A Winning Manager Who Knew Baseball Inside and Out
March 30, 2014 by Matt Nadel · Leave a Comment
Hey baseball fans! The San Diego Padres play their first game of the 2014 MLB season today against the Dodgers, so I wanted to talk about the man who was their manager for their first World Series appearance in 1984. Dick Williams didn’t have the best playing career, but he was elected into the Baseball Hall […]
50 años del sin hits ni carreras de Bo Belinsky.(50 years from Bo Belinsky’s no-hitter.)
May 4, 2012 by Alfonso L. Tusa C. · Leave a Comment
Había escuchado de este logro. De todas formas disfruté la reseña del libro “No-Hitters” de Rich Westcott y Allen Lewis. Los Angelinos de Los Angeles recibían a los Orioles del Baltimore el sábado 05 de mayo de 1962 en el Dodger Stadium de Chavez Ravine. Después que finalizó el encuentro Belinsky reconoció que la noche […]
Paul Hartzell: Tales of a Pitcher
April 26, 2012 by Andrew Martin · Leave a Comment
At 6’5 and 200 pounds, right-handed Paul Hartzell personified a classically built pitcher. He was chosen by the California Angels in the 10th round of the 1975 MLB draft after having attended Lehigh University. The Angels were helmed at the time by future Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams and pitchers Frank Tanana and Nolan […]
Blue Monday: a Bitter Expos Anniversary
October 17, 2011 by Bill Young · 1 Comment
“Blue Monday, how I hate Blue Monday” Fats Domino may have sung the words, but it took Expos fans to live the nightmare – and many of us still carry the pain. It was thirty years ago today when we – and by ‘we’ I mean every living, breathing, Expos fan in Canada – watched […]
Overbearing, Ostentatious and Odd
June 30, 2011 by Sam Miller · Leave a Comment
Overbearing, ostentatious, odd. All three words could describe the way Charlie O. Finley operated. You won’t want to miss this week’s read, “Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball’s Super Showman” by G. Michael Green and Roger D. Lanius. Read this book because: 1. Charlie Finley did some good. Up until the end of his […]
Andre Dawson and the Hall, A Perspective
July 20, 2010 by Alain Usereau · 2 Comments
So, Andre Dawson is in the Hall of Fame as a member of the Montreal Expos. He’s the third former Expos player to be inducted, following Gary Carter and Tony Perez. Manager Dick Williams and coach Duke Snider are also in and there’s a good chance that John McHale will join them posthumously some day. […]
