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As we dive into the 2021 baseball season with high hopes and unknown expectations, it is worthwhile to take note of what happened 75 years ago, for this is the anniversary of one of the best teams in Red Sox history. The 1946 Red Sox (104 and 50 during the season) will always be remembered, of course, as the victims of Enos Slaughters mad dash to home to capture the World Series title, but 46 was a glorious time to be a Red Sox fan. The Sox that year led the American League from wire to wire, b...

Cubs oldest position players, pitchers By JohnW53 on Apr 12, 2021, 6:22am CDT + Who was the oldest in the Modern Era? Who was their oldest pitcher? Who was their oldest pitcher in his final season? Each of those questions has a different answer. .......... Nearly 125 years after his final game, Cap Anson remains the oldest player in franchise history to appear anywhere other than on the mound. The last game of his remarkable, 27-season career -- No. 2,524 overall and No. 2,277 for ...

Baseball is just about back in St. Louis. After a surreal 2020 season — cardboard fans, anyone? — the Cardinals are set for their home opener this afternoon. First pitch for the game against the Milwaukee Brewers is at 3:15 p.m., which really isnt all that far away. But in the meantime, pre-gaming with a few great Cards moments never hurt anybody. David Freese in Game 6 The pride of Wildwood may have spent more than half of his career in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh, but hell ...

Copy shortlink: Wayne Terwilliger, the infectious baseball lifer who broke into the big leagues in 1949 and spent the rest of his life around the game, died on Wednesday at age 95. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Terwilliger had dealt with dementia and bladder cancer before a brief stay in hospice care in Weatherford, Texas. Terwilliger first joined the Twins working for manager Ray Miller in 1986 and stayed on when Tom Kelly took over later that season. He wa...

More Cubs vs. American League pitchers By JohnW53 on Jan 29, 2021, 6:38am CST + The previous posts in this series looked at the success -- or lack thereof -- against American League pitchers in All-Star Games of Cubs greats who never batted in the World Series, and only 1 of whom batted in a handful of interleague games. Five players were featured: Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Ryne Sandberg and Andre Dawson. Each post detailed the players performance through the lens of t...

By the Numbers: Super Bowl LV Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will take on Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl LV on Sunday, Feb. 7, in a game that pits two of the game’s best quarterbacks against each other. Brady will appear in his tenth Super Bowl game, breaking a tie with Don Chandler and Lou Groza for most for NFL championship game appearances all-time. Luke Bellus, TSN.ca Staff Tom Brady , The Canadian Press Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buc...