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Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: January 14 22, 11:25 am
by Radbird
Donnie Ebert wrote: ↑January 14 22, 9:34 am
Truly the image of a professional athlete in his prime.
Relatively speaking.
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: January 14 22, 12:47 pm
by sighyoung
Radbird wrote: ↑January 14 22, 11:25 am
Donnie Ebert wrote: ↑January 14 22, 9:34 am
Truly the image of a professional athlete in his prime.
Relatively speaking.
He was definitely into his prime rib.
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: January 15 22, 7:34 am
by Remembirds
On January 15, 1981, in his first year on the ballot, Bob Gibson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the only player elected on a ballot that included Don Drysdale, Gil Hodges, Harmon Killebrew, Juan Marichal, and Hoyt Wilhelm:
https://stlredbirds.com/2021/12/22/bob- ... l-of-fame/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: January 15 22, 9:20 am
by Joe Shlabotnik
Remembirds wrote: ↑January 15 22, 7:34 am
He was the only player elected on a ballot that included Don Drysdale, Gil Hodges, Harmon Killebrew, Juan Marichal, and Hoyt Wilhelm:
Candidate for the 'Sounds false but is true' thread. Crazy.
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: January 18 22, 8:10 am
by Remembirds
On January 18, 1938, Grover Cleveland Alexander, the hero of the Cardinals' first World Series championship in 1926, was elected to the Hall of Fame. See why Alexander held a special place in Cardinals history below:
https://stlredbirds.com/2021/12/23/form ... l-of-fame/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: January 20 22, 8:32 am
by Remembirds
On January 20, 1942, Rogers Hornsby -- widely considered baseball's greatest right-handed hitter -- was at the barbershop when he received official word that he had been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame:
https://stlredbirds.com/2021/12/23/roge ... l-of-fame/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: January 21 22, 8:03 am
by Remembirds
On January 21, 1969, Stan Musial was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 93.2% of the vote. See what St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports editor Bob Broeg had to say about those who didn't vote for Stan:
https://stlredbirds.com/2021/12/27/stan ... l-of-fame/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: January 23 22, 8:57 am
by Remembirds
On this date in 1968, Joe Medwick was at the insurance office where he worked when he received the call that he had been elected to the Hall of Fame in his final year on the ballot. See why Dodgers pitcher Dutch Leonard said the league should have made Medwick hit with his fists:
https://stlredbirds.com/2021/12/27/joe- ... l-of-fame/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: January 25 22, 6:51 am
by Remembirds
On this date in 1979, the Cardinals made an under-the-radar trade from minor-league pitcher John Stuper. Less than four years later, Stuper won Game 6 of the 1982 World Series:
https://stlredbirds.com/2021/12/28/janu ... e-pirates/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: January 29 22, 9:37 am
by Remembirds
On January 29, 2002, the Cardinals outbid the Yankees, Rangers, and Diamondbacks to sign their first Japanese-born player, So Taguchi. Cardinals fans' warm welcome made So's wife cry with joy:
https://stlredbirds.com/2020/12/27/janu ... o-taguchi/
