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@Jimfrombaseball Jim KoenigsbergerJim Koenigsberger posts on X about world series, red, the first, the world the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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"When I was a young player I wanted to live in the city but the Mets said no I certainly could not live in the City. They were telling me where I could live. Rusty Staub marched into GM Frank Cashen's office and said not only can he live wherever he wants to live but that he would watch me take care of me and make sure that I was ready every fifth day. He didnt need to do that. He barely knew me." Ron Darling"
X Link 2025-11-29T13:09Z 28.3K followers, 75.4K engagements
""Mickey Lolich was starting with one less day of rest. He pitched the first two innings like a man defusing a live bomb working slowly and unhappily and studying the problem at length before each new move." Roger Angell "When we got to the World Series the people of St. Louis were convinced that the Tigers were no match for their team. I met Bob Gibson at an autograph signing function years later and he told me that as far as St. Louis was concerned the 1968 World Series never happened." Mickey Lolich "Mickey Lolich was far from a conventional athlete. Labelled as too heavy too slow and too"
X Link 2025-11-30T12:55Z 28.3K followers, 10.2K engagements
""Tom Seaver approached Hank Aaron before his first All-Star Game in 1967 and asked Hank Aaron for his autograph. Tom Seaver felt the need to introduce himself to Hank Aaron. "Kid I know who you are and before your career is over I guarantee you everyone in this stadium will too." "Hank Aaron was my hero in baseball from the time I was old enough to recognize talent. He seemed so graceful such a complete professional. You could see the power in him the strength in his hands and wrists. I sat through entire ballgames just looking at Henry Aaron nothing else fascinated by him studying him at the"
X Link 2025-11-30T13:01Z 28.3K followers, 8277 engagements
"A woman spends the day with her lover while her husband is at work. Her husband arrives home unexpectedly and the woman shoves her lover into the closet. She doesn't know that her 9-year-old son is already hiding in there. The little boy says "It's dark in here." "Yes it is" the man replies. "I have a baseball." "That's good." "Do you want to buy it" "No thanks." "My dad's outside." "Okay. How much does it cost" "$1000." "Fine here you go and keep quiet." A few days later the father says to the boy: "Bring the baseball. Let's go outside and play a little." "I can't. I sold it." the boy"
X Link 2025-12-02T12:48Z 28.3K followers, 74K engagements
""Stan Musial is the nicest man I ever met in baseball. And to be honest I can't relate to that. I never knew that nice and baseball went together." Bob Gibson"
X Link 2025-12-04T12:52Z 28.3K followers, 8266 engagements
"He built golf course at Vero Beach so black players who couldnt play on local courses could play. Blacks and whites always roomed together on Dodgers when other clubs werent doing this. On Dodger plane you got fed but still got your meal money". Maury Wills on Walter OMalley. "I heard all the black people buzzing about this man in Brooklyn named Jackie Robinson. I asked who he was and they told me. Right then I said 'I want to play for the Dodgers someday.' That was my childhood dream". Maury Wills steals his 104th and final base of the season 1962"
X Link 2025-12-04T12:57Z 28.3K followers, 26.6K engagements
"You the old man on this club". Luis Tiant "Bullshit. Your birth certificate is a joke it may say youre thirty-seven but youre fifty. Who checked those records back in Cuba in the twenties" Carl Yastrzemski "Hey Yaz I be pitching for ten year while you are sitting aroun with you grancheeldren. I send you a postcard let you know whats goeen on. Ten years Youll be senile by spring training. Look in the mirror Luis. Youre old. Luis Tiant is in my HOF"
X Link 2025-12-05T13:17Z 28.3K followers, 7185 engagements
""The George Brett Vision Test" In 1985 the Missouri Driver's License Bureau issued George Brett his drivers license without requiring him to take the vision test. According to a Missouri State official "If he can hit .390 we figured he could see." "I love George Brett George is everything that's right about baseball and not just because he's a good hitter. I want you to know that George Brett will never be a selfish player. My only worry about him is that he plays without fear and that he might hurt himself - end his career. He doesn't fear the baseball which frightens you. An injury could"
X Link 2025-12-07T12:30Z 28.3K followers, 11.9K engagements
""I'll never forget September X 1950. I got a letter threatening me Hank Bauer Yogi Berra and Johnny Mize. It said if I showed up in uniform against the Red Sox I'd be shot. I turned the letter over to the FBI and told my Mgr. Casey Stengel about it. You know what Casey did Stengel gave me a different uniform and gave mine to Billy Martin. Casey thought it'd be better if Billy got shot". Phil Rizzuto"
X Link 2025-12-07T12:48Z 28.3K followers, 10.4K engagements
"I was on my way to meet with the GM of the Cleveland Indians to sign my 1942 contract the day of Pearl Harbor. It was about noon; I had the radio on in the car and had just crossed the river into Quad Cities when I got the news. That was it. I had planned on joining the Navy as soon as the war broke out. Everybody knew that we were going to get in it sooner or later and that was the day. Bob Feller "The Heater From Van Meter""
X Link 2025-12-07T19:15Z 28.3K followers, 3219 engagements
"Hank Greenberg was first MLB player drafted and called-up for WWII. Served with Army for X months and 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 2025-12-07T19:24Z 28.3K followers, 6252 engagements
""The most incredible stat about Bob Gibson is that he pitched more complete games (255) in his career than he had wins (251). The man was his own bullpen". "Bob Gibson hated everyone. He even hated Santa Claus." Don Sutton St. Louis Cardinals swarm pitcher Bob Gibson after winning 1967 World Series"
X Link 2025-12-08T12:59Z 28.3K followers, 4271 engagements
""Willie Mays is the finest player in baseball. No one can play with that kid. Mays does everything well." Jackie Robinson Frank Finch in the June X 1965 edition of the Times reports what Jackie Robinson told him during the telecast of a baseball game he was commentating: "Sam Jethroe and I worked out with the Boston Red Sox in 1945 while we were with the Kansas City Monarchs. They took our names and phone numbers but we never heard from them. I signed with Mr. Branch Rickey later that year." Jackie says the Dodgers blew a chance to land Willie Mays when he was a 16-year-old phenom with the"
X Link 2025-12-09T12:48Z 28.3K followers, 3450 engagements
"He wasnt a griper. Never complained about a strike or an out or a call. Some guys would turn their heads after a pitch and look at you like you were nuts. Not Ernie. It was always Isnt this a great day to be alive and playing baseball'" Umpire Doug Harvey on Ernie Banks. In his 19-year career with the Cubs Ernie Banks was never ejected from a game"
X Link 2025-12-09T12:51Z 28.3K followers, 2954 engagements
"Perhaps this will help. At XX signed to play with a Negro barnstorming team the Dallas Black Giants. Kansas City Monarchs Mgr. Cool Papa Bell recognized Ernie Banks talent and signed him to contract with the Monarchs. In 1953 was recruited directly from the Negro Leagues into the majors with the Chicago Cubs. In 1957 Ernie Banks became the second shortstop to hit XX home runs. 1958 Banks became the third shortstop to hit XX HR's. 1959 Banks became the fourth shortstop to hit XX HR's. 1960 Banks became the fifth shortstop to hit XX HR's. Twice led the league in intentional walks RBI and HRs."
X Link 2025-12-10T00:34Z 28.3K followers, 4492 engagements
"Story by Whitey Ford. "The White Sox came into Yankee Stadium in 1959 and I was pitching against them. I took my X warm up pitches they played the National Anthem. Up comes Louie Aparicio. First pitch I throw to him he bunts down third beats it out. One pitch man on first. Nellie Foxgets up. First pitch double down the left field line. Two pitches second and third. Minnie Minoso I threw him a really good curveball but it hit him in the kneecap. So he walks down to first. Now Ive thrown three pitches. Bases are loaded and up comes Ted Kluszewski First pitch high fastball off the"
X Link 2025-12-07T12:46Z 28.3K followers, 73.3K engagements
"Thurman Munson would have been the greatest catcher of all-time had God not called him to heaven too soon. Still two World Series Championships seven All-Star teams and bringing the Bronx Bombers back to Yankee glory after more than decades absence cant be ignored". Tony Castro In my HOF"
X Link 2025-12-07T12:56Z 28.3K followers, 2364 engagements
"Somewhat typical for Ted Williams was his decision to give away the six tickets he was allotted for each of the three World Series games at Fenway Park. Ted had his wife go to Kenmore Square before the games and give the tickets to the first six GIs she saw. He felt no need to tell the press about the token of appreciation for the fans." "The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams". Ben Bradlee Jr"
X Link 2025-12-07T12:57Z 28.3K followers, 5925 engagements
""After surfacing and getting the submarine settled one of the first tasks they undertook was the organization of the very first baseball game at the North Pole. But this was no ordinary game The field was aligned with the pitchers mound as close to the North Pole as possible which set up some really crazy situations: If a batter hit a 'homerun' he would circumnavigate the world as he rounded the bases; If the ball was hit into right field it flew into 'tomorrow;' A ball hit to left field remained in the same day but if it was then thrown to first base it entered tomorrow; If the right fielder"
X Link 2025-12-08T12:54Z 28.3K followers, 109.1K engagements
""The poet or storyteller who feels that he is competing with a superb double play in the World Series is a lost man. One would not want as a reader a man who did not appreciate the finesse of a double play. All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. When this writer was a child his father who felt being a writer was the cause of his misfortunes accidentally knocked him unconscious with baseball. He felt sick at sight of a baseball. He took his X sons to see their first baseball game. Barehanded he caught a foul ball". John Cheever"
X Link 2025-12-10T13:06Z 28.3K followers, 5821 engagements
""At the turn of the century major league veterans often refused even to speak to new players. Once early in his career a shy young outfielder dared compliment a New York Giant for hitting a home run. 'Nice hit' he said. The veteran answered 'Go to hell.' The young player was Johannes Peter Wagner Honus Wagner on his way to becoming the greatest player in the National League." In 1900 Honus Wagner debuts with the Pittsburgh Pirates; remains a Pirate for XX years hits over .300 XX seasons in a row steals XXX bases and sets league records for at-bats and number of games played that stand for"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:11Z 28.3K followers, 8108 engagements
""Yogi Berra was the only one who played every day batted cleanup did the job defensively and never had a bad season. Roy Campanella was as good as Berra was in his best seasons maybe better and so was Johnny Bench and maybe Mickey Cochrane too. Put all three together and they had about as many great seasons combined as Yogi did by himself." Bill James "After visiting the Louvre and being asked whether he liked the paintings there Berra said "Yeah if you like paintings." Another time after attending a performance of Tosca in Milan Yogi said "It was pretty good. Even the music was nice." These"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:33Z 28.3K followers, 5248 engagements
""There is actually a good argument Tom Seaver should be regarded as the greatest pitcher of all time. Tom Seaver pitched for eight losing teams several of them really terrible four other teams which had losing records except when Tom Seaver was on the mound". Bill James "You put a bunch of guys together of varying abilities and you know who the great ones are. When you played behind Tom Seaver you were playing behind greatness. And you saw it almost every time. Ron Swoboda "But Tom Seaver does everything well. He's the kind of man you'd want your kids to grow up to be like. Tom's a studious"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:43Z 28.3K followers, 4671 engagements
"Before the 1970 season began Ted Williams Del Wilbers old Red Sox teammate learned that Del had not qualified for full pension because he had fallen XX days short of required X years service in MLB. Ted Williams made his ex-teammate his bullpen coach in Washington. "Dad led long often charmed life been friends and teammates of ballplayers from the early40s to the 80s. Hed hit home runs off Bob Feller caught fastballs from Robin Roberts coached Rod Carew been a good friend of Stan Musial Ted Williams and Joe Garagiola" Rick Wilber on his Dad Del"
X Link 2025-12-12T13:01Z 28.3K followers, 5528 engagements
""It was late in 1968 and Mick was going for his 535th home run to pass Jimmie Foxx on the all-time list. We were in Detroit at Tiger Stadium and Denny McLain was pitching. McLain was the last guy to win XX games and he was just lights-out that year. Detroit was really beating us -- it was 6-1 I think in the 8th inning -- and Mickey was going up to bat. I hit behind him so I was watching from the on-deck circle. Anyway Denny calls the catcher Jim Price out to the mound and tells him to go tell Mickey he's going to lay one in there for him. So Mickey says to Jim when he gets back to the plate"
X Link 2025-12-01T13:20Z 28.3K followers, 3471 engagements
""Where do you think you got Gates Brown Kindergarten" Billy Martin Detroit Tigers management gave Billy Martin aggravation about wanting to see Ronnie LeFlore play. Billy Martin was alerted to Ron LeFlore's talents by a bar owner who was friends with a mobster in jail with LeFlore. On May XX 1973 Martin went to Jackson State Prison and watched Ron LeFlore play. Ron LaFlore had never played organized baseball before prison. By July Martin was able to get LeFlore out on parole. The Tigers paid him a $5000 signing bonus. LaFlore started in Class A where he was managed by Jim Leyland. "The Ron"
X Link 2025-12-04T13:03Z 28.3K followers, 2036 engagements
""I'm going to tell something that Yankees made me do. When I came up in 1951 a guy from some paper asked me who was my favourite player. I told him Stan Musial. Well the Yankees didn't like that at all. They said that I had to say that Joe DiMaggio was my favorite player." Mickey Mantle"
X Link 2025-12-06T12:16Z 28.3K followers, 3031 engagements
""Baseball is a ballet without music. A drama without words." Ernie Harwell "Baseball and Ballerina" Salvador Dali 1947 Ink and watercolor on paper Collection of The Dal Museum St. Petersburg Florida"
X Link 2025-12-09T12:33Z 28.3K followers, 1259 engagements
"Before a doubleheader at Braves Field between the Boston Braves and the Chicago Cubs on May XX 1948 Norman Rockwell approached both teams with the intention of creating a portrait of a visiting team's dejection in contrast elation of hometown fans. A number of Cubs players and Mgr. Charlie Grimm agreed to pose in the dugout to be photographed. As spectators filled the stands Rockwell handpicked a number of them and instructed them to mimic expressions of delight or scorn. Additionally a bat boy for the Braves Frank McNulty had to be convinced to pose in a Cubs jersey in front of the dugout."
X Link 2025-12-10T13:07Z 28.3K followers, 2648 engagements
""Baseball was is and always will be to me the best game in the world". Babe Ruth This was Babe Ruth's last car. It's a 1948 Lincoln Continental Coupe Model XX two-door hardtop with a V-12 engine; the last V-12 ever produced by a U.S. auto manufacturer. The speedometer reaches XXX miles per hour. The radio works and takes about XX minutes to warm up because of the glass vacuum tubes used in that era. The doors and windows work by hydraulics. The Ford Motor Co. presented the car to Babe Ruth in honor of his tireless devotion to promoting Little League Baseball. The stunning Regal Blue"
X Link 2025-12-10T13:12Z 28.3K followers, 4663 engagements
"Cpl. Klinger: Colonel I missed you Potter: No. Klinger: About my heart murmur Sir. Potter: No. Klinger: My double vision is coming back. Potter: No. Klinger: I've fallen in love with a goat Potter: No. Klinger: Glad to have you back Sir. "The Pride of Toledo". He grew up watching the Toledo Mud Hens through knot holes in the fence at Swayne Field and then he was throwing out the first pitch at a beautiful new stadium a stadium he helped make a reality by starring in commercials to garner public support for its construction. Jamie Farr Toledo"
X Link 2025-12-10T13:31Z 28.3K followers, 6663 engagements
""When I tried to bunt for a hit it was because we had to get something started. I figured that winning the pennant was most important thing of all. Sure I wanted to break Babe Ruth's record but not at the expense of winning". In 1956 Mickey Mantle beat out over dozen bunts by end of July"
X Link 2025-12-10T13:43Z 28.3K followers, 3425 engagements
"Only four professional hitters ever hit a ball over any portion of the batters eye wall at the Polo Grounds. Luke Easter in a Negro League game Hank Aaron Lou Brock and Joe Adcock in MLB games. The longest homer hit at the Polo Grounds was hit by Babe Ruth on June XX 1921 going out about XXX feet that went into the right center field bleacher extension of the batters eye wall. Ruth also hit another that went out to the same area. Babe Ruth Yankees Versus Detroits Polo Grounds"
X Link 2025-12-05T13:08Z 28.3K followers, 1840 engagements
""Don Drysdale and I were really good friends really close. Don used to come around like before the game maybe an All-Star game or World Series if he was pitching that day and he'd punch me on the side in the arm or in the stomach wherever and say to me 'Where would you like to have one today" Mickey Mantle Snider Berra Ford Mantle Drysdale"
X Link 2025-12-05T13:22Z 28.3K followers, 5927 engagements
""Once Stan Musial timed up your fastball your infielders were in jeopardy". Warren Spahn In 1948 Stan Musial had his most famous season hitting .376 average XX doubles XX triples XX home runs XXX runs XXX RBIs. Yet the thing about Stan Musial is that for more than XX years he was pretty much always like that. Four other times he hit better than .350. Four other times he hit more than XX doubles. Musial hit double digit triples eight times in all he hit 30-plus homers five times he walked more than twice as often as he struck out. Stan Musial hit .359/.448/.660 at Ebbets Field. It was his"
X Link 2025-12-09T12:43Z 28.3K followers, 5452 engagements
"My favorite Ichiro Suzuki story: "Icharo hits an infield single against Tampa Bay gets settled at first base looks over at Carlos Pena and says in perfect Spanish "The f*** are you looking at""
X Link 2025-12-09T13:02Z 28.3K followers, 58.9K engagements
""I saw was Al Kaline. I looked across room and there was Brooks Robinson and Elston Howard. I was just 23-year old kid. I was in awe. I see Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente. I spotted Stan Musial who I idolized growing up as a kid. I remember being a little overwhelmed." Carl Yastrzemski All-Star Game 1963 "In box with left leg and all weight on it. Nothing on the front leg. WAIT. Stay back. Relax." A note pinned up in Yaz's locker as noticed by a reporter a few days before he retired -- after almost 12000 at-bats Yaz still reminding himself how to hit"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:31Z 28.3K followers, 2400 engagements
""Batters used the word "unfair." I heard them say that -- "It's an unfair contest" -- after they'd been up to bat against him. And I remember more than once a batter being up there and looking at that terrific fastball which always seemed to come up as it crossed the plate and then shooting a look out to Sandy as if to say "What was that" It was as if he'd thrown an Easter egg past them. It was something different. The game had been altered. And then he had that devastating curve so the combination of those two.the batters felt absolutely helpless. And he was beautiful to watch because he"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:36Z 28.3K followers, 2932 engagements
""Were playing the Yankees in spring training. Mickey Mantles on first Im playing third. One of the Yankees hits a rope to right center. Now here comes Mantle hes heading for third right for me. I can see its going to be close. Theres a huge swirl of dust. The umpires right in there with us. When the dust finally settles the ump looks down at both of us sprawled on the ground and shakes his head. Ive never smelled so much booze in my life he tells me and Mantle. Get off your asses before you set each other on fire." Dick Allen"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:40Z 28.3K followers, 14.3K engagements
"Vin Scully and George H.W. Bush once played a baseball game against each other in college: Scully as an outfielder for Fordham. Bush as a first baseman for Yale. Fordham won. Vin Scully once told President Bush: "Mr. President as long as you're in the White House you can say anything you want about your baseball career. But remember the day you step out of the White House we both went 0-for-3 in that game""
X Link 2025-12-12T13:00Z 28.3K followers, 26.2K engagements
"Ted Williams the greatest natural hitter of all time was retired and giving some tips to the rookies at the Red Sox spring training camp. One of them asked how to tell apart a curveball from a slider when they were coming in. Williams replied "Oh That's easy. If it's a curveball the red spot you see on the ball will be rotating clockwise - if it's a changeup counterclockwise." They all nodded and thanked him for the tip. One of the rookies turned to the others and and quietly whispered "Now who the f*** can even see a red spot on a ball coming at you at XX mph" Then Ted Williams went on to"
X Link 2025-12-03T12:51Z 28.3K followers, 646.2K engagements
"@BobPagesports Following a four-year playing stint (1963-67) with the Harlem Globetrotters Mr. Gaines started his coaching career as a part-time assistant under head coach Dick Vitale at Detroit-Mercy"
X Link 2025-12-06T23:25Z 28.3K followers, 2859 engagements
"I thought I was pretty hot stuff. Wilt Chamberlain In 1954 before his senior year of High School Wilt Chamberlain worked as a bellhop at "Kutshers Country Club" a Jewish resort in the Catskill Mountains. By day he was making $X an hour getting great tips from the awestruck guests as he lifted their luggage through a second-floor window while standing outside on the ground. At night he played on the "Kutshers" basketball team coached hard by the resorts 'Athletic Director' Red Auerbach"
X Link 2025-12-08T13:02Z 28.3K followers, 36.2K engagements
"A letter from Ted Williams. From Ted Williams Washington Senators Manager a four-page letter defining his theories on hitting sent to Jay Johnstone OF California Angels during the winter of 1968-69 in reply to a letter of request for advice on hitting. "Dear Jay: There are a few things I think are all-important to anyone no matter how much ability a fellow has no matter what style he has and without ever seeing you I know this is good solid advice. It is impossible for me to say anything about your swing or how I might help you in this respect so I am just going to outline what I consider"
X Link 2025-12-10T13:26Z 28.3K followers, 22K engagements
""In 1995 the Yankees dedicated to Mickey Mantle the fourth monument in the history of the Stadium. That was a big day at the ballpark an emotional day -- the Mick had just died -- and of course Joe DiMaggio had to show up. Joe resented that. When had Mantle ever showed up for him But what really griped him wasn't Mickey's monument in left center field. He'd been offered a monument but turned it down. He complained: Were they trying to bury him already No what set Joe to seething was the special ball they used in that day's game. It was a regulation Rawlings game-ready 'Mickey Mantle"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:15Z 28.3K followers, 3061 engagements
"Ella Fitzgerald was a big baseball fan. "The Queen of Jazz" had a huge collection of autographed baseballs including signatures from the Giants Dodgers and from many MLB All-Star Games. Her collection is housed at the Smithsonian With Willie Mays"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:22Z 28.3K followers, 1321 engagements
""I get undressed after the show my clothes are ruined my heels are run through my underwear is ripped my bodys strained from my clothes my hairs stringy I got a headache and I got to go home and Im lonely. I aint no star man just a person". Miss Janis Joplin Winterland 1968 I gave her the right and the permission to make Ball n Chain because she always was my idol before she passed away and I thank her for helping me. Willie Mae "Big Mama Thornton on Janis Joplins cover of her song"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:35Z 28.3K followers, 5446 engagements
""Timmy McCarver forced me pitch inside. Early in my career I was reluctant to pitch inside. Timmy had a way to remedy this. He used to set up behind the hitter. There was just the umpire there I couldnt see McCarver so I was forced to pitch inside". Steve Carlton on Tim McCarver. "Steve Carlton does not pitch to the hitter he pitches through him. The batter hardly exists for Steve. He's playing an elevated game of catch. When Steve and I die we are going to be buried in same cemetery 60'-6" apart". Tim McCarver"
X Link 2025-12-12T13:08Z 28.3K followers, 1425 engagements
"Outstanding"
X Link 2025-12-12T23:59Z 28.3K followers, 1742 engagements