The first World Series baseballsthat featured the commemorative World Series logo were produced by Rawlings in 1978. Like the regular season baseballs the sweet spot reads "OFFICIAL BALL" at the top, with a star on each side, but the next line below reads "1978 WORLD SERIES" all in upperca...
Those four games were played in four days. But four full days passed prior to the resumption of the series in Kansas City on Oct. 11. In the time between, the Kansas City Times, a white newspaper, did its part to spread the gospel of the burgeoning Black leagues. “Let there be no ...
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ESPNAug 7, 2023, 02:00 PM ETEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsThe 2023 Little League World Series is over -- and it was as jam-packed and exciting as we'd hoped.The tournament was capped off with a showdown in the Little League Baseball World Series (LLBWS) between the West and ...
Baker never took for granted the privilege of his life, from his big league debut at 19 years old to Saturday, when he became the third Black manager to win a World Series. If the price of that is posing for a few photos, then pose he would. He survived more than half a century...
\n\nCole seemed particularly enthused by the Yankees’ offseason addition of outfielder Juan Soto, and for good reason -- Soto is 4-for-6 with a double and two homers in his career against Cole, with all of those at-bats having taken place during the 2019 World Series, when Cole was...
1946 World SeriesEnos Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals sliding home to score the winning run in game seven of the 1946 World Series; Roy Partee, catcher for the Boston Red Sox, lunges for the throw from the infield. TheUnited Statesis credited with developing several popularsports, includ...
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In the 1965 World Series, the Dodgers faced the Minnesota Twins, and Koufax was the likely candidate to pitch Game 1 on October 6th, 1965. However, that day happened to be Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in the Jewish religion. Koufax, a Jew, refused to pitch. The incident ...
No one expected Hatcher to do what he did in the series. In 2,557 career at-bats, he had hit only 35 home runs. But there he was in the World Series, hitting home runs in 2 Dodger victories. “I still haven’t learned how to do a home run trot,” Hatcher said. “I think, ...