Baseball Hall of Fame

H.O.F. Honoree's Quincy Tie
H.O.F. Honoree's Quincy Tie
H.O.F. Honoree's Quincy Tie
This Sunday, the Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies will take place in Cooperstown, New York, a small hamlet less than an hour from where I used to live. This year's induction ceremony will have a tie to Quincy in that the late Bill King will received the Ford C...
DiMaggio’s Consecutive Hitting Streak Ended 75 Years Ago Tomorrow
DiMaggio’s Consecutive Hitting Streak Ended 75 Years Ago Tomorrow
DiMaggio’s Consecutive Hitting Streak Ended 75 Years Ago Tomorrow
The year was 1941.  Americans were preoccupied with World War Two going on in Europe.  Nerves were on edge and Americans needed something or someone to do something positive.  That someone turned out to be Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees. Baseball was an escape from the pressures of war and people were following both the war and the game that summer especially because of DiMaggio.
Sunday Was a Historical Day in Baseball
Sunday Was a Historical Day in Baseball
Sunday Was a Historical Day in Baseball
Both the Quincy Gems and the Hannibal Cavemen are playing on the road. For the Cavemen they return home Tuesday to meet Springfield.The next home game for the Gems is Wednesday when they host the Cavemen.   As you watch those games this week, think about the rules of this great game.
Baseball’s Hall of Fame Needs Some Changing
Baseball’s Hall of Fame Needs Some Changing
Baseball’s Hall of Fame Needs Some Changing
Congratulations goes out to Ken Griffey Junior and Mike Piazza. Both were named last week to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. No player has ever been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame unanimously, but Griffey Jr. came pretty close.  He was three votes shy of being a unanimous choice. He received 99.3 % of the votes and Piazza garnered 83% of the votes which is nothing to snee
Is Baseball Really Against Gambling? I Think Not!
Is Baseball Really Against Gambling? I Think Not!
Is Baseball Really Against Gambling? I Think Not!
So the man has the all-time hit record for Major League Baseball with 4256 hits yet he is NOT in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.  Pete Rose, the man who said “I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball”, played the game as hard as anyone has ever played it.