“People had like Kirk Cameron and New Kids on the Block on the wall and I had Ozzie Smith,” said Purcell, who grew up a Cardinals fan in Illinois. “Baseball is to me as much of my life as a lot of things have been, including being queer.” Whereas most of the original sandlot...
This is Larry Hardy’s only baseball card. The back of his card shows that he progressed in a straight upward line through the Padres system, with just one exception, one tiny and seemingly insignificant hiccup that ended up being a much more accurate harbinger of things to come than the o...
The New York Mets finished the 2016 season with a record of 87-75, good for second place in the NL East Division. In addition, they earned the first wild-card position but ran into the brick wall that isMadison Bumgarner, despite an outstanding pitching performance from second-year starter...
But baseball is cruel, and in Milwaukee, celebrations are short-lived. Earlier this month, with the Brewers just two outs from winning the National League Wild Card Series, the New York Mets came from behind on a dramatic home run. On the radio, Uecker didn't hide the hurt: "I'm tel...
Mitchell Nathanson: A People's History of Baseball, University of Illinois Press, Champaign, IL, 2012. Christopher J. Phillips: Scouting and Scoring: How We Know What We Know About Baseball, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2019. ISBN 9780691180212 Benjamin G. Rader: Baseball: A Hist...
2019 UNDER ARMOUR ALL-AMERICA BASEBALL GAME DATE AND FIRST FOUR PLAYERS ANNOUNCED Baseball Factory has recruited top high school talent for the 12th annual game in Chicago, Illinois on July 22nd Columbia, MD (May 3, 2019) – Today, Baseball Factory announces the date of the 2019 Under Armour...
card we saw that night at the old Memorial Coliseum. I don't remember exactly who from each side wrestled, but as Freebird/Von Erich matches tended to do, this one ended up with several guys running in from the dressing room and brawling in and around the ring. One of the guys who ...
24-year-old right-handed pitcherGlenn Albanese Jr.was selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the 15thround of the 2021 draft out of University of Louisville. In 38 appearances at the High-A and Double-A level, the Illinois native and 6’7” reliever compiled a 1-2 record (3.34 ERA) wi...
Thursday night, the average fan would've probably left the Iowa baseball game in Iowa City. For those that stuck around, they saw a game and comeback for the ages. One that is now the talk of the sports world.The Iowa baseball team is having another solid season under coach Rick ...
physical harassment, sexual advances, pitches thrown at them when they batted, and ridicule from their male players on their own and opposing teams. Pollock and the team’s business manager reminded the male players that the women were a drawing card that put fans in the seats a...