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I like Terry Helget. He’s a friend. But sometimes I hate Terry. Terry didn’t mean us any harm. Knowing we were lifelong baseball fans, he introduced a gro
I like Terry Helget. He’s a friend. But sometimes I hate Terry. Terry didn’t mean us any harm. Knowing we were lifelong baseball fans, he introduced a gro
The Yankees had no right to win on April 26, 1920, but they somehow did.
share-square-1696432 Yermin Mercedes won't soon forget his first Major League hit. Or the four others that followed. The No. 21 White Sox prospect doubled as part of a 5-for-5, four-RBI performance in his club's 12-8 win over the Angels. The five hits established a club record for for a player in his first career start, eclipsing the previous mark of four held by Ping Bodie (1911) and Art Shires (1928). Playing in his first game since last August, Mercedes wasted little time getting into the hit column. The 28-year-old fell behind, 1-2, before lining an 86-mph fastball into left field for his...
Post-season exhibition games, Part 6: Poetry, lots of automobiles and 'girl venders' By JohnW53 on Jan 15, 2021, 2:32am CST + .......... The Cubs won 104 games in 1909. They finished second, 6.5 games behind the Pirates. They won 104 games again in 1910. They won the pennant by 13 games over the Giants and 17.5 over the Pirates. Go figure! When the Cubs had played the Tigers in the World Series in 1908, it ended, in 5 games, on Oct. 14. The 1910 Series, in which they faced the Athletics, did not even begin until Oct. 17. The Cubs needed a 10-inning win in Game 4 just to extend the...