OldTimer’s Dugout - Off Topic Thread

#18,351
#18,351
On November 28 in Baseball History...​
  • 1944 - Hal Newhouser is named Most Valuable Player in the American League, gathering four more votes than teammate Dizzy Trout. Newhouser's 29 wins contrast his 34 combined wins the previous four years. His 2.22 ERA is bettered by Trout (2.12), who also has 27 wins.

  • 1950 - Having already ousted Branch Rickey, Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as manager. Chuck Dressen, manager of Oakland in the Pacific Coast League, is named as his replacement.

  • 1957 - Warren Spahn of the Braves wins the Cy Young Award as the major league's top pitcher almost unanimously. The only competition for the 21-game winner is White Sox hurler Dick Donovan, who receives one vote.

  • 1958 - The American League announces that its Opening Day game in 1959 will be the earliest ever, April 9.

  • 1969 - Los Angeles second baseman Ted Sizemore (.271) becomes the seventh Dodgers player to win National League Rookie of the Year honors.

  • 1973 - Al Bumbry beats out five other vote-getters to win American League Rookie of the Year honors. The Orioles outfielder played just 110 games, but tied for the league lead in triples (11) and batted .337.

  • 1978 - The Reds fire manager Sparky Anderson after nine years, during which the club averaged 96 wins per season and won five divisional titles, four National League pennants, and two World Championships.

  • 1979 - Pitcher Rick Sutcliffe, who went 17-10 for the sub-.500 Dodgers, receives 20 of 24 votes to earn the National League Rookie of the Year honors.
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo, W.TN.Orange Blood and MAD
#18,352
#18,352
On November 29 in Baseball History...​
  • 1926 - Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager. Stories of a thrown game and betting on games by Ty Cobb and Speaker for third-place money in 1919 gain momentum when Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis holds a secret hearing with the two stars and former pitcher-outfielder Joe Wood.

  • 1957 - Mayor Robert Wagner forms a four-member committee to find a replacement for the Dodgers and Giants in New York City.

  • 1962 - Major league officials and player representatives agree to return to a single All-Star Game in 1963. The players' pension fund will receive 95 percent of the one game's proceeds (rather than 60 percent of the two games).

  • 1975 - Two Baltimore greats, with a combined total of 24 Gold Glove Awards, are each honored for the last time. Brooks Robinson and Paul Blair are the two making swan songs on The Sporting News fielding team, while outfielders Garry Maddox and Fred Lynn each win the award for the first time.

  • 1976 - Reggie Jackson signs with the New York Yankees as a free agent.

  • 1990 - A consortium of Canadian investors led by Expos president Claud Brochu agrees to buy the club from Charles Bronfman for a reported $85 million, assuring that the team will remain in Montreal.
 
  • Like
Reactions: W.TN.Orange Blood and MAD
#18,353
#18,353
VolPack22 said:
On November 28 in Baseball History...​

  • 1944 - Hal Newhouser is named Most Valuable Player in the American League, gathering four more votes than teammate Dizzy Trout. Newhouser's 29 wins contrast his 34 combined wins the previous four years. His 2.22 ERA is bettered by Trout (2.12), who also has 27 wins.

  • 1950 - Having already ousted Branch Rickey, Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as manager. Chuck Dressen, manager of Oakland in the Pacific Coast League, is named as his replacement.

  • 1957 - Warren Spahn of the Braves wins the Cy Young Award as the major league's top pitcher almost unanimously. The only competition for the 21-game winner is White Sox hurler Dick Donovan, who receives one vote.

  • 1958 - The American League announces that its Opening Day game in 1959 will be the earliest ever, April 9.

  • 1969 - Los Angeles second baseman Ted Sizemore (.271) becomes the seventh Dodgers player to win National League Rookie of the Year honors.

  • 1973 - Al Bumbry beats out five other vote-getters to win American League Rookie of the Year honors. The Orioles outfielder played just 110 games, but tied for the league lead in triples (11) and batted .337.

  • 1978 - The Reds fire manager Sparky Anderson after nine years, during which the club averaged 96 wins per season and won five divisional titles, four National League pennants, and two World Championships.

  • 1979 - Pitcher Rick Sutcliffe, who went 17-10 for the sub-.500 Dodgers, receives 20 of 24 votes to earn the National League Rookie of the Year honors.
Click to expand...
Can’t believe the Reds fired Sparky
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo, cardvolfan and VolPack22
#18,355
#18,355
If you take away his lone losing season in Cincinnati he averaged 98 wins per season. The Reds did win another World Series 12 years after his firing. But that was a LONG 12 years. They had 10 consecutive years without making the postseason. I couldn’t imagine that being a Braves fan. I’m spoiled. The longest drought they have had in my lifetime is 4 years 😎
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo, cardvolfan and MAD
#18,356
#18,356
VolPack22 said:
If you take away his lone losing season in Cincinnati he averaged 98 wins per season. The Reds did win another World Series 12 years after his firing. But that was a LONG 12 years. They had 10 consecutive years without making the postseason. I couldn’t imagine that being a Braves fan. I’m spoiled. The longest drought they have had in my lifetime is 4 years 😎
Click to expand...

Well, well ... look who showed up ^^^^^^^ after MIA all damn day. :cool:
 
  • Like
Reactions: VolPack22 and Volprofch05
#18,361
#18,361
VolPack22 said:
🤣🤣🤣 My apologies, I was working all day.
Click to expand...
smh-madea.gif
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo and VolPack22
New Posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

Advertisement



Back
Top