When Twelve Weren’t Enough

February 10, 2011 by Sam Miller · 4 Comments

Where were you on the afternoon of April 17, 2010? That afternoon the Cardinals and Mets embarked on a 20-inning game that lasted close to seven hours. On the way to their 2-1 win, I wonder if anyone on the Mets had epiphanies of Harvey Haddix. Haddix pitched a perfect game for 12 innings in […]

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Wake Up and Smell The (Bitter Cup of) Coffee!

August 11, 2010 by Doug Gladstone · Leave a Comment

Former Pittsburgh Pirates player and broadcaster Nellie King passed away yesterday at Family Hospice Center in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.Â Nellie was 82 years old. Signed as an amateur free agent in 1946, King didnâ€™t make his major league debut until 1954. Three years later, at the age of 29, he was out of baseball because […]

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