Look Past Statistics and You'll Find a Dandy Tale
from Baseball Todd’s Dugout
 Former big league outfielder Danny Walton could hit like Mickey Mantle at times during his professional baseball career. Unfortunately, he also ended up with a bad knee just like his childhood hero. "Mickey Mantle was my idol since I was a little kid," said Walton, who was nicknamed "Mickey" for his prowess as a switch-hitter in his youth. "I could hit a ball further left-handed than I could right-handed. I was probably a better average hitter right-handed - just like Mantle. I had a gimpy right knee and so did he. We just kind of fit right in together!" More
    
Tommy Brown Recalls His Career
by Bill Traughber
Most 16-year-old boys like to think about cars, cool clothes, hanging out in malls, talking on cell phones and of course – girls! But when Brentwood, Tennessee resident Tommy Brown was 16 years old, he was at Ebbets Field the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brown was facing major league pitchers and his only thoughts were – fastball or curveball. In 1944, Brown became the youngest position player to play major league baseball at 16 years, seven months of age. More
    

Bakersfield Baseball History: No. 5
from The Examiner
Times were certainly different in 1958. Pitchers throwing 250-plus innings in the minors back then? Yes, times have certainly changed. But one thing that hasn't changed is wins and losses, and this team had a lots more in the win column than on the loss side. In looking at the 61-year history of Bakersfield baseball, this team ranks as the No. 5 best team in franchise history. More
    

The First Black Baseball Team to Visit Milwaukee
from Seamheads
The first games of baseball involving an all-Black baseball team in Milwaukee were played in 1879. Milwaukee had had a team in the National League in 1878, but the franchise was expelled after the season for unpaid bills. With no team in the National League or any minor league, local amateur clubs dotted the Milwaukee landscape. Probably the best of these were the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs played other local amateur clubs, teams from southeastern Wisconsin and the Chicago area. More
    

Baseball's Greatest Nine May be from 1939
from MLB
When the discussion centers on the greatest baseball lineup ever, the best nine of all time, the traditional, reflexive response is "the '27 Yankees." And that is never a bad answer. But there are other lineups that can legitimately be allowed into the argument. One of those should be another Yankees team, this one from 1939. More
    

One of the Most Famous Days in St. Louis Cardinals History
from Baseball Digest
It is a day that will live in almost all Cardinal fans' minds. Great moments have happened in Cardinal history and most dedicated fans can tell you exactly where they were for many of them. Most of them can hear the voice of Jack Buck as he called those moments, almost as clearly as we can see the image of the moments themselves. Let us take a walk down a memory lane that has grown with weeds and clouds and discuss a moment in Redbird past that is viewed quite differently from your current perspective on the events that followed it. More
    

Baseball Revolves Around Number Nine
from MLB
Nine. It is the number of baseball. How it happened exactly, no one can say, not even the most dogged baseball researchers and historians. It became the numerical infrastructure of baseball simply through evolution and trial and error, rather than any magical visions or events. It is a number that truly became synonymous with the national pastime, because more than anything else, it just felt right – as it does today. More
    

Little League World Series Champions from Chula Vista, California
from Sign On San Diego
In June, more than 6,500 Little Leagues from around the world formed 12- and 13-year-old All-Star teams. After compiling a 23-3 record and winning eight games when it faced elimination, Park View can call itself world champions. The seventh- and eighth-graders became the second team from San Diego County to win the LLWS, joining the 1961 El Cajon/La Mesa Northern team that included future NFL star Brian Sipe. More
    
 

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