Today in 1975, the Kansas City Royals fired Jack McKeon and replaced him with Whitey Herzog. Today, Herzog will celebrate one year in the Baseball Hall of Fame, while Jack McKeon will manage or perhaps babysit the Florida Marlins as they host the New York Mets.
Today’s Baseball Watcing: Beginning at 11:30am, the Baseball Hall of [...]
This Day in History
Many of you may know that I grew up in Dayton, Ohio, now the home of the Dayton Dragons, Class-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. The Dragons weren’t there when I was growing up, but this weekend the Dragons have broken the record for consecutive sell-outs by a professional sports franchise in the United States. [...]
Wonder what happened to Wily Mo? Well we were wondering last week as we watched Bronson Arroyo’s crazy high straight leg pitching style for the Reds- as Pena was the player given up to acquire Arroyo. Ask a question, and somehow the baseball gods hear it and provide an answer. This Jeff Passan piece could [...]
Camden Yards is beautiful. One can forget such simple truths without regular visits, and yesterday we made a trip to Baltimore to see the Orioles host the Reds. That wasn’t the only baseball related activity yesterday though. Our day started off at Babe Ruth’s birthplace, located just blocks from the ballpark. Ruth’s mother returned to [...]
On this date in 1944, Cincinnati Reds reliever Joe Nuxhall became the youngest player to ever appear in a major league game, pitching 2/3 of an inning at the age of 15 years and 316 days against the St. Louis Cardinals in the Reds’ Crosley Field. Nuxhall, who was added to the depleted Reds roster [...]
