On May 18, 1912, the Detroit Tigers were in Philadelphia facing the Athletics at Shibe Park. Just after warm-ups when the umpire called for the game to begin, the Tigers players walked off the field in unison into their clubhouse and refused to play. In doing so, they effectuated the first strike in the history […]
I first came across the name Tyrone Everett in a list of Philly’s Best Ever Fighters compiled by Bernard Hopkins in The Great Book of Philadelphia Sports Lists. Everett’s entry was a mere two sentences long, but the 2nd sentence more than piqued my interest. He was robbed in his 1976 Spectrum title fight against […]
On Monday night Vin Mazzaro of the Royals gave up an incredible 14 runs in 2 1/3 innings. It was statistically the worst pitching performance in modern baseball history. So let’s face it, you’re curious: what have been the worst performances All-Time by Phillies pitchers? Well in terms of runs allowed, 3 Phillies pitchers have […]
On May 17th, 1979, a howling wind blew straight out to left in Wrigley Field, and it carried a lot of baseballs with it. By the time this historic game was done, there had been 45 runs scored, 50 hits, and 11 Home Runs. The two starting pitchers lasted 1/3 of an inning each. 11 […]
Who had the sweetest moustache in Phillies history?survey software Ok, it’s election day, and we’re down to our 3 finalists. So tell us, who has the sweetest moustache in Phillies history?
Cliff Lee averaged 1.2 walks for every 9 innings pitched over his first eight starts this year, leading the league. He had not walked more than 2 batters in any one of those starts. And then last night happened. Lee lacked his usually dead-on-balls-accurate control and set a career high with 6 walks in 6.1 […]
On May 16th, 1953, Phillies pitcher Curt Simmons took the hill to face the Milwaukee Braves in front of 23,000 plus at Milwaukee County Stadium. The Braves had a strong squad that was destined to win 92 games and finish 2nd in the NL that year. The Phils, 3 years removed from their 1950 World […]
“You gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em; know when to walk away, from a proposed Jockey underwear photo shoot.” I don’t know what Steve Carlton got paid for this 1977 Jockey ad, but it wasn’t enough. Oh well, it could have been worse: he could have come off looking like […]
Napolean Lajoie is indisputably one of baseball’s greats. “Nap” amassed 3,242 hits in his career, which is good enough for 12th in the history of the game. His lifetime average of .338 places him in the all-time top 20. In addition to batting over .300 in 16 of his 21 seasons and higher than .350 […]
Sometimes, I come across something so insane, so ridiculous, that I have to find a way to tie to Philadelphia, no matter how tentative the connection. This is one of those times. Mike Grady was born in Kennett Square, and started his career for the Phillies, so there’s your connection. But it was a couple […]
One of the Phillies biggest fans passed away recently. Hattie Gubel, who was born not far from Shibe Park, died at age 96. Two years ago, she attended a Phillies World Series game in Tampa, and in 2009 she went to Wrigley to watch the Phils play the Cubs to celebrate her 95th birthday. It […]
The Philadelphia Stars took on the Chicago American Giants in the 1934 Negro National League Championship. It was a highly emotional and controversial Series. The Chicago American Giants got to host the first 4 games, winning three. The teams came back to Philly, where the Stars won Games 5 and 6 (interestingly, all of the […]
