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Boston Park League (football)
The Boston Park League, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the oldest amateur baseball league in the United States. History The Boston Park League (BPL) was founded in 1929 by Bob Cusick, program director for the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. Cusick envisioned a high quality, yet highly participatory, amateur baseball league with teams based in, and featuring residents of, the various neighborhoods of Boston. Charlestown, East Boston, South Boston, Hyde Park, Brighton, West Roxbury, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Mattapan, South End, and Dorchester all have had teams at some period of time. The league was rabidly popular among local area baseball fans, and in the 1930s and 1940s many games would draw as many as 5,000 attendees. Once the playoffs got underway, that number was known to swell to as many as 12,000 fans per game. Attendance remained high throughout the 1950s and 1960s, often in the range of 5,000 to 6,000 fans per game. Such popularity mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Fornieles
: José Miguel Fornieles y Torres (January 18, 1932 – February 11, 1998) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from La Habana, Cuba. The right-hander pitched a one hitter in his major league debut on September 2, . Washington Senators Fornieles signed with the Washington Senators at eighteen years old, and went 17-6 with a 2.86 earned run average for the Big Spring Broncs of the Longhorn League in his first professional season. In , Fornieles went 14-12 with a 2.66 ERA for his hometown Havana Cubans, and received a call up to the Senators that September. In the second game of a September 2 double header with the Philadelphia Athletics, the only hit Fornieles allowed was a second inning single by Joe Astroth. He also allowed six walks, but did not allow a single base runner from the sixth inning on. On September 19, Fornieles was called upon by manager Bucky Harris to relieve Julio Moreno in the second inning against the Boston Red Sox. Already trailing 3-0, Fornieles held the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Si Rosenthal
Simon Rosenthal (November 13, 1903 – April 7, 1969) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Biography Listed at , 165 lb., Rosenthal batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was Jewish, and was the first Jewish player on the Red Sox. In a two-season career, Rosenthal was a .266 hitter (95-for-357) with four home runs and 42 RBI in 123 games, including 40 runs, 17 doubles, five triples, five stolen bases and a .319 on-base percentage. His big league career was hampered by a foot injury from his time in the minor leagues; Rosenthal played professional baseball until 1935, but never again reached the major leagues. Both Sy and his son Buddy (Irwin Rosenthal) joined to fight in World War II. The elder Rosenthal was initially rejected due to loose cartilage in his knee dating back to baseball days. After being rejected, he paid for knee surgery to have the cartilage removed and had some e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin McGlinchy
Kevin Michael McGlinchy (born June 28, 1977) is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1999 to 2000 with the Atlanta Braves. Career McGlinchy was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the fifth round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft from Malden High School in Malden, Massachusetts. Despite never having previously pitched above Double-A, McGlinchy made the Major League roster in 1999 after impressing pitching coach Leo Mazzone with his composure in spring training. In the 1999 National League Championship Series, he gave up the famous Grand Slam Single to Robin Ventura. He later appeared in the 1999 World Series, pitching two scoreless innings in relief of Russ Springer at Yankee Stadium. McGlinchy was on the Opening Day roster to start the 2000 season but was placed on the disabled list in April. McGlinchy was activated from the disabled list on May 14 after a rehabilitative assignment but returned to the disabled list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ty LaForest
Byron Joseph LaForest (April 18, 1917 – May 5, 1947) was a Canadian professional baseball player. He was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick. LaForest is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. LaForest played third base for the last two months of the 1945 season with the Boston Red Sox, hitting .250 (51-for-204) with 2 home runs, 16 RBI, and 25 runs scored in 52 games. He was an above-average defensive player, making just 5 errors in 147 total chances at third base, and recording 6 putouts (with no errors) in a few appearances as an outfielder. In 1944 LaForest played in the outfield for the Boston Red Sox affiliate, Scranton of the Eastern League. He hit .296 with 101 runs batted in which earned him a promotion in 1945 to the top Red Sox farm club in Louisville, Kentucky. While playing for the Louisville Colonels he tied an American Association record by getting six hits in six at bats in a game against Minneapolis. LaForest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Hoeft
William Frederick Hoeft (May 17, 1932 – March 16, 2010) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball whose career spanned 15 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants. Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Hoeft threw and batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed . Detroit Tigers (1952–1959) Hoeft was signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. He made his major league debut on April 18, 1952 for the Tigers, and went on to pitch seven full seasons in Detroit. On September 7, 1953, Hoeft became the eighth pitcher in major-league history to pitch an immaculate inning, striking out all three batters on nine total pitches in the seventh inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox; it was the first time the feat had been accomplished since 1928. On June 24, 1955, Hoeft surrendered the first home run in the career of Harmon Killebrew, who would eventually hit 573 home runs in his career. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Hill (pitcher)
Richard Joseph Hill (born March 11, 1980), nicknamed "Dick Mountain", is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays and New York Mets. He played college baseball for the Michigan Wolverines baseball, Michigan Wolverines. Hill was drafted three times in the Major League Baseball draft (1999, 2001 and 2002) before signing with the Cubs. Hill has earned both American League and National League Pitcher of the Month honors. He is the only pitcher in Major League history to have had a Perfect game (baseball), perfect game broken up by a 9th-inning fielding error as well as the only pitcher in Major League history to have a no-hitter broken up in extra innings by a walk-off home run. At 42 years old, Hill is currently list o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Hebner
Richard Joseph Hebner (born November 26, 1947) is an Americans, American former professional baseball player and Coach (baseball), coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from through , most prominently as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that won five National League East, National League Eastern Division titles in six years between and and, won the World Series in . After his playing career, Hebner spent several years as a hitting coach at the major league and minor league levels. He also managed minor league teams in the Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles organizations. Early years Hebner was born in Brighton, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston. He was known for working as a gravedigger at a cemetery run by his father and brother, Dennis, during the offseason. The left-handed batting Hebner threw right-handed, and was originally a shortstop when he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round (15 overall) of the 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manny Delcarmen
Manuel Delcarmen (born February 16, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He previously pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2005 through 2010, mainly for the Boston Red Sox; he was a member of Boston's 2007 World Series championship team. Delcarmen last played professionally in 2018. He is currently an assistant coach with Fisher College in Boston. Early life Delcarmen is a native of the Hyde Park section of Boston, Massachusetts, and a graduate of West Roxbury High School. He has been called "The Pride of Hyde Park". MLB career Boston Red Sox Delcarmen was a second-round pick by Boston in the 2000 Major League Baseball draft; he was the first draftee from a Boston public high school in 34 years. Beginning the season with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs, he posted a 4–4 record with three saves and a 3.23 earned run average (ERA) in 31 games. After a promotion to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox, he struck out 12 batters over nine innings w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Coleman (baseball, Born 1922)
Joseph Patrick Coleman (July 30, 1922 – April 9, 1997) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 223 games in Major League Baseball (MLB) over ten seasons between 1942 and 1955 for the Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers. He was the father of Joe Coleman, a major league pitcher for 15 seasons from 1965 to 1979 and a two-time 20-game winner, and the grandfather of Casey Coleman, a pitcher with the Chicago Cubs and the Kansas City Royals between 2010 and 2014. A native of Medford, Massachusetts, Coleman attended Malden Catholic High School, where he was coached by Brother Gilbert Mathias who had mentored Babe Ruth as a youth in Baltimore. In 1940, Mathias introduced Coleman to Ruth who was visiting the school. After watching Coleman pitch, Ruth took him aside and helped him throw a more effective curveball. Coleman missed the 1943–1945 seasons while serving in the United States Navy during World War II. Along with other notable maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Casey (baseball)
John Casey may refer to: *John Casey (academic) (born 1939), British academic and writer for ''The Daily Telegraph'' * John Casey (''Chuck''), fictional character portrayed by Adam Baldwin on the television show ''Chuck'' *John Casey (commentator) (born 1964), Australian journalist and sports broadcaster *John Casey (footballer) (fl. 1935–1941), Dumbarton FC player * John Casey (mathematician) (1820–1891), Irish geometer *John Casey (politician) (1823–1893), Newfoundland politician * John Casey (novelist) (born 1939), American novelist and translator * John Casey (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s *John J. Casey (1875–1929), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania *John Casey (climate change author), American author * John Casey (Australian convict) (died 1882), Irish rebel transported to Australia in 1826 *John Keegan Casey (1846–1870), Irish poet, orator and republican *John Sears Casey (born 1930), m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994–95 Major League Baseball Strike
The 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike was the eighth and longest work stoppage in baseball history, as well as the fourth in-season work stoppage in 22 years. The strike began on August 12, 1994, and resulted in the remainder of that season, including the postseason and the World Series, being canceled. This was the first time in ninety years, since 1904, that a World Series was not played. The strike was suspended on April 2, 1995, after 232 days, making it the longest such stoppage in MLB history and the longest work stoppage in major league professional sports at the time (breaking the record set by the 1981 strike, also in MLB). As a result of the 1994 Major League baseball strike, a total of 948 games were canceled, and MLB became the first-ever major American professional sports league to lose an entire postseason due to a labor dispute. Due to the strike, both the 1994 and 1995 seasons were not played to a complete 162 games; the strike began after the teams had pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
