Tag Archives: Carl Hubbell

OF ALL-STAR GAMES, STREAKS AND PURSUITS… “The best of times, the worst of times.” Charles Dickens

The All-Star break is here; a time held baseball tradition that dates back to 1933. For 89 times baseball has paused to celebrate its best players from each league in a one game contest with the prize being simply pride. … Continue reading

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APRIL 23, 1967, YAZ, WILLIAMS, SPAHN, HUBBELL, TED, HOYT, HANK AND MORE…

A Sunday in Boston Massachusetts. A Sunday in which the high for the day was 56 degrees, the low only 46. Yet encompassed in that rather innocuous, disparity, was the rumble of thunder and flashes of lightning around the old … Continue reading

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“Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.” Yogi Berra

Last Saturday August 1, 2015 baseball history was made. For the first time the reigning league MVP’s faced each other in a game. Well it’s sorta true. Thanks to the not so great idea of interleague play, it happened during the regular … Continue reading

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