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Did Ralph Kramden Really Have Tickets to the 1954 World Series?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Humor, MLB, Nostalgia, tagged , , on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Where was Ralph Kramden really going on October 3, 1954? In the Honeymooners sketch, “Game Called on Account of Marriage”, which debuted on the October 2, 1954 installment of the Jackie Gleason Show, Ralph tries to beg out of Alice’s sister’s wedding because he has tickets to the “Wooorld Series!” that was being played between the Cleveland Indians […]

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The Evangelical Outfielder: Billy Sunday’s Rise from the National League to the National Consciousness

Posted in Baseball, Culture, MLB, Nostalgia, tagged , on December 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »

(This is the second in a series on infamous or controversial historical figures who also had a notable association with baseball. For the first installment on John Dillinger, click here, and for the third installment on Marty Bergen, click here.) Chicago, the town that Billy Sunday could not shut down” – Lyrics from “Chicago” by Fred Fisher During the early part of […]

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Historic Rivalry Returns to Yankee Stadium; Army, Notre Dame Wake Up Echoes of Legends Past

Posted in Culture, Nostalgia, Yankee Stadium, tagged , , on November 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) Three of the most significant names in American sports history collide tonight when Army and Notre Dame not only play the fiftieth game in their historic rivalry (for a summary of every game, click here), but do so at Yankee […]

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Bless That Boy: Sparky’s Career Takes Him from Anonymity to the Hall of Fame; Almost Became Yankees Skipper in 1980

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Nostalgia, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , , , on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Just days after the news that Sparky Anderson had entered a hospice, the legendary manager passed away at the age of 76. George Lee “Sparky” Anderson was a career minor leaguer who played in only one major league season with the Phillies in 1959. At his best considered a poor man’s Eddie Stanky, Anderson never lived […]

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Ahead of the Pack: Baseball’s Relationship with Cigarettes

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Culture, MLB, Nostalgia, tagged on October 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Honus Wagner has been dead for nearly 55 years, but a group of Baltimore-based nuns is hoping that the Hall of Fame shortstop can come up big one more time…on the auction block that is. The School Sisters of Notre Dame are the latest in a long line of lucky owners who have found themselves […]

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Anniversary of Ruth’s 60 A Reminder That Babe Was in League of His Own

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Nostalgia, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

He jogged around slowly, touched each bag firmly and carefully, and when he imbedded his spikes in the rubber disk to record officially Homer 60, hats were tossed into the air, papers were torn up and tossed liberally and the spirit of celebration permeated the place.” – New York Times, October 1, 1927 On September 30, […]

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