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Pujols was born. 

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My high school biology teacher (and baseball card avatar here) George "Red" Witt pitched in relief in a couple of the Yankee blow out wins in this series. He also pitched for the 1962 Los Angeles Ange

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In honor of George Washington, whose birthday is today. February 22, 1936: In celebration of George Washington's 204th birthday, Walter Johnson hurls a silver dollar across the Rappahannock River

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A startling postscript to that sad day:

In life, as in legend, (Wally) Pipp and Gehrig were inextricably linked. The two happened to meet in the lobby of Detroit's Book-Cadillac Hotel on the day in 1939 that Gehrig finally took himself out of the Yankee lineup.

Pipp and his son Ben had gone to Tiger Stadium that afternoon, and they saw Babe Dahlgren play in Gehrig's place. Dahlgren hit a home run and a double in five at bats as the Yankees clobbered the Tigers 22-2.

https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/06/29/just-a-pipp-of-a-legend

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Not a photo but came across some great trivia in an Ohtani article re: striking out 10 and then moving to the outfield.

But what happened that day – Sept. 28, 1952 – had pretty much nothing in common with what happened this day. In that game, Harvey Haddix started for the Cardinals. And walked the leadoff hitter. And then headed for right field – with nobody out in the first inning – so (take a deep breath) Stan Musial could come in and pitch for the only time in his career.

Hold on. What? Right. It was all because Frank Baumholtz was coming up for the Cubs. And Musial was battling Baumholtz for the batting title. So Musial’s manager, Eddie Stanky, thought it would be cool for Stan the Man to battle him literally. We are not making this up.

So Musial pitched to Baumholtz, who got so into the spirit of it, he decided to bat right-handed for the first and last time. Musial threw one pitch. Baumholtz bounced it to third, where third baseman Solly Hemus clanked it for an error. Then back went Musial to the outfield. And Haddix returned to the mound – and struck out 11.

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On 5/25/2021 at 9:05 AM, fan_since79 said:

I've never seen this footage before. Babe Ruth's final home run, May 25, 1935. The first ball ever hit over the 86-foot high right field roof at Forbes Field.

 

I remember watching one of the final Dodgers vs. Pirates games at Forbes Field and listening to Vinnie tell the story of Babes final three homers. Glad to see the video of it. 
 

That was also when I first heard that Ruth had played for the Braves. 

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