While I was fact-checking one of my posts about the 1959 World Series, I found this brief, contemporaneous appreciation of the event by Roy Terrell that appeared in Sports Illustrated, probably with lots of great photos. Terrell's piece conveys a good sense of this Series and of the' [...]
Sometimes you hear it said that baseball's post-season reveals weaknesses in teams that went undetected during the regular season. I've never really subscribed to this view. The 162 game season (and its 154 game predecessor) should expose any true weaknesses. The much shorter post-season (only four to seven games in' [...]
Last night, the New York Yankees ended this decade of baseball the way they began it -- by winning the World Series. In between these triumphs, things didn't go quite as planned. However, when you sort it all out, the Yankees are the team of the decade, having appeared in' [...]
Congratulations to the Yankees and their fans for the Yankees' victory over the Philly Phil's in the 2009 World Series. Now that that's over, I predict we'll hear more calls for salary restrictions in the name of competitive balance now that the big, bad Yanks have returned to the throne. [...]
With his Dodgers up three games to one in the 1959 World Series, Walter Alston had the luxury of using his fourth starter in Game 5. Even if the Dodgers lost, they would still be up 3-2, with the well-rested duo of Johnny Podres and Don Drysdale available to close [...]
Trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers two games to one, Chicago White Sox manager Al Lopez called upon his Game One starter, Early Wynn, for Game Four. He thus again bypassed his long-time ace Billy Pierce to bring Wynn back on three days rest. Pitching on three days rest was no [...]
The World Series begins tonight, It pits the team with the best record in baseball this year -- the New York Yankees -- against the defending champions -- the Philadelphia Phillies.
These two teams have met only once in the World Series. That happened in 1950, when the "Whiz Kids" [...]
The Chicago White Sox and Los Angles Dodgers split the first two games of the 1959 World Series in Chicago. The scene then shifted to LA for the first ever West Coast World Series games.
The Dodgers, their pitching rotation having been thrown off by a playoff [...]
On Wednesday night, the Philadelphia Phillies clinched their place in the World Series by defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the post-game celebration, several Phillies made it clear that they hope to meet the New York Yankees in the Fall Classic.
"Bring on A-Rod," said Phils reliever Soctt Eyre. "Everyone" [...]
