Roberto Clemente

August 18, 2016 0

Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was one of the greatest right fielders in baseball history. Born in Carolina, a small town along the northeast coast of…

Sox Wear Shorts

August 8, 2016 0

The 1976 Chicago White Sox wore major league baseball’s most infamous uniform. The White Sox have always been the Second City’s second-rate team.  For over…

Vida Blue

July 28, 2016 0

Vida Blue was the first player in American League history to be named Most Valuable Player and Cy Young Award winner in the same season.…

Earl Weaver

July 11, 2016 0

Pitching, defense, and the three-run homer were the Holy Trinity of Earl Weaver’s managing philosophy. Earl Sidney Weaver was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August…

Cy Young Award

July 6, 2016 0

The Cy Young Award is a baseball pitcher’s most coveted prize. Named for Denton True Young [Daily Dose, March 15], the winningest pitcher in Major League…

Rick Wise

June 23, 2016 0

Richard Charles Wise may have put on the greatest one-game performance in major league baseball history in 1971. Born in Jackson, Michigan, September 13, 1945,…

Joe Nuxhall

June 10, 2016 0

Joseph Henry Nuxhall is the youngest player ever to appear in a major league baseball game. Born in Hamilton, Ohio—the “City of Sculpture”–July 30, 1928,…

Cool Papa Bell

May 17, 2016 0

James Thomas Bell may be the fastest man ever to play the game of baseball. Born in Starkville—anchor of northeast Mississippi’s Golden Triangle—on this date…