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The Koshien Stadium Experience | From Deep Right Field
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The Koshien Stadium Experience. Posted by Paul Gillespie. On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 · 4 Comments. Koshien Stadium, home of the Hanshin Tigers, also hosts the National High School Baseball Championship and the annual National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament. Both tournaments are known simply as “Kōshien”. (Photo courtesy of David Maher). Competing teams meet at home plate prior to taking the field. (Photo courtesy of David Maher). 8220;For a brief moment in time the boys of summer sprint on...
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Best Defensive Third Basemen | From Deep Right Field
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Best Defensive Third Basemen. Posted by Paul Gillespie. On Sunday, February 10, 2013 · 2 Comments. It is important to remember that there are fewer third basemen in the Hall of Fame than any other position. The position has traditionally been looked at as a corner power-hitting place in the lineup. Therefore, trying to find a good power hitter who can also play defense is a challenging proposition. Most winning teams tend to have pretty good defensive third basemen. There are many who think that Ray Dand...
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Monte Ward: Leader, Scholar and Athlete | From Deep Right Field
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Monte Ward: Leader, Scholar and Athlete. Posted by Paul Gillespie. On Sunday, September 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment. 8220;[Base-running] is the most skillful, it calls into play the keenest perception and the soundest judgment, it demands agility and speed, and it requires more daring, courage and enthusiasm than all the others combined.”. 8211; John Montgomery Ward. 8211; John Montgomery Ward in Base-Ball: How to Become a Player. New York Gothams, 1884. Top Row, L-R:. Monte Ward (CF/2B/P), unidentified, ...
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Rube Waddell: The First American League Ace | From Deep Right Field
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Rube Waddell: The First American League Ace. Posted by Paul Gillespie. On Sunday, November 25, 2012 · 4 Comments. 8220;He (Rube Waddell) was the atom bomb of baseball long before the atom bomb was discovered. . .”. In the early part of the 20th century, baseball fans came out in droves to watch “Rube strike ’em out! It is estimated that Waddell threw his fastball (he threw left-handed) in the mid- to high-90s, with movement, and possessed a very quick release. 8211; Baseball Magazine. Lave Cross, Eddie C...
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Roger Connor: The First Giant | From Deep Right Field
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Roger Connor: The First Giant. Posted by Paul Gillespie. On Saturday, November 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment. An 18-year veteran, Roger Connor’s career batting average was .316 and he slugged a nineteenth century record 138 home runs. Connor also led the League in fielding percentage for first basemen 4 times. He is a member of Cooperstown. In 1880, the National League’s Troy Trojans signed Connor to a contract. The owners were committed to putting a good product on the field, so Connor had some o...Connor&...
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Christy Mathewson: The Christian Gentleman | From Deep Right Field
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Christy Mathewson: The Christian Gentleman. Posted by Paul Gillespie. On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 · 2 Comments. 8220;Christy Mathewson brought something to baseball no one else had ever given the game. He handed the game a certain touch of class, an indefinable lift in culture, brains, and personality.”. 8212; Grantland Rice. Photo source: Chicago Daily News Negatives Collection, Chicago Historical Society. 8221;, jumped up and headed to the mound. “What’s the matter? All during his highschool and colle...
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Big Sam Thompson: The First Great Clutch Hitter | From Deep Right Field
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Big Sam Thompson: The First Great Clutch Hitter. Posted by Paul Gillespie. On Thursday, September 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment. 8220;On a frequency (per at-bat) basis, Sam Thompson led all nineteenth-century hitters in home runs. . . After 1893, when the pitching distance was increased . . . [Thompson] capitalized on the new pitching distance more than any other batter . . .”. 8211; from the book. The King of Swat. Top Row, L-R:. Gus Weyhing (P), Billy Hamilton (OF), Lave Cross (3B). After 4 years in Detroi...
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David "Davy" Force: The Gold Glove | From Deep Right Field
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David “Davy” Force: The Gold Glove. Posted by Paul Gillespie. On Friday, September 28, 2012 · 1 Comment. 8220;[Davy] Force and [George] Wright were the two greatest shortstops of the early days of baseball…”. 8211; Davy Force’s obituary in The Sporting News. Also, while not a great hitter, he became a superb bunter. Many believe that he was the first player to develop bunting as an offensive weapon–that is, bunting for base hits. He also ran the bases well. Force started playing semi-pro ball at age 17 i...
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Amos Rusie: The Pitcher Who Changed the Game | From Deep Right Field
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Amos Rusie: The Pitcher Who Changed the Game. Posted by Paul Gillespie. On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 · 1 Comment. 8220;Words fail to describe the speed with which [Amos] Rusie sent the ball. …It was like a white streak tearing past you.”. 8211; Jimmy Ryan, Chicago outfielder, 1894. The Toast of New York. The 1892 New York Giants. Top Row, L-R:. Danny Murphy (C), Jocko Fields (RF/C), Denny Lyons (3B), mascot, Shorty Fuller (SS), Mickey Welch (P), Jack Sharrott (OF/P). Jim O’Rourke, Buck Ewing. IF-OF Gen...
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Daily Baseball Bits | From Deep Right Field by Paul Gillespie
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The Best in Tabletop Games. Did you know…? MLB Record For Consecutive Wins By A Team. Posted by Paul Gillespie. On February 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment. The MLB record for consecutive wins by a team in a season is a record set by the National League’s New York Giants in 1916. They won 26 games in a row. The Oakland A’s have the American League record, established in 2002 with 20 consecutive victories. What made Oakland’s record all-the-more amazing is that […]. Category Daily Baseball Bits. Only three lef...
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