decades. […]
Along with the weight of being Joe DiMaggio’s successor, Mickey Mantle also had to endure being labeled a draft dodger, steering clear of shyster businessmen, avoiding exploding fireworks, and most of all, keeping from being sent back to the minors. […]
Hack Wilson’s fall following the 1930 season in which he hit 56 homers and a record 191 RBI, was tremendous and tragic. However, for one day in 1938, the former star was able to make all the years between 1930 and 1938 disappear… […]
QUESTION: Who is the only guy to play for the Braves in all 3 cities they called home: Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta?
ANSWER: Eddie Mathews. But did you know he traveled the same route in reverse on his way to majors? […]
Back in art school, I had a painting professor who used a peculiar phrase to describe the little details that make a painting standout: “moments.” In this post, I’ll share some of my favorite “moments” in the 1921 Orioles series. […]
There was no more famous Baltimore Oriole than Babe Ruth. The 19 year-old got his start with Jack Dunn’s Birds, and between Dunn and catcher Ben Egan, Ruth quickly developed into the hottest pitcher in the minor leagues. However, competition from the Federal League led Jack Dunn to sell his greatest find, causing a lifetime of resentment and the reason why he would hold on to so many of his stars long past the time they should have gone to the major leagues. […]
For the entirety of his life, society did everything possible to marginalize Sol White and his accomplishments. But while a lesser man would have accepted his fate and faded from memory, Sol White made sure he preserved it. […]
In the spring of 1922 a strapping young man stepped off the Manhattan train and into the streets of Morristown, New Jersey. The city-slicker shouldered his bag of baseball equipment and headed to Collinsville Oval where he was hired to play for the local ball club. In the scorecard he would be called “Lou Long” – in reality he was Lou Gehrig, and for the second summer in a row he was violating college rules by playing ball for money… […]