The Glory Days: Dramatic Homers Usher in the 1960s
May 13, 2012 by Thad Mumau · 1 Comment
A pair of monumental home runs ushered in the 1960s, and both blasts have been talked and written about ever since. Bill Mazeroski’s seventh-game homer was the first to end a World Series, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates victory over the New York Yankees. Various polls of fans and writers have ranked it the most dramatic […]
Cardiac Kids Take Chicago
April 9, 2012 by Ted Leavengood · 10 Comments
Three tense and tightly contested games yielded two road wins for the 2012 Washington Nationals in Chicago thanks to surprising late inning magic. Call them the “Comeback Kids,” the “Cardiac Kids,” whatever you will, but the Nationals scored nine times in the last two innings during the three-game set in the Windy City. The late […]
Creighton Gubanich: Making a Grand Entrance
August 20, 2011 by Andrew Martin · Leave a Comment
Drafted in the 6th round of the 1990 baseball draft by the Oakland Athletics, Creighton Gubanich’s 6-3 200 pound build represented his identity as a power hitting catcher. Also playing a little third and first, Gubanich posted solid numbers everywhere he went in the minors, but was blocked at the major league level by All […]
The Ultimate Seven-Game Fall Classic: Game Two
November 4, 2010 by Mike Lynch · 1 Comment
In part one of my Ultimate Seven-Game Fall Classic series, I featured Game One of the 1988 World Series between the Oakland A’s and Los Angeles Dodgers. This time around, I’m traveling back to the Deadball Era when pitchers still dominated the game and runs were hard to come by. It wasn’t until the “Roaring […]
