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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2023 7:52:08 GMT -5
1943:
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Rip Sewell debuted a bizarre "softball-like" pitch that looped the ball eighteen to twenty feet high on its way down to the strike zone. The "gag-pitch" was almost impossible to judge from the batters box and was later coined as a "blooper" or "eephus ball". Despite the complaints of many batters from around the league, the approach was ruled legal and Sewell went on to a 20+ win season...
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2023 7:58:25 GMT -5
1945:
Red Sox rookie Boo Ferriss set an American League record after pitching twenty-two consecutive shut out innings for the most scoreless innings at the start of a Major League career. His streak finally ended on May 13th after he allowed one earned run against the Detroit Tigers en route to a 6-2 victory...
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 25, 2023 10:29:00 GMT -5
I used to be one of those that lived near Wrigley Field. This is America! Use miles you bum! 
Just kidding. Cool stat!
How many times did you visit Wrigley, Chi? If I lived within 1.86 miles of a stadium I'd be there every day!
More times than I can remember. I moved there in 95, before a drugged up Sosa starting hitting all those HR's and tickets become more expensive. Back then, could walk over to Wrigley on a Saturday morning and buy a game day bleacher seat for $10. It was great and there were always tickets available. I lived on Byron St., right off Sheridan. Sheridan was the same street as Sheffield, which runs right past the left field part of Wrigley. Some streets in Chicago change names for no reason and Sheffield becomes Sheridan just north of Wrigley. It was a blast, I miss those days. |
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2023 12:01:20 GMT -5
On May 20th, 1946, Chicago Cubs ace Claude Passeau made his first error since 1941 to end an all-time pitcher's fielding streak of two-hundred seventy-three consecutive errorless chances. Passeau was noted for playing with a special modified glove due to a deformed left hand that was disfigured by a childhood shooting accident...
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2023 12:07:11 GMT -5
This is America! Use miles you bum!
Just kidding. Cool stat!
How many times did you visit Wrigley, Chi? If I lived within 1.86 miles of a stadium I'd be there every day!
More times than I can remember. I moved there in 95, before a drugged up Sosa starting hitting all those HR's and tickets become more expensive. Back then, could walk over to Wrigley on a Saturday morning and buy a game day bleacher seat for $10. It was great and there were always tickets available. I lived on Byron St., right off Sheridan. Sheridan was the same street as Sheffield, which runs right past the left field part of Wrigley. Some streets in Chicago change names for no reason and Sheffield becomes Sheridan just north of Wrigley. It was a blast, I miss those days. I have to say I can’t imagine life in the heart of a major city. When we moved to Pueblo West with its 30,000 or so people in 2017, and Pueblo with another 100,000 right down the road it felt suffocating. I just don’t like crowds… and traffic… I guess if you live around it for a while it must be good, because a lot of people do… |
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2023 12:11:48 GMT -5
Speaking of life:
It was with great joy and relief that we ran our furnace overnight and the is morning and our odor issue has been eliminated.
I found a local duct-cleaning service and they worked their asses off and did a terrific job yesterday.
Now, we wait only for Culligan. They should be calling us with a schedule this week. I anticipate somewhere around the middle of March for their installation.
Life is getting better, one step at a time!
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Post by kaybli on Feb 25, 2023 12:29:59 GMT -5
Speaking of life: It was with great joy and relief that we ran our furnace overnight and the is morning and our odor issue has been eliminated. I found a local duct-cleaning service and they worked their asses off and did a terrific job yesterday. Now, we wait only for Culligan. They should be calling us with a schedule this week. I anticipate somewhere around the middle of March for their installation. Life is getting better, one step at a time! That's awesome inger! So happy to hear! Best of luck with Culligan! |
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Post by kaybli on Feb 25, 2023 12:30:36 GMT -5
This is America! Use miles you bum!
Just kidding. Cool stat!
How many times did you visit Wrigley, Chi? If I lived within 1.86 miles of a stadium I'd be there every day!
More times than I can remember. I moved there in 95, before a drugged up Sosa starting hitting all those HR's and tickets become more expensive. Back then, could walk over to Wrigley on a Saturday morning and buy a game day bleacher seat for $10. It was great and there were always tickets available. I lived on Byron St., right off Sheridan. Sheridan was the same street as Sheffield, which runs right past the left field part of Wrigley. Some streets in Chicago change names for no reason and Sheffield becomes Sheridan just north of Wrigley. It was a blast, I miss those days. Cool stuff, Chi. Glad we didn't lose you to the Cubbies!  |
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2023 12:34:39 GMT -5
More times than I can remember. I moved there in 95, before a drugged up Sosa starting hitting all those HR's and tickets become more expensive. Back then, could walk over to Wrigley on a Saturday morning and buy a game day bleacher seat for $10. It was great and there were always tickets available. I lived on Byron St., right off Sheridan. Sheridan was the same street as Sheffield, which runs right past the left field part of Wrigley. Some streets in Chicago change names for no reason and Sheffield becomes Sheridan just north of Wrigley. It was a blast, I miss those days. Cool stuff, Chi. Glad we didn't lose you to the Cubbies! Good point! He could have easily gone astray… |
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 25, 2023 13:49:52 GMT -5
More times than I can remember. I moved there in 95, before a drugged up Sosa starting hitting all those HR's and tickets become more expensive. Back then, could walk over to Wrigley on a Saturday morning and buy a game day bleacher seat for $10. It was great and there were always tickets available. I lived on Byron St., right off Sheridan. Sheridan was the same street as Sheffield, which runs right past the left field part of Wrigley. Some streets in Chicago change names for no reason and Sheffield becomes Sheridan just north of Wrigley. It was a blast, I miss those days. I have to say I can’t imagine life in the heart of a major city. When we moved to Pueblo West with its 30,000 or so people in 2017, and Pueblo with another 100,000 right down the road it felt suffocating. I just don’t like crowds… and traffic… I guess if you live around it for a while it must be good, because a lot of people do… It was definitely an adjustment for me since I was coming from a small town that didn't even have a traffic light. I loved living in the city but I was young and single at the time. I wouldn't want to raise a family there. |
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 25, 2023 13:50:41 GMT -5
Cool stuff, Chi. Glad we didn't lose you to the Cubbies! Good point! He could have easily gone astray… I'd never ditch my Yankees or Steelers or Penguins.  |
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2023 18:05:56 GMT -5
Good point! He could have easily gone astray… I'd never ditch my Yankees or Steelers or Penguins. I ditched the Colts and the old Washington Bullets…and their entire sports… |
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2023 21:36:53 GMT -5
On July 14, 1946, Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians told the media, "We had to do something" after losing to the Boston Red Sox in a doubleheader. Boudreau was speaking about the first appearance of the Boudreau Shift which took place during game two. The famous defensive maneuver was used against Ted Williams and it featured six players moving to the right side of second base and the left fielder being repositioned at shortstop (making him the only player left of second base). Williams stepped out of the batters box when faced with the unusual defense, made a humorous gesture, then promptly hit a double down the right field line.
Ted Williams wrote in My Turn At Bat, "Someone said, 'Is that the easiest homer you ever got?' And I said, 'Hell no, it was the hardest. I had to run." The hardest home run of his career occurred on September 13, 1946, when he hit a ball past the left-fielder who was playing shortstop in the new Boudreau Shift maneuver. The first inning inside-the-park-home-run was the only run scored by the Boston Red Sox who defeated the Cleveland Indians 1-0 and clinched the American League pennant…
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Post by inger on Feb 26, 2023 9:04:29 GMT -5
In 1949, "Joltin" Joe DiMaggio signed with the New York Yankees for a reported sum of $100,000. It was the first six-figure contract in the history of Major League Baseball...
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Post by inger on Feb 26, 2023 9:05:48 GMT -5
On June 24, 1949, the New York Yankees signed a high school player for $1,000 on the advice of scout Tom Greenwade who said, "The first time I saw (Mickey) Mantle I knew how Paul Krichell felt when he first saw Lou Gehrig. He know that as a scout he would never have another moment like it."…
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