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Today in Sports History: September 19th
(Mantle rounds third on homer run No. 535. Photo courtesy of Bettman/Corbis) Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Avast ye mateys! Today, September 19th, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! And believe it or not, there is a sports connection. The holiday was created by two men, John...
Today in Sports History: September 14th
9/14/1968 - McLain wins his 30th game The Detroit Tigers defeat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 in Tiger Stadium, and getting the win is starting pitcher Denny McLain, who improves his pitching record to 30-5. McLain was the first pitcher to win 30 games in a year since Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis...
When McLain Grooved a Pitch to Mantle
With the uproar (perhaps a slight exaggeration, since the media seems more outraged over this than fans, as far as I can tell) over the allegations of Alex Rodriguez tipping pitches to opposing players so they'd tip pitches to him, Friday's New York Times looked back to the 1968 season, when Mickey...
10 reasons to hate the...Detroit Tigers
1. They play in Detroit Comerica Park in one of the most underrated ballparks in the league, too bad it's in Detroit.2. Ty CobbTy Cobb might have been the best player ever to play the game of baseball. He has a career batting average of .367 (highest of all-time). There is no doubt Ty Cobb was an...
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