The years 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, and 1953 all have one thing in common: The New York Yankees would defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series. Nowadays, fans pray for a subway series, as we haven’t seen one since 2000, but in the 40’s and 50’s this seemed almost a yearly reoccurrence. The Yankees…

If you have ever watched the movie Field of Dreams, you certainly remember the emergence of Archibald “Moonlight” Graham, but you may not know what the movie correctly depicts. In the famous film, Graham is played by Burt Lancaster, as a midwestern doctor who once had his day in baseball, but had fallen into obscurity…

There has never been a more eccentric or innovative owner in MLB than Bill Veeck Jr. He had an incredible knack for drawing fans into the ballpark, even when his team was in the cellar, so would it be any surprise if I told you he hired a midget to play the nightcap of a…

There have only been two men in MLB history to have an entire baseball franchise named after them; Wilbert Robinson (Brooklyn Robins) and Napoleon Lajoie (Cleveland Naps). Cleveland’s franchise, now named the Guardians, formerly Indians, Naps, Napoleons, Blues and just “CLEVELAND”, debuted as an American League team in 1901. The second year of the twentieth…

Everybody besides Yankees fans hated the dynasty they had built at this time, with the exception of a month in September/October after 9/11 in 2001. The mighty Yankees lost the World Series in seven games in heartbreaking fashion to a walk off single by Luis Gonzalez off of the greatest postseason pitcher of all time…

Do you know who the first player to win a batting title in both leagues? I bet you didn’t think it was Ed Delahanty, one of baseball’s early legends, who in fact became the first player to win the batting title in both the National and American Leagues. He won his first batting title with…