@Jimfrombaseball Jim Koenigsberger

Jim Koenigsberger posts on X about world series, mlb, bob, gibson the most. They currently have [------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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Top Social Posts

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""Satchel Paige heard an opposing player in Denver call him an "overrated darkie." He told me to bring in the infielders & outfielders and had the seven of them kneel around him as he struck out the side on nine pitches." Buck ONeil"
X Link 2023-10-26T17:28Z 29.4K followers, 158.6K engagements

"A senior citizen caught John Kruk after smoking a cigarette after a game: "That's horrible to see a professional athlete like you smoking." "I'm not an athlete lady I'm a baseball player." John Kruk Legend"
X Link 2024-07-10T16:14Z 29.4K followers, 111.1K engagements

""Im going to lead the Southern League in batting" Joe Charboneau in his first interview as a member of the Chattanooga Lookouts in [----]. Joe made good on his boast batting .352 [--] HR [--] RBI in [---] games. Charboneaus off-field activities included pulling out his own teeth with a pair of pliers opening beer bottles with his eye socket removing an unwanted tattoo with a razor blade winning bets by eating lighted cigarettes swallowing eggs in their shells and downing glasses of beer through his nose. [----] American League Rookie of the Year LEGEND "Making it to the big leagues was the highlight"
X Link 2025-07-07T18:35Z 29.4K followers, 16.1K engagements

""Bye Bye Balboni" Steve Balboni to a reporter after hitting a grand slam: Hitting your first grand slam is a thrill. Ill always remember this. Reporter: You hit a grand slam two years ago Steve. Balboni: Oh yeah. I guess I forgot about that one"
X Link 2025-09-29T20:37Z 29.4K followers, 37.5K engagements

"Woody Strode Kenny Washington and Jackie Robinson starred on the [----] UCLA Bruins football team in which they made up three of the four backfield players. They became famous nationally as "the Gold Dust gang""
X Link 2022-04-02T22:38Z 21.2K followers, [--] engagements

"Ben Taylor- In all but one of his first [--] seasons batted over .300. Also a manager and excellent teacher of young players. It was from him that Buck Leonard learned to polish and refine his skills as a first baseman. Brother of C.I. Candy Jim and Johnny "Steel Arm" Taylor"
X Link 2022-04-20T21:18Z 21.2K followers, [--] engagements

"Nancy Parks Valelly In her70s she became a successful "outsider" artist with several shows of her striking large canvas paintings of Negro League baseball teams and players African-American church bake sales and African-American jazz musicians. Ben Taylor-Jimmie Crutchfield"
X Link 2022-08-22T17:07Z 21.3K followers, [--] engagements

"August [--] [----] a brawl between the Holywood Stars & LA Angels lasted [--] minutes broken up only when [--] riot police were sent to Gilmore Field by Chief of Police William Parker who was at home watching the game on television when the fight started"
X Link 2022-08-27T21:00Z 21.2K followers, [--] engagements

"After graduating from college moved to LA to become an assistant baseball coach at Northridge State University. Called local minor league sports became the play-by-play man for the Los Angeles Rams the California Angels and the UCLA Bruins. Dick Enberg"
X Link 2022-10-23T15:32Z 21.2K followers, [--] engagements

"52 - Showing good international form pitcher Hannie Urbanus from Amsterdam works out at NY Giants training camp in Phoenix. First European baseball player ever to get an invitation to MLB camp. Pitchedeleven no-hittersand played for the Dutch National Team for [--] years"
X Link 2022-11-26T18:31Z 21.3K followers, [--] engagements

"In Canton Mississippi right after WWI they wrote an article about returning Black soldiers from WWI and the KKK came and burned the newspaper down Hollie Sims originally ran The Negro Star while he lived in Greenwood Mississippi. City sheriff and others made Sims unwelcome"
X Link 2022-12-10T16:48Z 21.4K followers, [--] engagements

"@XFactorTechn I believe baseball is a game of fundamentalsas a coach you teach fundamentals to each players skill level and ability. Not everyone is a five tool player. College coaches coach to win Championships. Youth coaches coach to see the kids smile"
X Link 2022-12-15T05:35Z 21.2K followers, [--] engagements

"Illustration sometimes known as A Base Ball Match and A Base Ball Game is "Hy" Sandhams best-known work but the prolific Canadian artist painted other wonderful works as well. [----] Temple Cup playoff game between Orioles and the NY Giants at the Polo Grounds"
X Link 2022-12-20T16:56Z 21.2K followers, [---] engagements

"Chicago White Sox Chico Carrasquel poses with his team on June [--] [----]. Carrasquel was only member of [----] team to have been with White Sox in [----]. Here other team member hold signs with their former team names on them"
X Link 2023-01-04T16:38Z 21.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Mrs. & Mr. Seaver met when they were children they started dating until they were in college; eventually Tom proposed in Florida while he was playing with a minor league team. They exchanged vows onJune [--] 1966"
X Link 2023-01-13T17:10Z 21.2K followers, [---] engagements

"Married Princess Luukialuana Kalaeloa relative of Liliuokalani last Queen of Hawaii which was illegal in [----]. "You'd have thought I was marrying Lana Turner the way the whites in Hollywood acted" [--] UCLA football players Woodrow Strode Jack Robinson Kenny Washington"
X Link 2023-01-15T16:55Z 21.2K followers, [---] engagements

"Mobs of white residents brutally attacked the Black community of Greenwood colloquially known as "Black Wall Street" deadliest racial massacre in U.S. history. National Guard forced into detention more than [----] Blacks interned at Tulsa Fairgrounds. June [---] Tulsa"
X Link 2023-01-21T16:49Z 21.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Was first MLB player drafted called-up for WWII. Served with Army for [--] months returned to Detroit After attack on Pearl Harbor re-enlisted. "Im returning to service. I have not been called back I am going back of my own accord Hank Greenberg"
X Link 2023-01-31T16:43Z 21.4K followers, [---] engagements

""If you watch a game it's fun. If you play it it's recreation. If you work at it it's golf. - Bob Hope Bing Crosby was part owner of Pittsburgh Pirates team while his friend Bob Hope had interests in Cleveland Indians"
X Link 2023-02-08T17:27Z 21.2K followers, [---] engagements

"Hank Aaron donated all his memorabilia to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. His [----] World Series ring; the bat that struck his 3000th hit in 70; his Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by George W. Bush in 2002they all rest now in Cooperstown N.Y"
X Link 2023-02-11T19:22Z 21.2K followers, [----] engagements

""The Amazing Mets" Album a tribute to [--] NY Mets season where team clinched NL Eastern Divisional Championship. It features singing from many of the team members. "Produced Greater Sales in New York Than Any Other Buddah Record in History Buddah Records Inc""
X Link 2023-02-16T16:21Z 21.2K followers, [---] engagements

"I think there are some ways in which I can take a positive stand and actually aid the prosperity and popularity of baseball by very reason of my sex" [--] Helene Hathaway Britton First woman owner of MLB team inherited Cardinals after death of uncle Stanley Robison"
X Link 2023-02-22T17:40Z 21.2K followers, [---] engagements

"Hank Allen grew up around horses. His father owned working horses and all the sons helped feed and groom them. Also grew up around baseball. His oldest brother Coy played in the NL before Hank Dick and Ron Allen all reached the MLB. "Begged and pleaded" for a job in baseball"
X Link 2023-02-22T18:00Z 21.3K followers, [----] engagements

"61 Howard Cosell held a job as a sports anchor on the ABC television affiliate in New York and at spring training that year the Yankees manager Ralph Houk told him Youre like shit. Youre everywhere"
X Link 2023-03-10T18:03Z 21.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Curt Floods life had yet to be truly sullied by racism. But when he arrived for training camp he caught sight of two water fountains at baggage claim. One was marked White and the other Colored. For a wild instant I wondered whether the signs meant club soda or Coke"
X Link 2023-03-13T16:57Z 21.2K followers, [---] engagements

""Knock one out of the park with a New York Mets watch from Timex. Remember Mets fans this is not a toy this is Official" Vintage 1960s NY Mets watch ad"
X Link 2023-03-16T18:38Z 21.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Just days before Democratic National Convention in LA Kennedy received a letter from MLB star Jackie Robinson. Robinson had originally campaigned for Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey but ultimately chose to support Richard Nixon over Kennedy for the presidency"
X Link 2023-03-24T18:49Z 21.2K followers, [----] engagements

"24 Monarch & Hilldale playing in Negro League WS. Caliber of league players led Commissioner Landis to halt postseason brainstorming by MLB players. This kept ballplayers from earning after-season cash and stopped any comparisons between black AL teams and MLB"
X Link 2023-04-03T16:21Z 22.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Replaced Robinson at SS Monarchs [--]. Became a sportscaster and sports director for Atlanta radio station WIGO and sports editor for the Atlanta Daily World. He was also a scout for the Montreal Expos and was the first official scorer for the Atlanta Braves. "Chico" Renfroe"
X Link 2023-04-08T16:32Z 21.4K followers, [---] engagements

"The day the Supreme Court upheld reserve clause Curt Flood was in Majorca. After learning that the Court voted 5-3 in favor of affirming baseballs reserve clause said. Baby I gave them one hell of a fight"
X Link 2023-04-21T16:34Z 21.2K followers, [---] engagements

"NY Giants sent scout Eddie Montague to determine if Willie Mays could play in MLB. Himself a major leaguer Montague played four seasons with Indians in28. With scouts favorable reviews Giants signed Mays. Montagues son Ed was an MLB umpire 74-09"
X Link 2023-05-01T18:46Z 21.2K followers, [---] engagements

"His style of leaving a finger outside his glove was later imitated by other catchers. He is a man of principles; he did not enter the Yankee Stadium for [--] years after his baseless dismissal from the New York Yankees team until the owner personally apologized to him. Yogi Berra"
X Link 2023-05-16T17:00Z 18.4K followers, [----] engagements

"September [--] [----] Tossing a 9-0 shutout against Toronto Maple Leafs 19-year-old Babe Ruth of AAA Providence Grays hits the first home run in his professional career at Hanlans Point. It will be Ruths only minor-league homer. Called "Southside Phenom" by Toronto Daily Star"
X Link 2023-05-20T15:46Z 18.5K followers, [----] engagements

"68 Dodgers drafted [--] players who played [---] seasons appeared [--] All Star games over [-----] hits [----] home runs. [--] pitchers had [---] big wins [--] Gold Gloves a batting championship All Star MVP award MVP award WS MVP award N.L. record holder for consecutive games played"
X Link 2023-05-22T16:51Z [----] followers, 48.1K engagements

""Serena" Toyin Ojih Odutola [----]. Pastel charcoal and graphite on paper. National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institute. Acquired through the generosity of NIKE Inc"
X Link 2023-05-24T15:30Z 10.8K followers, [---] engagements

"Expanded her kissing exploits NFL NBA NASCAR NHL. Was arrested [--] times and suffered cracked knee cap broken tailbone three broken ribs at hands of security. She faced charges of trespassing or causing turmoil. She never got convicted. Morgana The Kissing Bandit"
X Link 2023-05-26T15:20Z 26.5K followers, [---] engagements

"TV leaves nothing to the imagination Harold Arlin There are two kinds of baseball fans: The kind that likes listening to games on the radio. And the kind that doesnt. I can still hear Ernie Harwell in my ear TV killed the Golden Era"
X Link 2023-05-26T18:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Jack Dunn noticed Ruth when he was [--] and signed to him to the Baltimore Orioles for $600. When Ruth showed up at training camp14 another player is said to have called out Here's one of Dunnies Babes"
X Link 2023-05-29T15:17Z 18.5K followers, [----] engagements

"60 Ted Williams hits a HR off Senators pitcher Don Lee. As a rookie in [----] Ted hit a HR off Dons dad White Sox pitcher Thornton Lee"
X Link 2023-05-31T15:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Rival Stanford called him Lightning Jackie Robinson known for big plays. According to New York Times he returned a punt [--] yards39 game to help the Bruins beat Washington Huskies. [--] weeks later caught touchdown pass that went [--] yards for a score to help UCLA top Oregon"
X Link 2023-06-04T15:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"It symbolizes to me something special because he didn't have a lot of talent but he gave you [---] percent; that's the way Brad Gulden was. Humm-baby." RIP Roger Craig"
X Link 2023-06-05T01:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Jimmie Foxx with all those muscles hitting drives that sounded like gunfire. Crraack. A hell of a lot louder than mine sounded. TedWilliams"
X Link 2023-06-07T15:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"MLB record crowd of [-----] attends Roy Campanella Night exhibition game between Dodgers & Yankees at Memorial Coliseum59. Even though Campy never had played in LA fans wanted to salute him. Some [-----] more fans were turned away in the sell-out"
X Link 2023-06-08T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"79 Bowie Kuhn citing MLB rules against players involved with gambling banned Mays from working in baseball saying a casino is no place for baseball hero & HOFer. [--] Commissioner Rob Manfred announced MGM Resorts would become first ever Official Gaming Partner of MLB"
X Link 2023-06-10T15:37Z 18.8K followers, [----] engagements

"NL ROY Mets' Jon Matlack surrendered Roberto Clemente's 3000th career hit on Sept. [--] [----]. Roberto Clemente became the first Latin American player to be elected to HOF in [----]. Clementeretrieves the ball after hitting his 3000th career hit"
X Link 2023-06-11T16:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""At [--] one of Yogis American League coaches contacted New York Yankees on Yogis behalf and New York team in the Bronx made an offer. It included a $500 signing bonus. Yogi accepted." Yogi Berra lounges on one of gifts he received during Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium59"
X Link 2023-06-12T15:49Z 18.4K followers, [----] engagements

""Hot Pants Night" Sponsored by L'eggs pantyhose first-ever "Goose Egg" Award given to achagrined Braves manager Eddie Mathews. The awards included a dozen pair of pantyhose given to the Braves players for every inning they kept the New York Mets off the scoreboard"
X Link 2023-06-17T22:56Z 18.5K followers, [---] engagements

"Genocide survivor who as an old man recalled witnessing Turkish soldiers beheading Armenians like chickens serendipitously won World Championship [--] annual commemorative date of the Armenian Genocide. One of most successful wrestlers in history. Ali Baba aka Harry Ekizian"
X Link 2023-06-21T16:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""If you were laggard or slacker you got on his shortlist & he would let you know in no uncertain terms. Some players couldnt handle it" Keith Hernandez [--] of only [--] players to sit out game in68 in honor of Robert F. Kennedy who had recently been killed. The Judge & Rusty Staub"
X Link 2023-06-26T15:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Steinbrenner told Howser to fire coach Mike Ferraro his friend. Quietly Howser said No. Steinbrenner screamed Yes. Told Steinbrenner to take most glamorous job in baseball job he had worked [--] years to get and shove it. Fire my friend fire me. Howser Munson Howard"
X Link 2023-06-26T15:35Z 18.5K followers, 36.5K engagements

"3000 hits important "No Danny I have a project going in Puerto Rico for the underprivileged and I have made so much progress with the political men in our country that Im beginning to think my dream will come true." Thats the Roberto Clemente I know. Danny Murtaugh"
X Link 2023-06-26T15:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Work I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing had a passion for it" Went from Negro Leagues to MLB without playing minor league ball. "Ernie Banks at Ebbetts Field" Margie Lawrence"
X Link 2023-06-29T21:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""When he was pitching we knew that we were going to get a 'W.' I didn't get too many balls hit to me in the outfield when he pitched because he was so dominating. He was a great friend and a great teammate" Jose Cruz on J.R.Richard"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@RalphHGeorgeJr9 G. Taylor Spink editor of the Sporting News wrote an editorial with the headline No Good from Raising Race Issue. He argued that black players did not want to play in the major leagues and that mixing blacks and whites on the field would result in race riots in the stands"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@RalphHGeorgeJr9 J.G. Taylor Spink downplayed the importance and doubted whether Robinson was good enough to play in MLB. If Robinson were white and six years younger he might be good enough for Brooklyns AA team Spink said. He had never seen Robinson play or talked to anyone who had"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@RalphHGeorgeJr9 To make his point Arthur Daley the revered sports columnist of the New York Times published the dialogue of the skit: A writer dressed as Commissioner Chandler summoned a butler in blackface who appeared in a Montreal uniform and responded Yassah Massa. Here ah is"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Knock him down and forget him" Yankees' pre-Series scouting report. "They've been knocking me down all season in the National League and I've still gotten my share of base hits" Roberto Clemente"
X Link 2023-07-01T15:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

""Willie Mays would routinely do things you never saw anyone else do. Hed score from first base on single. Hed take two bases on pop-up. Hed throw somebody out at plate on one bounce. Bigger the game the better he played. Giants President Peter Mogowan LeRoy Neiman 1978"
X Link 2023-07-02T17:26Z 22.1K followers, [----] engagements

"The last game played at Crosley Field was on June [--] [----] as the Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants. Bobby Bonds was the last person to swing a bat at old Crosley"
X Link 2023-07-02T18:27Z 18.4K followers, [----] engagements

""50 these three old time stars donned Dallas uniforms as members of Dallas Eagles which took field against Tulsas first batter at the opening of Texas League play in the Cotton Bowl" Tris Speaker Ty Cobb Duffy Lewis. Dizzy Dean pitched for the old-timers"
X Link 2023-07-05T16:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The School Boy from the Carmen Cardinals Western Canada League. Hit .336 at Carmen in 49"
X Link 2023-07-05T23:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"It only gets Spanish stations. Jeff Stone Philadelphia Phillies outfielder explaining why he didnt bring his television home after he played winter ball in Venezuela"
X Link 2023-07-06T15:16Z 18.5K followers, 20.8K engagements

""He did not just lend his name to the fund-raising activities the way some famous personalities do. He took over the entire thing arranging for collection points publicity and the transportation to Nicaragua." Luis Vigoreaux"
X Link 2023-07-08T16:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Auggie Busch traded me to last-place Phillies over salary dispute ($5000). I was mentally committed to winning [--] games with Cardinals now I had to re-think my goals. I decided to stay with 25-win goal and won [--] of Phillies [--] victories." Steve Carlton"
X Link 2023-07-09T22:19Z [----] followers, 54.8K engagements

"60 Jim Brewer thought the belligerent Martin was itching for trouble just because of the look on his face. Brewer yelled You want to fight Martin replied No kid relax. Im just getting my bat. Brewer turned away Martin suddenly pivoted suckered him to the cheek"
X Link 2023-07-09T18:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani grew up reading Major the Japanese Manga series that followed Goro Shigeno a pitcher with a penchant for hitting home runs"
X Link 2023-07-09T18:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"63 Branch Rickey filed this short but frank report on Hank Aaron who had already had more than [---] HRs. Rickey suspected that Aaron was something of guess hitter Hank Aaron finished his career with a record-setting [---] home runs"
X Link 2023-07-10T04:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Those days were very tough. All my teammates are white and it was a different time. I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels." Juan Marichal"
X Link 2023-07-09T21:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could." Joe DiMaggio"
X Link 2023-07-09T17:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"April [--] [----] Brooklyn Dodgers were supposed to play host to the Yankees in an exhibition game at Ebbets Field. The game was snowed out so the quartet of Dodgers posed for the photo. Jackie Robinson Roy Campanella Pee Wee Reese and Gil Hodges"
X Link 2023-07-09T17:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""As "The Sandlot" turns [--] Patrick Renna appreciates that the story is timeless. Like other movies from that era the storytelling is genuine. More importantly it is a film that the whole family can enjoy together." Christine Struble You're killin' me Smalls"
X Link 2023-07-10T15:42Z 21.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Im not afraid of any pitcher Ive been pitched almost every way and Ive hit every kind of pitch. There wasnt much else to do in Mobile. Willie McCovey Still holds the National League record for career grand slams with 18"
X Link 2023-07-10T15:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I had high on-base % got lot of walks scored a ton of runs in Baltimore when I hit second. I think defensewalks on-base percentage was not really talked about. It was HRs batting average RBIs. Those were metrics that everybody was measured by" Bobby Grich & Ted Simmons"
X Link 2023-07-10T15:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Theres no doubt in my mind that of all the broadcasters Ive ever heard and this includes network news people no one had more of command of the English language than Jim. Ken Coleman Remember if you cant take part in a sport be one anyway will ya. Jim Britt"
X Link 2023-07-10T16:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Roberto Clemente who says Josh Gibson is the best hitter he ever saw is anxious to see Ted Williams when the slugger comes here a week from Monday for the benefit exhibition between the Pirates and Red Sox." Les Biederman 1955"
X Link 2023-07-10T21:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"When asked why he hit a batter with a pitch instead of walking him intentionally Don Drysdale replied. "Why use four pitches to put someone on base intentionally when I can do it with one""
X Link 2023-07-11T01:06Z [----] followers, 15.8K engagements

"Redford told me he had played outfield behind Drysdale when Van Nuys was a fruit-and-vegetable farm area. I hope that Drysdale makes the Hall of Fame one day. When I related story to Drysdale he assured me Redford was a pretty good ball player. Van Nuys HS"
X Link 2023-07-11T09:54Z [----] followers, 19K engagements

""It's your glove your baseball glove. It's got a soul a memory all its own and a future that never fades because it has never let go of the grasp the past has on you and so many others." Mike Barnicle"
X Link 2023-07-11T18:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I dont want to take anything away from Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. Theyre both great hitters but theyre batting against guys they never would have seen in previous years. Ted Williams checking out how his signed gloves are made"
X Link 2023-07-12T00:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Jackie Robinson kicked his glove in a rage over the decision of umpire Augie Guglielmo calling Reds infielder Eddie Pellagrini safe on a play at second base in Cincinnati July [--] [----]. The call was made during the ninth inning of the Reds-Dodgers game"
X Link 2023-07-11T15:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""I heard the doctors revived a man after being dead for four-and-a-half minutes. When they asked what it was like being dead he said it was like listening to New York Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto during a rain delay." Letterman"
X Link 2023-07-11T15:24Z 18.4K followers, [----] engagements

""Let's Keep The Dodgers In Brooklyn" Phil Foster on Coral Records [--] Song was written as futile plea to keep Dodgers in Brooklyn. Foster is best known for his roll as Frank DeFazio Lavernes pizzeria-owning father on the hit TV show Laverne and Shirley"
X Link 2023-07-11T15:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Somewhere the sun is shining the air is fresh his team's behind him and Mr. Class - "Mr. Cub" - is ready to play two" President Obama and Ernie Banks with a Jackie Robinson bat after Banks received the Presidential Medal of Freedom"
X Link 2023-07-11T16:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""21 years after his debut a worn-out Ruth wearing alien clothes of Boston Braves struck out in his final plate appearance at Philadelphias Baker Bowl. In his first major league at-bat he struck out. Between those monumental bookend whiffs he whipped up quite a dust storm""
X Link 2023-07-11T17:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I'll never forget Clemente. He can do everything so well. He runs well he's got magnificent arm defensively; he does it all And what a hitter That's not to say that Mays & Aaron are any less than him. But certainly how could they be any better Clemente King of Pittsburgh"
X Link 2023-07-12T18:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Aside from playing together in the same backfield for UCLA football team that went undefeated [--] both Kenny Washington & Jackie Robinson shared something else each spent one season as starting shortstop. First Black player in NFL. NOT NOT in the NFL HOF Kenny Washington"
X Link 2023-07-12T18:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""We were first black players at Little Rock. At Williamsport Dick Allen had been friendly outgoing and relaxed. He was happy playing ball in his home state of Pennsylvania. At Little Rockhe was exposed for first time to racism & it changed him greatly" Ferguson Jenkins memoir"
X Link 2023-07-12T19:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""After Larry's stroke I knew "Three Stooges" had come to an end as an act. Joe DeRita requested and received permission to do personal appearances with act called 'The New Three Stooges' with character actor 'Mousie' Garner. The act unfortunately never clicked" Moe Howard77"
X Link 2023-07-13T16:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""People say that trouble with world is that we haven't enough great leaders. I think we haven't enough great followers. I have stood with great thinkers surgeons engineers economists; people who deserve a great following and have heard the crowd cheer me instead" Babe Ruth"
X Link 2023-07-14T16:30Z 18.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Chinese tell time by 'Year of the Horse'. I tell time by 'Year of the Back' and 'Year of the Elbow.' This year it's 'Year of the Ulnar Nerve.' Someone once asked me if I had any physical incapacitaties of my own. 'Sure I do' I said. 'One big one - Jim Palmer.' " Earl Weaver"
X Link 2023-07-18T07:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""He didn't look fast in fact he was kinda slow but he was always there. On DPs when he had to come long way he had this way of just rolling across bag flipping the ball under his arm. Best 2nd baseman in Cuban Winter League I have ever seen." Orlanda Pena on Brooks Robinson"
X Link 2023-07-19T06:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Pop flies in a sense are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade. Jackie Robinson"
X Link 2023-07-15T17:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Yet once you've come to be part of this particular patch you'll never love another. Like loving a woman with a broken nose you may well find lovelier lovelies. But never a lovely so real." Ted Lyons Chicago White Sox from 23-49"
X Link 2023-07-16T17:01Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements

""Ive had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third" Carl Erskine"
X Link 2023-07-17T23:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""MILWAUKEE WINS 8-5 LEADS LEAGUE" "Don Drysdale Pitch Hits Logan Results in Brooklyn Fight and Both Are Evicted [----] Youngsters Present" New York Times "A touch of wildness" Drysdale for his part denies any criminal intent"
X Link 2023-07-19T02:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Mrs. Robinson is with her husband Jackie in Brooklyn as he accepts keys to a car he won from the legendary tap dancer Bill Bojangles at Ebbets Field Car was presented to Robinson in celebration of the team winning the National League Championship 47"
X Link 2023-07-19T03:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"In [----] when the Giants signed me they gave me $15000. I bought a [--] Mercury. I couldn't drive but I had it in the parking lot there and everybody that could drive would drive the car. So it was like a community thing Willie Mays"
X Link 2023-07-20T02:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Justin Upton BJ Upton David Wright Ryan Zimmerman all played on same traveling team in HS. Wright & BJ Upton played together as kids. [--] Kate Upton appeared on the cover of October issue of SI with Braves B.J. & Justin Upton & Wright wanted to get in on fun"
X Link 2023-07-18T16:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Stefani Germanotta went for her usual low key presence on a night out to a Mets game turning up in underwear and ripped fishnets. Watched from Jerry Seinfeld's private suite wearing a gold studded bra and matching thong" The Mirror 10"
X Link 2023-07-18T16:52Z 18.4K followers, [----] engagements

""Let me tell you you helped us get there. If it hadn't been for folks like you and Jackie Robinson I'm not sure that I would get elected to the White House. The spirit you put in the game how you carried yourself all that really makes a difference" Barack Obama"
X Link 2023-07-19T17:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Pittsburgh isnt fancy its real. Its working town and money doesnt come easy. I feel as much a part of this city as the cobblestone streets and the steel mills people in this town expect an honest days work and Ive given it to them for long long time. Willie Stargell"
X Link 2023-07-19T18:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""The difference between God and Reggie Jackson is that God doesn't think he's Reggie Jackson." Catfish Hunter"
X Link 2023-07-19T23:42Z [----] followers, 13.4K engagements

""As a black Latino Minoso encountered what Clemente himself stated were "two strikes" while in US. One for being black another for being Latino. Mioso lacked a familiarity with US racial issues and practices that Robinson and Doby had as they embarked on their MLB careers""
X Link 2023-07-19T20:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Roger Maris never received the credit he deserved. Nobody it seemed wanted him to break Ruth's record. MLB Commissioner Frick refused to attend any games during historic chase. Even Yankee fans failed to embrace him hey instead saw him as threat to their hero Mickey Mantle"
X Link 2023-07-20T00:59Z [----] followers, 26.8K engagements

""My goal was simple stand at home plate with bat in hand immersed in an important game. I often pictured myself hitting a big-league grand slam into the seats hearing crowd roar with thunder as I ran the bases nearing home" Rev Billy Graham"
X Link 2023-07-19T22:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Young Calogero "Mazeroski I hate him. He made Mantle cry. Papers said Mick cried" Sonny "That's what you're upset about Mantle makes $100000 year. How much does your father make If your dad ever can't pay the rent and needs money go ask Mantle. See what happens" "Bronx Tale""
X Link 2023-07-20T00:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Branch Rickey began buying stock in various minor league clubs tying them to the Cardinals. This allowed Rickey to control each team's assets. Cardinals were unable to compete against higher-spending teams so Rickey set out to "grow" his own players. Optioning players created"
X Link 2023-07-20T01:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""There was all this babbling about Buck O'Neil. In case any of it went to my head young boy I knew came up introduced his friend to me. He said 'I want you to meet Buck O'Neil. He's an old relic from the Negro leagues.' I said 'Son you are so right.' ONeils 88th Birthday"
X Link 2023-07-19T21:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""One day in [--] Cap that's what the players called Buck ONeil said to me 'You're around here so much I might as well put you to work. So Cap let me coach first base for one game then he gave me the jersey. It was one of the great thrills of my life." Lionel Hampton"
X Link 2023-07-19T20:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"39 East-West All-Star Game took place at Comiskey with over [-----] people attending. Henry Milton of the Kansas City Monarchs attempts to score and gets tagged out by Homestead Grays catcher Josh Gibson"
X Link 2023-07-20T16:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""I got hooked on the radio voice of it all. It was my connection to metropolitan America. Baseball then 'cause of its rich sediment of numbers was one of first things young person could peg up with adults you could know as much about Jimmy Fox as your father did" George Will"
X Link 2023-07-20T20:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"MC5 singer Rob Tyner while playing baseball in Ann Arbor70 with MC5 guitarist Sonic Smith & The Rationals leader Scott Morgan next to him in hat on far left. Smith & Morgan would later form Sonics Rendezvous Band. Bob Seger pitched and Scott Morgan hit a home run that day"
X Link 2023-07-23T23:35Z 18.4K followers, [----] engagements

"43 at school assembly Vin was sitting behind me and said Larry someday you will be in big leagues and the first time you hit a HR I will be the announcer and tell the world about it. Sure enough it happened52. Larry Miggins on HS teammate Vin Scully"
X Link 2023-08-01T16:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"169 Oakland A's introduced ball girls to sit along the foul lines and shag baseballs in foul territory. One of the first ball girls they hired was Debbi Fields future founder of Mrs. Fields Bakeries"
X Link 2023-08-04T07:55Z [----] followers, 46.8K engagements

""My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men." Bob Gibson Pitching coach New York Mets"
X Link 2023-07-26T16:25Z 21.7K followers, [----] engagements

"59 as member of the Raleigh Capitals hit .377 [--] points higher than his nearest competitor to lead Carolina League. Named the league's Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year. Carl Yastrzemski"
X Link 2023-07-26T16:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"22 Jim Thorpe arrived in Portland at age [--]. Jim was hired by Bill Klepper owner of Beavers at $1000 per month (a pretty good sum in those days) hoping to increase attendance at Vaughan Street. Jim arrived with injuries and was broken down. He did manage to play [--] games"
X Link 2023-07-30T03:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""He had about him a touch of royalty" Commissioner Bowie Kuhn [--] interview Joe Morgan asked Willie Mays who was the best player he ever played with on his teams. Mays said My best player the guy that I pick wasnt my teammate. He was Roberto Clemente"
X Link 2023-08-05T22:52Z [----] followers, 11.4K engagements

""This is my ball park. Every game is played in daylight I can see the ball good. And I can reach the stands in any direction. I hope I'm never traded but if I am I wish it would be to the Cubs. I know I do well there in [--] games" Clemente discussing Wrigley Field hitting .693"
X Link 2023-08-01T08:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Baseball owes a big debt to Frank Robinson one of the greatest players ever as first Black manager a man never given opportunity to be a general manager. But guess what Robinson still loves the game and does what he thinks is best" Joe Morgan"
X Link 2023-07-29T17:09Z [----] followers, 15.8K engagements

"Scene in London stadium was as improbable as polo in Brooklyn. King of England cheering American soldiers & sailors playing on a baseball diamond wedged onto soccer field. Great "Fourth of July" baseball game [----] US Navy vs. US Army Stamford Bridge"
X Link 2023-07-30T16:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Chip Hilton Sport Stories" Written by [--] Basketball HOF inductee Clair Bee. Chip based on Seton Hall basketball player Bob Davies Chip's coach Henry "The Rock" Rockwell was based on Bee himself. Artist Frank Vaughn executed most of the Chip Hilton dust jackets"
X Link 2023-07-30T16:28Z 22.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Singles hitters drive Fords and home run hitters drive Cadillacs. Willie the Wonder Horton Holds distinction of being youngest & oldest player to hit HR at Tiger Stadium. [--] year old player for Northwestern HS hit HR deep into CF upper deck in [--] during old-timers game"
X Link 2023-08-01T17:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"20s Al Capone attempted to buy the Cubs. Capone wanted Babe Ruth as player manager & organized all expenses paid trip to Cuba in [----] with Ruth in order to negotiate a deal. The two sealed the deal by autographing this baseball"
X Link 2023-08-01T18:05Z [----] followers, 82.8K engagements

"Many people resented my impatience and honesty but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect. Dodgers Jackie Robinson at Ebbets Field with center fielder Duke Snider (left in dugout) & pitcher Preacher Roe [----] [--] Sullivan Place Flatbush"
X Link 2023-08-02T18:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""I had as much ability as Stan Musial maybe more. Nobody had more power than me. Nobody could run faster than me. But Stan was better player because he's a better man than me. Because he got everything out of his life and his ability that he could" Mickey Mantle"
X Link 2023-08-02T23:40Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements

"Awesome thank you for sharing"
X Link 2023-08-04T04:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Fastest ever. I never want to face him again. Ted Williams 60's Orioles minor leaguer who was said to have thrown [---] mph. [--] seasons struck out [----] walked [----] in [---] innings. Steve Dalkowski"
X Link 2023-08-04T03:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Theres special sensation in getting good wood on ball driving double down LF line as crowd in the ballpark rises to its feet & cheers. But I also remember how much fun I had as skinny barefoot kid hitting a tennis ball with a broomstick on a dusty street in Panama. Rod Carew"
X Link 2023-08-04T16:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Joe DiMaggio singles in the first inning of a [----] game against the Senators. Photographers are crouched along the first base line which was legal back then as long as they remained in foul territory"
X Link 2023-08-04T16:15Z [----] followers, 10.8K engagements

"Kerry Wood of Grand Prairie threw [---] pitches in [--] regional final doubleheader starting both games. Cubs officials who had selected Wood with 4th overall pick in draft [--] days earlier publicly criticized Grand Prairie's coach. [--] season had ulnar collateral ligament surgery"
X Link 2023-08-04T16:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"03 Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase defunct MLB Baltimore franchise of AL for $18000 then move team to Manhattan. New York Yankee President Frank Farrell's box seats at the Polo Grounds New York"
X Link 2023-08-04T16:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Dick was a sensitive Black man who refused to be treated as a second-class citizen. Mike Schmidt Hit [---] HRs in [--] seasons [--] time All-Star. He was named NL Rookie Of Year in [----] & MVP [--] with White Sox. He batted over .300 seven times"
X Link 2023-08-04T16:47Z [----] followers, 86.4K engagements

""No record book reflects this kind of concentration determination perseverance or ability. As a player Willie Mays could never be captured by mere statistics." Harry Jupiter Willie Mays walks his poodle at San Francisco airport after his Giants left NY and moved west 58"
X Link 2023-08-05T22:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This is where they filmed the baseball scenes for "The Natural." There is the wonderful quote attributed to Brock Yates who allegedly said "the stadium looks as if whatever war it was a memorial to was fought within its confines.""
X Link 2023-08-05T16:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Baseballs top Latin American players Felix Mantilla Roberto Clemente Tony Oliva Cookie Rojas Juan Marichal Zoilo Versalles Vic Davalillo and Leo Cardenas pose before on the field before the [----] All-Star game"
X Link 2023-08-05T17:00Z [----] followers, 11.2K engagements

"Mickey Mantle said of his fastball How are you supposed to hit that shit. Yogi Berra famously said of his 25-5 season I can see how he won [--] games What I dont understand is how he lost [--]. Sandy Koufax His dominance is something todays fan may not be able to understand"
X Link 2023-08-05T17:10Z 20.9K followers, [----] engagements

"65 WS Dodgers defeated Twins in seven games. NO relief pitchers were used by winning team in any game of this WS the winning starting pitcher went the distance in all seven games. Koufax named the Series MVP. Members of Dodgers during spring training 65"
X Link 2023-08-05T17:32Z [----] followers, 96.7K engagements

""Clemente strode to microphone and suddenly said "I am [--] years old and this is the first time I have ever been asked to speak in New York." He spoke movingly beautifully about his island his family his game" Roger Kahn [--] "Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates" Clemente"
X Link 2023-08-06T15:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Charlie Brown can win the class spelling bee if he spells the word MAZE correctly. Unfortunately he spells his hero MAYS instead and he loses the spelling bee. A Charlie Brown Christmas"
X Link 2023-08-06T15:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""We bought [----] photographs of Stan Musial and we gave about [----] of them to visitors & tourists all of them autographed personally. And we mailed out [----] photographs to people all over world who wrote in and said theyd like a picture" Restaurant partner "Biggie" Garagnani"
X Link 2023-08-06T16:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Ed Runge you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first" Carl Yastrzemski"
X Link 2023-08-06T16:16Z [----] followers, 13K engagements

"Joe Schultz nicknamed the [----] St. Louis Cardinals El Birdos the team was picked to finish NL season no better than sixth. Schoendienst (2)Shannon (18) Gibson (45) Maris (9) Flood (21) Maxvill (27) McCarver (15) Cepeda (30) Brock (20) Javier (25)"
X Link 2023-08-06T16:24Z 18.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Dodgers pitchers Don Drysdale & Sandy Koufax work on a truck as part of fulfilling their U.S. Army Reserve duty 66"
X Link 2023-08-06T16:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""We gonna get down. We gonna do the do. I'm going to hit these mf*." Proceeded to drill Rose Morgan Driessen to start game. Threw twice at Johnny Bench's head before Mgr. Murtaugh yanked the pitcher from game. Dock Ellis felt Pirates were losing their edge 1974"
X Link 2023-08-07T16:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Musial was good friends with author James Michener described by friends as two drinking buddies. Stan liked beer Michener drank bourbon. They traveled together to Italy and Poland and their families would get together often. They also both campaigned for JFK"
X Link 2023-08-07T16:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""No matter how much you rehab you do you can't speed up healing process. Rather see guy come back in [--] months and pitch [--] [--] or [--] more years then come back in [--] months & get hurt again. You cannot mess with Mother Nature. Nature will heal it if you give it time" Tommy John"
X Link 2023-08-07T16:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""They cheered him as warmly as they ever cheered him for a game winning home run." Philadelphia Inquirer Was lead singer for a local doo wop group "The Ebonistics" released "Echoes of November" performed the song at Philadelphia 76ers basketball game. [----] Dick Allen"
X Link 2023-08-07T17:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The concert was on August [--] [----] between games of a doubleheader with the Phillies. Johnny Cash at Shea"
X Link 2023-08-07T17:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Was to boxing what Ted Williams was to hitting a baseball what Charlie Parker was to jazz what color was to television. He was handsome arrogant charismatic. He inspired the phrase "pound for pound the greatest boxer to ever live." Dennis Tuttle "Sugar Ray" Robinson"
X Link 2023-08-07T17:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Willie Mays is cheered upon his return to New York Citys Polo Grounds. Mays was in town for a series between his San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets. 1962"
X Link 2023-08-08T16:12Z 20.8K followers, [---] engagements

"Sandy Koufaxs Tropicana Motel Attracted biggest musical acts of the period: Alice Cooper Bob Marley Mamas and the Papas Led Zeppelin Janis Joplin the Doors. I dont know which made me more excited to be in Sandys motel or to be in room right beside Sly Stone""
X Link 2023-08-08T16:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Brooklyn fans knew their baseball and Gil was the only player I can remember whom the fans never I mean never booed. Clem Labine Brooklyn Dodger Gil Hodges with his satin uniform shows off his strength lifting cases of Wheaties Cereal"
X Link 2023-08-08T16:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Rawhide" Lou Gehrig playing himself who decides to give up baseball in NY for life of western cattle rancher. Once at ranch Gehrig encounters protection racket preying on ranchers by extortion and violence. He teams up with crusading local attorney to fight the crooks. 1938"
X Link 2023-08-08T16:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""I was in awe I was leading league in hitting but I was still overwhelmed." Joe Torre [--] players & managers from that game would make it to Cooperstown [--] would win an MVP seven would earn a Cy Young. Two Black men were the starting pitchers. [--] All-Star Game"
X Link 2023-08-08T16:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Because Clemente missed out on so many honors he was compensated with big salary boost between $33000 & $35000. A sensitive man who tries to hide feelings behind sharp tongue says: Just so long as they pay me what I want to hell with everything else. Bill Nunn Jr. 1961"
X Link 2023-08-09T16:13Z 21.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Campanella of course was better than a Class B player at Nashua but he knew why he was there. He was part of Rickeys plan to begin integrating baseball. He knew he was going to start something important. Walter Alston"
X Link 2023-08-09T16:16Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Today theyre pitching Schoolboy Rowe I shut my eyes and see; immortal stars of long ago in days that used to be Man Mountain from Arkansas Mgr. Mickey Cochrane used him as a starter reliever and pinch hitter Lynwood Schoolboy Rowe with Hank Greenberg"
X Link 2023-08-09T16:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""I never played drunk. Hung over yes but never drunk. When I see three balls I just swing at the middle one." Hack Wilson"
X Link 2023-08-09T16:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Current White Sox broadcaster Hawk Harrelson follows through on his swing while his teacher [--] year old Bob Toski look on"
X Link 2023-08-09T16:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"38 Dodgers signed Ruth as coach for balance of season. He received $15000 & team President Larry MacPhail said he signed Ruth for his inspirational value to the seventh-place Dodgers. As a coach with the Brooklyn Dodgers Ruth did not wear his famous uniform 3"
X Link 2023-08-09T16:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The Seattle Pilots had an official theme song that included the lyrics: "You brought the majors to the evergreen Northwest; now go go you Pilots you're going to be the best""
X Link 2023-08-09T16:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Joe Medwick was carried off field on stretcher taken to Caledonian Hospital where he had a concussion but no fracture. He tried to get out of his hospital bed go after his assailant. Meanwhile Bowman was removed from game escorted by policemen back to Cardinals hotel"
X Link 2023-08-09T16:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I was in the hospital last year when I got hit in the face by Tex Clevenger of Washington and I have had several fractures. Nobodys going to throw at my head again. They can break my ribs they can throw at my body but not my head" Billy Martin 1959"
X Link 2023-08-09T16:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Ruth Ann Steinhagen an obsessed fan shot Eddie Waitkus at Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel [--] in one of earliest recognized cases of criminal stalking. She left a note at the front desk asking him to come to her hotel room on an urgent matter"
X Link 2023-08-09T17:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"61 Mets or Colt 45s could have signed Dick Allen for $50000 but both organizations took a pass. There were reports coming out in the minors that Allen was tough to deal with and that he had vision problems because of childhood accident that left him with droopy eyelid"
X Link 2023-08-09T17:08Z [----] followers, 14.1K engagements

"@TMurph207 Wrecking Crew Stiff arming a brick wall could be good training for John Foubert and Condredge Holloway of the Toronto Argonauts as they lend a symbolic hand in demolishing old Alexandra Wing of Toronto Western Hospital. Taught high school here"
X Link 2023-08-10T02:51Z 21.3K followers, [---] engagements

"'When Rickey signed Jackie I was [--] all over again. I started dreaming. And that's what happened to most of the guys in Negro leagues. You forgot your age. You said 'If Jackie makes it I can make it.' Joe Black FIRST Black to win WS game ROY 52"
X Link 2023-08-10T15:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame lay down on my bed and tears came to my eyes. It's like crying for your mother after she's gone. You cry because you love her. I cried I guess because I loved baseball and I knew I had to leave it." Willie Mays"
X Link 2023-08-10T15:30Z [----] followers, 12.9K engagements

""If Roberto Clemente could sing he would make Harry Belafonte wish he could hit." George Vecsey in The New York Times"
X Link 2023-08-10T15:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Manny I knew that some day theyre going to do it but Im happy that Im here. It makes me feel good that I play for Pirates Clemente When it comes to making out the lineup Im color blind and my athletes know it. Danny Murtaugh September [--] 1971"
X Link 2023-08-10T15:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Lou Whitaker is a pretty easy HOF one. No question he had longetivity only Collins & Morgan played more games at 2nd base. Lot of guys get ruined turning double plays in traffic. And there was never any down time in the eighteen seasons of his career""
X Link 2023-08-10T15:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""I lost money coaching jobs a shot at the Hall of Fame. But when you weigh that against all the things that are really and truly important the things that are deep inside you then I think I've succeeded." Curt Flood"
X Link 2023-08-10T15:40Z [----] followers, 13.6K engagements

"President John F. Kennedy visits with outfielder for the New York Yankees and national campaign co-chairman of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society Roger Maris. President Kennedy and Mr. Maris autographed the baseball for the Society's annual fundraising appeal. 1962"
X Link 2023-08-10T15:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Frank Robinson is traded to the Baltimore Orioles after Cincinnati Reds GM Bill DeWitt claims that the baseball star is an old [--]. Frank responds by winning the AL Triple Crown & MVP while leading the Os to a World Series title"
X Link 2023-08-10T15:47Z [----] followers, 61.3K engagements

""When I stepped into box I felt at-bat belonged to me. Everybody else was there for my convenience. Pitcher was there to throw me a ball. Catcher was there to throw it back to him if he didn't give me what I wanted & umpire was lucky that he was close enough to watch" Reggie"
X Link 2023-08-10T15:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Some kids dream of joining the circus others of becoming a major league baseball player. I have been doubly blessed. As a member of the New York Yankees I have gotten to do both" Graig Nettles"
X Link 2023-08-10T16:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Im proud of the fact that Im the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium." Willie Stargell"
X Link 2023-08-10T16:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Sparky Anderson wasnt just my favorite manager he was my moms favorite manager. Tucker Elliot Cincinnati Reds IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom"
X Link 2023-08-10T16:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Linda Shelby Satchel Paiges daughter remembers how her parents hosted dinners at their home for Globetrotters when they were in town. It wasnt shocking for Cool Papa Bell or Count Basie to drop in we would have to dance and put on a talent show. That is what that home meant"
X Link 2023-08-10T16:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""I'm beginning to see Brooks Robinson in my sleep. If I dropped a paper plate he'd pick it up on one hop and throw me out at first." Sparky Anderson"
X Link 2023-08-10T16:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Miles didnt begin to draw & paint until he was in his mid-fifties creating art as much a part of his life as making music in his final decade resulting in a sharp bold and masculine mixture of Kandinsky Jean-Michel Basquiat Picasso and African tribal art"
X Link 2023-08-10T17:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""The combat-hardened troops of the Iron Brigade yelled back to their commanding officer "If we can't hold it where will you find men who can" Doubleday Gettysburg"
X Link 2023-08-12T13:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""We in the Negro Leagues felt we could have and should have been in the majors but it wasnt meant to be Buck Leonard "Black Babe Ruth" & " Black Lou Gehring""
X Link 2023-08-13T12:50Z [--] followers, [----] engagements

"Won the NL Batting Championship with a dazzling .351 and in September during the Cardinals' pennant race with Milwaukee he went into the lineup with a fractured shoulder and for two astonishing weeks averaged .500. "Sportsman of the Year" [----] Stan Musial"
X Link 2023-08-13T13:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Willie Mays was at a movie theater when the Giants officially called him up and hurried to the airport in Omaha Neb. where this snapshot was taken. May [--] 1951"
X Link 2023-08-13T13:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""I was no hero.There were maybe [--] pilots in our two squadrons and [--] percent of them did a better job than I did.But I liked flying.It was the second-best thing that ever happened to me" Ted Williams"
X Link 2023-08-13T13:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""I played in three countries. I played in two World Series. But I never found anything to match the joy and the laughter those years with the Newark Eagles brought me. The city and county loved us" Monte Irvin"
X Link 2023-08-13T13:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""I was bred as an outcast part Negro and part Seminole in my early years raised as an Indian" Willie Stargell "Portrait of The Elephant" LeRoy Neiman"
X Link 2023-08-14T14:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Winfield goes back to the wall he hits his head on the wall and it rolls off Its rolling all the way back to second base. This is a terrible thing for the Padres" Jerry Coleman Legend"
X Link 2023-08-14T14:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"'65 Roberto Clementes mother Luisa visits her son in the hospital in San Juan as he recovers from a bout with malaria. He will miss a full month of training camp with the disease. Clemente hit .329 in '65"
X Link 2023-08-14T14:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""I hear all of these wild stories about the way people saw me and the things that I did. I heard that I always threw at people. Well the people I threw at I hit. I never once threw at one guy and didn't hit him. Bob Gibson"
X Link 2023-08-14T15:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Josh Gibson missed immortality and a chance to endorse breakfast foodby being born on the wrong side of the social structure. Jimmy Powers New York Daily News 1937"
X Link 2023-08-14T15:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""The fact that he was being taken for granted didnt bother Gehrig a bit. He was courteous gracious and informative whenever the writers asked him anything but he didnt mind being left to himself." Gehring believed DiMaggio would become one of baseballs all-time greats. '36"
X Link 2023-08-14T15:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""I brought you up here to do one thing. Thats to play center field. Youre the best center fielder Ive ever seen and Ive been around a long time. As long as Im here youre going to play center field. Tomorrow next week next month" Leo Durocher to Willie Mays 1951"
X Link 2023-08-14T15:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Walter Johnson's special gift to Baseball HOf was six baseballs autographed by six presidents: Theodore Roosevelt William H. Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover. Autographed balls were thrown at games during Johnson's tenure at Washington"
X Link 2023-08-14T15:38Z [----] followers, 23.3K engagements

"@EllenPeppl73565 Brandon Hyde deserves special recognition he watched some terrible baseball and now looks like "Candy Jim" Taylor So glad for a baseball guy like that"
X Link 2023-08-14T19:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"At [--] Satchel Paige was sentenced to six yearsor until his 18th birthday whichever came firstat Alabama Reform School for Juvenile Negro Law-BreakersinMount Meigs Alabama for shoplifting. Coach Edward Byrd who taught Satchel the baseball fundamentals at Mount Meigs"
X Link 2023-08-15T14:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Sandy Koufax would strike me out two or three times game. And I knew every pitch he was going to throw -- fastball breaking ball or whatever. Actually he would let you look at it. And you still couldn't hit it" Willie Mays Art by Ron Gibbs"
X Link 2023-08-15T15:04Z [----] followers, 12K engagements

""Nobody has won thirty games in a season since Denny McLain did it in [----]. No other pitcher has drunk as many Pepsi-Colas broken as many team rules or played the organ as famously as McLain did" Bob Gibson"
X Link 2023-08-15T15:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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