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Monday, October 6, 2014
Identical Records
This year, three different "cross-town" rivals finished with identical records. The Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals both went 96-66, the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's went 88-74, and the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox went 73-89.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Upton Brothers
At the beginning of this week, B.J. and Justin Upton did something that had never been done before: they became the first brothers to end a baseball game with back to back home runs in the 9th inning.
Justin Upton's solo home run in the 9th tied the score 1 to 1 against the Chicago Cubs. One out later, B.J. hit a solo shot that ended the game. They also became the 25th tandem of brothers to homer in the same major league game.
This follows up another unique feat they achieves last year.
On August 3 2012, B.J. hit the 100th home run of his career. A mere 44 minutes later, Justin hit his 100th. So what were the odds of them both hitting No. 100 on the same day? Well, of the six brother acts to hit 100 apiece, there had only been one time before that that any of those brothers had hit any number on the same day. Who were they? Why the Uptons themselves had hit #99 on the same day as well!
Justin Upton's solo home run in the 9th tied the score 1 to 1 against the Chicago Cubs. One out later, B.J. hit a solo shot that ended the game. They also became the 25th tandem of brothers to homer in the same major league game.
This follows up another unique feat they achieves last year.
On August 3 2012, B.J. hit the 100th home run of his career. A mere 44 minutes later, Justin hit his 100th. So what were the odds of them both hitting No. 100 on the same day? Well, of the six brother acts to hit 100 apiece, there had only been one time before that that any of those brothers had hit any number on the same day. Who were they? Why the Uptons themselves had hit #99 on the same day as well!
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Trading franchises
The year was 1957. The Brooklyn Dodgers were getting ready to move to the west coast the following year, along with their rivals, the New York Giants. Before that happened though, they were a part of one of the oddest trades in the sports history.
On February 21, 1957 the Brooklyn Dodgers trade the Chicago Cubs their minor league team in Forth Worth, TX for the Cubs' minor league team in Los Angeles. Not a player or two, but the entire 25-man roster. This was convenient for the Dodgers, with their impending move to Los Angeles, and the Cubs must have just felt a need for new blood in their system.
Not the strangest trade in baseball history, but probably the largest!
On February 21, 1957 the Brooklyn Dodgers trade the Chicago Cubs their minor league team in Forth Worth, TX for the Cubs' minor league team in Los Angeles. Not a player or two, but the entire 25-man roster. This was convenient for the Dodgers, with their impending move to Los Angeles, and the Cubs must have just felt a need for new blood in their system.
Not the strangest trade in baseball history, but probably the largest!
Monday, September 10, 2012
The one-pitch win
Ken Ash played a total of 55 Major League games in his 4 years career. That was all it took for him to make his mark in history.
On July 17, 1930 Ash, then pitching for the Reds, was brought into the game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning with the Reds trailing, no outs, and two runners on base. This was clearly not the best scenario.
Ash threw his first pitch to Charlie Grimm, which he grounded and resulted in a triple play. All outs on tags.
In the bottom half of the 9th, the Reds staged rallied for the comeback, winning 6-5 and thus giving Ash the victory on one pitch, the only person in Major League Baseball to ever accomplish this.
Ash was lifted the next inning for a pinch hitter, and the Reds scored 4 times, giving him the 6-5 win, his last win as a Major League pitcher. Thus, with a single pitch, Ash won a game and became the only person to have accomplished this feat.
On July 17, 1930 Ash, then pitching for the Reds, was brought into the game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning with the Reds trailing, no outs, and two runners on base. This was clearly not the best scenario.
Ash threw his first pitch to Charlie Grimm, which he grounded and resulted in a triple play. All outs on tags.
In the bottom half of the 9th, the Reds staged rallied for the comeback, winning 6-5 and thus giving Ash the victory on one pitch, the only person in Major League Baseball to ever accomplish this.
Ash was lifted the next inning for a pinch hitter, and the Reds scored 4 times, giving him the 6-5 win, his last win as a Major League pitcher. Thus, with a single pitch, Ash won a game and became the only person to have accomplished this feat.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Pantone colors
I wanted to share another great infographic from Craig Robinson over at Flip Flop Fly Ball. He compiled this great visual of different team Pantone colors, and which teams use the same color. As he said, it's interesting to note that if you bleed Dodger blue, you are also bleeding the exact same blue as Cubs fans.
