Steve Dalkowski was a legendary Orioles minor league pitcher.
Category: Sports
Modern triple crown winners
The baseball triple crown (leading the league in Home runs/Runs batted in/Batting Average) is extremely rare. It’s only been done four times in my life and Aaron Judge has a chance this year. Judge has at least tied the league record for home runs; I don’t know of any triple crown winner who tied or broke a record for one of the three categories.
33 players have 3,000 hits
The butt punt
The Portland Pickles mascot attended an Orioles game
Pickles Pub in the first tweet is across the street from the stadium
Only 23,514 saw Roger Maris hit #61
Only 23,154 saw Roger Maris hit his 61st home run. It was a Sunday day game at Yankee Stadium. The home run was the only run in the game. In today’s game at Yankee Stadium where Aaron Judge could (but apparently won’t) hit his 61st home run, there are more people than the seating capacity.
The 61st home run was given up by Red Sox pitcher Tracy Stallard. I thought it was perfect that he became a Met in 1963. A player known for being on the losing end of a great achievement belonged on the Mets who were infamous for losing 120 games the year before.
I saw the Yankees play in 1961. In the game I saw, Mickey Mantle hit a home run. He hit 54 that season.
I think Judge will break Maris’s record. In a way, it would be more impressive since two of the 10 American League teams in 1961 were bad expansion teams. Judge didn’t have the chance to face expansion teams.
There are three Frank Robinson statues
Does any other baseball player have this? I doubt it. It shows you how great he was as a player and a man. The Orioles, Reds, and Guardians (Indians) also retired his number.
He was fourth all-time in home runs when he retired, the only player to win MVP in both leagues and the first black manager. He was also a fine executive.
Orioles statue
Reds statue
Indians (Guardians) statue
Orioles triple play 9/18/22
The Orioles turned a triple play today. I have seen two triple plays in person – both in 1979. The one by Oakland was so fast they could have gotten 4 or 5 guys out. As I recall, it was the first game their second baseman, Mickey Klutts, played at second.
I support the pitch clock
I went to a minor league game this year where they used the pitch clock and really liked it. The pace was definitely faster.
A tweet I saw: Cleveland Browns had 59 starting QBs during the Queen’s reign
At an Orioles game many years ago I saw someone wearing a Sosa #21 t-shirt. They had crossed out Sosa and written Markakis.
Sad! 