“What counts aren’t the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed.” – WHITEY HERZOG
Growing up in Baltimore during the 1970’s, one of my earliest baseball memories was being taught to chant “6-4-3″ when the Orioles pitcher put a man on first base. Of course, that was to exhort the [...]
Archive for February, 2008
JULIAN TAVAREZ – Dominican GIDP King
February 24, 2008Beisbol: TIGRES del LICEY win 2008 Serie del Caribe (Baseball’s Caribbean World Series)
February 8, 2008The Tigres del Licey capped their 100th anniversary season in fine style Thursday night by capturing a record 10th Caribbean Series championship. Not only did they stave off a potential winner-take-all playoff against the Aguilas Cibaenas with an 8-2 victory, they also eliminated their arch-rivals in the Aguilas’ own ballpark to avenge last month’s loss in [...]
STU MILLER – 1963 Most Valuable Oriole
February 1, 2008With a disconcerting head fake, and what The Sporting News called an “annoying assortment of slow pitches”, 35-year-old reliever Stu Miller became the first pitcher to take home Most Valuable Oriole honors in 1963.
Miller was an ERA leader and a two-time National League All-Star before coming to Baltimore, but the slight, 165-lb Northampton, MA native [...]
