An immaculate inning is when a pitcher throws nine pitches and gets three strikeouts. It’s only been done 116 times. It is rarer than a no-hitter (326 times).
Update – Andrew Kittredge threw one on August 6, 2025.
Month: July 2025
Article on decline in numbers of local journalists
Local Journalist Index 2025 from Muck Rack and Rebuild Local News
Instagram post on Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie was one of the great blues artists. I learned about her through CD reissues in the 1990s that were released after the Robert Johnson box set sold well.
Jorge Luis Borges on King Kong and Citizen Kane
Trump’s budget cuts are bad for rural medical care
I had a party on one of the hottest days in Baltimore history
August 20, 1983 was the second hottest day in recorded Baltimore history when I had my party. I lived in an air-conditioned third-floor apartment. I turned the temperature down as much as possible but it was still in the 80s. Fortunately, I served cold food (6 foot sub).
More posts on Satchel Paige
Morris the cat
A famous painting of cats
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened in 1992.
My collage which includes newspaper photos and a ticket and program from the exhibition game held before the stadium opened for the regular season.
Sad! 