Hall of Fame Heroes

1962 - Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are selected for the Baseball Hall of Fame in their first years of eligibility. Feller won 266 games in 18 seasons and captured 20 games six times for the Indians. Robinson not only broke baseball’s color barrier, he also led the Dodgers to six pennants [...]

Contributed by Ryan Campbell
Events
1920 – Babe Ruth hits his first home run as a Yankee.  It is the 50th home run of his career.
1920 – The longest game ever, between the Braves and Robins, ends after 26 innings in a 1-1 tie.  Both starting pitchers toss complete games and Charlie Pick of the Braves sets [...]

Today’s contest features a giveaway of a copy of the What If the Babe Had Kept His Red Sox?: And Other Fascinating Alternate Histories from the World of Sports, reviewed by our own Michael Street last summer. If you have not won a prize in the month of April, this contest is [...]

I ended up spending a several hours at the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday.  If you have never been, you should start planning your trip- especially if you are from the northeast United States.  While Induction weekend can be quite fun to see all the living greats who have played the game, these quiet off-season [...]

Babe Ruth would be celebrating his 115th birthday today.  Here is a nice Tom Singer piece about the Babe and all his records.  Did you know that when the Babe retired he held 17 major League records?  All but four have been broken.  Check out the piece to learn a little bit more about which [...]