The seventh and final game, played in Pittsburgh on October 13, 1960, has been written about, read about and discussed as much as any other game in baseball history. For the New York Yankees, the bitter 10 to 9 loss was string of miscues, indecisive plays, a freak injury and a poor call by the home plate ump mixed in for good measure. Could Bobby Shantz, a Gold Glove Award winning pitcher have made a difference had he been left on the mound to field Clemente's chopper? Why was one of our best relief pitchers, Ryne Duren, left sitting on the bench the entire afternoon? What if Whitey Ford had been allowed to start three games instead of two? And how could Bill Mazeroski, a career .260 hitter, win it all with a homer in the bottom of the ninth? These questions have fueled hot-stove arguments for a long time and likely will continue to be hashed over by serious baseball fans for years to come. It was during a friendly visit not long ago that my old buddy, Jim Coates, summed up our rueful recollections. "It just wasn't meant to be, Eli," he confided. "For us Yankees, it just wasn't in the cards." …show more content…
Yet, the memorable 1960 World Series, with its abundance of bizarre circumstances and unflattering miscues, combined with an assortment of inexplicable managerial decisions, is a story I would never intentionally alter. And because I was able to watch all except two-thirds of an inning from the Yankee bullpen and witness the unfolding of this crazy, but incredible nine-day drama, I hoped to share some of my own insight and personal thoughts about this disappointing period in my life, before any more time slips
The team exchanged tips about throwing the world series so there were eight people involved in throwing the world series. They knew it was gonna be a difficult and risky thing to try to throw the world series and get away with it. The players that were involved too was, pitchers Eddie cicotte and claude ‘’lefty’’ williams (Andrews, Evan). Shortstop charles swede risberg and outfielder oscar ‘’happy’’ felsch, third basemen buck wever. Infielder fred mcmullin and the power hitter shoeless joe jackson. The world series started and the fix was going as planned the white sox were lost the first nine to one and lost three more and then. It all changed when the white sox player got way less from the gamblers then they were supposed to so they called the fix off and started to play to win and they came back winning game six. The white sox players started getting death threats from the gangster gamblers and said they were going to kill their families.they cinnati
Baseball has been a fixture in America’s past from the early days and one may say is it is America’s pastime. Charles Alexander writes the book, Breaking the Slump: Baseball in the Great Depression Era with that in mind. Alexander has compiled a book about what baseball was like during the years when America lived in a time of great poverty and economic troubles. Alexander writes with the aim of writing a chronology of baseball and how it the happenings of the world influenced this sport. Baseball has had a great following and Alexander explains the National pastime in a way that feels like you are right there during the season. Alexander’s style, source base, and focus make this book a great history of the time. He does miss a few things that
The film “A League of Their Own,” depicts a fictionalized tale of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. This league was started during World War II when many of the Major Leagues Biggest stars were drafted to the war. MLB owners decided to start this league with hopes of making money while the men were overseas fighting. Traditional stereotypes of women in sports were already in force before the league even begins. One of the scouts letts Dottie, one of the films main characters she is the perfect combination of looks as well as talent. The scout even rejects one potential player because she is not as pretty as the league is looking for even though she is a great baseball player. The player, Marla’s father said if she was a boy she would be playing for the Yankee’s. Eventually Mara’s father is able to convince the scout to take Marla to try outs because he raised her on his own after her mother died. Her father says it is his fault his daughter is a tomboy. In this case the film reinforces the traditional stereotype that mothers are in charge of raising their daughters and teaching them to be a lady, where fathers are incapable of raising girls to be anything other than a tomboy. The focus on beauty also reinforces the traditional stereotype that men will only be interested in women’s sports when the females participating in
On July 4th, 1939, the New York Yankees honored a legend and a hero, Lou Gehrig, who was asked to give a speech to the fans at Old Yankee Stadium. He gave his “Farewell to Baseball Address,” Lou Gehrig shows how honored he was to have played baseball with many great teammates by using thankful speeches for his teammates and associates and to put at ease all of his baseball fans who were worried about his deadly disease. To show his illustrious life and career are not to be overshadowed by the recent events. To show the audience all the great accomplishments that overshadow this minor setback.
“One good play,” said the Phillies manager. For the first time all game Jackie Robinson entered the on deck circle. Fans from across the stadium booed very loudly. Although there were many familiar faces in the crowd that were cheering and routing for him. After Jackie Robinson’s teammate hit into a double play Jackie came up to the plate with two outs and no runners on base. As soon as Robinson approached the plate he was thrown off by the look and posture the manager gave him. The Phillies manager came out of the dugout and just looked at him. After one huge swing Jackie turned to see the wide smirk on the Phillies manager’s face.
Rumors were spreading that the Chicago White Sox were going to throw the 1919 World Series game against the Cincinnati Reds before the series even started. Even though the White Sox were previously heavily favoured to win, they lost against the Reds, starting a huge upset among the public that lasted months. Eight players, dubbed the “Black Sox”, became apart of one of the biggest fixes in major league sports, leaving those same eight men with scarred careers and an interesting conspiracy that’s still discussed to this day.
One would not usually associate baseball, America's favorite pastime, with English romantic poets of the 18th and 19th century. Certainly, the thought of modern American baseball does not initially trigger notions of the sublime, natural scenes, and individual spirituality. Yet, what could be more poetic than the end of a curse, the greatest comeback in sports history, and the end of an 86 year drought without a championship? What is more poetic than all three of these occurrences happening in the same year to the same team? Less specifically, it is not hard to believe that a romantic poet would embrace the coming together of average Americans to cheer on their home team on a warm summer day. What is the seventh inning stretch but the mass-harmonizing of a short, heartwarming poem? It is true that baseball and romantics have more in common than one would at first suspect. Particularly, William Wordsworth and the Boston Red Sox are a terrific example of a romantic poet and a Major League Baseball team that seem to fit. Wordsworth's love of nature and verse and his sympathy toward the common man would draw him to the sport itself, while the history and mysticism of the Boston Red Sox would intrigue him. Indeed, William Wordsworth would have loved baseball and been a fan of the Boston Red Sox.
Since 1971, baseball fans of Washington D.C suffered the loss of their team. It was explained in Von Drehle’s article, “But the fans had a different mojo working that night. The city was tired of losing graciously -- losing games, losing seasons, losing franchises.” This showed how fans saw their loss of baseball team of Washington D.C, which was sad and bitter. Then return of baseball in Washington D.C made fans excited for their new start. It was reported as, “It was an all-day party amid cheers, chants and popping flashbulbs, highlighted by President George W.
It’s that time of year again for my fellow baseball lovers - the World Series. Being from Chicago, I have grown up watching the Cubs “Curse of the Billy Goat” be proven true over and over again. Then, it happened. The Chicago Cubs finally made it to the World Series... but against the Cleveland Indians. Since both of these teams have not won the World Series in decades, the whole country went wild. This World Series would make history. Of course, with an event as special and intense as this, there was bound to be plenty of trash talking and stereotyping of the enemies from the fans on both sides. All the trash-talking and stereotyping definitely took its toll on the game and its players. When looking at the World Series from a psychology perspective,
The first Select game I ever played we were down 11-8. It was the bottom of the 6th inning, I had just walked and was on first base. There were no outs. I could smell the fresh cut wet grass of San Antonio Texas. I get the signal for a hit and run. The next batter is up, hits a streaming ground ball past the shortstop and through the left field gap and to the wall. I ran, rounding the bag heading to third. I slide in and just beat the center field throw. The next batter up hit a line drive and it carries over the fence. At this point the game is tied the next three batters strike out. The next inning im the third batter up there's two outs and it's a fastball right down the middle. I contemplate my choices and decide to swing my hardest. The
If not for armed conflict, Ted Williams—arguably the best pure hitter the game has ever seen—might have finished his career with 3,200 hits and 650 home runs. Warren Spahn, the game’s most productive southpaw, quite possibly would have topped 400 wins. Bob Feller, armed with a supersonic fastball, could have won 300 games and struck out 3,500. Hank Greenberg might have joined the 500-home run club, while Washington’s Mickey Vernon could have made it to 3,000 hits. But from the heart and to a man, every ballplayer would have considered such a relatively trivial loss of statistics as a small sacrifice compared to helping America defeat the Axis powers.
Fifty one thousand fans were on their feet watching as the pitcher wounded up to throw his next pitch. They needed one out and the dream would come true. The whole stadium went silent as the ball was throw and. The year 2010 was a very memorable year for the Texas Rangers. It showed great sportsman ship and team work. Wait you didn’t want me to stop? Well can I just go on, I don’t have to tell you what happens do I? As soon as that ball leaves the pitcher’s hand it’s a homerun or an out, a win or a loss. Now that’s what I love about baseball. I want to talk to you about the Texas Rangers. They are not the most famous team by the championships they have one but they are one of the most interesting teams in baseball.
This game of a stick and ball has captivated the United States during good and bad times. In either time most of us today can remember stories of players from the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. These are legendary figures in the sport of baseball that have are celebrated as hero’s and in scandal, i...
Why are boys and girls not on the same sports team? They should be! Just because they are a different gender does not mean they can’t be on the same team. They can have all the same skill level, they just need to try hard enough.
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