Classic Baseball Daily Highlights

Over the past 93 seasons, the Cleveland Indians had finished first just 3 times. Going to 3 World Series and winning 2. On average they finished over 18 games out of first place.On April 4, 1994 The Jake opened and despite the first 7 innings when they were no hit, a new era was born and the Indians will go on to be one of the most successful regular season teams the last 20+ seasons.Mentioned in this episode:Classic Baseball BroadcastsClassic Baseball BroadcastsMentioned in this episode:New CBB Podcast Intro Post Roll March 26

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FREE GIFT! Subscriber to the Daily Highlights, all the baseball news you need to start your day. Plus - FREE GIFT! For all new newsletter subscribers - Daily HighlightsInterested in 10,000 hrs of baseball history? Check out Classic Baseball Broadcasts! Free trial and a special discount just type in Podcast.Mentioned in this episode:Post Roll March 26New CBB Podcast Intro

FREE GIFT! Subscriber to the Daily Highlights, all the baseball news you need to start your day. Plus - FREE GIFT! For all new newsletter subscribers - Daily HighlightsInterested in 10,000 hrs of baseball history? Check out Classic Baseball Broadcasts! Free trial and a special discount just type in Podcast.Mentioned in this episode:New CBB Podcast Intro

FREE GIFT! Subscriber to the Daily Highlights, all the baseball news you need to start your day. Plus - FREE GIFT! For all new newsletter subscribers - Daily HighlightsInterested in 10,000 hrs of baseball history? Check out Classic Baseball Broadcasts! Free trial and a special discount just type in Podcast. Mentioned in this episode:New CBB Podcast Intro

FREE GIFT! Subscriber to the Daily Highlights, all the baseball news you need to start your day. Plus - FREE GIFT! For all new newsletter subscribers - Daily HighlightsInterested in 10,000 hrs of baseball history? Check out Classic Baseball Broadcasts! Free trial and a special discount just type in Podcast. Mentioned in this episode:Post Roll March 26New CBB Podcast Intro

FREE GIFT! Subscriber to the Daily Highlights, all the baseball news you need to start your day. Plus - FREE GIFT! For all new newsletter subscribers - Daily HighlightsInterested in 10,000 hrs of baseball history? Check out Classic Baseball Broadcasts! Free trial and a special discount just type in Podcast. Mentioned in this episode:Post Roll March 26New CBB Podcast Intro

FREE GIFT! Subscriber to the Daily Highlights, all the baseball news you need to start your day. Plus - FREE GIFT! For all new newsletter subscribers - Daily HighlightsInterested in 10,000 hrs of baseball history? Check out Classic Baseball Broadcasts! Free trial and a special discount just type in Podcast. Mentioned in this episode:New CBB Podcast Intro

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Joe Castiglione final call of 2004 Red Sox World SeriesMentioned in this episode:Post Roll March 26New CBB Podcast Intro

Jackie Robinson's Speech - October 15, 1972 - his last public speech Jackie Robinson is by no means the greatest player in baseball history. He holds no cherished records in the manner of a Hank Aaron or a Joe DiMaggio, and his career numbers fall far short of the statistical milestones by which we currently measure “greatness”. But as former Negro League star Buck O’Neill once observed, Robinson may not have been the best player of his era, but he was the right player for the task history set before him. As such, Jackie Robinson is the pivotal figure in baseball’s narrative and perhaps its greatest hero. Only a man with Robinson’s singular mix of talent, tenacity, and temperament could have taken up the lonely task of breaking baseball’s color barrier. No player before or since has had to perform under the weight of such a great burden. On one shoulder, Robinson bore the hopes and future aspirations of a people too long denied their share of the American promise; on the other, he bore the fierce scorn and violent enmity of those who preferred that baseball, and American life in general, remain a segregated affair. That he rose to the challenge and thrived under the pressure was an affirmation of America’s founding principle, the proposition that all men are indeed created equal. His triumph, coming a full seven years before Rosa Parks’ defiant “sit”, can be seen as the first great victory of the modern civil rights movement. Martin Luther King, Jr, who followed Robinson’s exploits as a teenager, hailed him as “a pilgrim that walked in the lonesome byways toward the high road of Freedom… a sit-inner before sit-ins, a freedom rider before freedom rides.” His success paved the way for a new generation of superstars – Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Frank Robinson, to name but a few - who would go on to revolutionize the game and help redefine American culture.Jackie's Career Highlights:https://thisdayinbaseball.com/jackie-robinsonjackie-robinson-career-highlights/Mentioned in this episode:New CBB Podcast Intro Post Roll March 26

On July 31, 1978, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds extends his hitting streak to 44 games, tying Willie Keeler’s National League record set 81 years ago. Rose singles against Hall of Famer Phil Niekro in Cincinnati’s 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves.Classic Broadcasts are old-time broadcasts that have been put together from various sources. Many are found on the Internet Archives in a raw form. If you wish to take a deeper dive, that includes:Scorecards, Rosters, Newspaper Clippings. All members can jump over to : www.vintagebaseballreflections.com and join the membership platformMentioned in this episode:Post Roll March 26New CBB Podcast Intro

Read about these events and much more - https://thisdayinbaseball.com/this-day-in-baseball-july-26/ July 26, 1933 The 61-game hitting streak of the San Francisco Seals' 18-year-old rookie, Joe DiMaggio, is stopped by Ed Walsh, Jr. of the Oakland Oaks.Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance on July 26, 1948. Ruth visited the film premiere of "The Babe Ruth Story." and would succumb to throat cancer just three weeks later.July 26, 1962 in New York, pitcher Gene Conley and infielder Pumpsie Green of the Red Sox mysteriously disappear after a 13 - 3 loss to the Yankees. They get off a team bus in traffic to use a rest room but fail to return. Conley decides he wants to fly to Israel, and goes to the airport, but is refused a ticket because he does not have a visa. Conley is perhaps best known for being the only person to win championships in two of the four major American sports, one with the Milwaukee Braves in the 1957 World Series and three Boston Celtics championships from 1959-61.Johnny Bench of the “Big Red Machine” Cincinnati Reds collects his 300th career home run in a 12-3 loss to the New York Mets on July 26th, 1978. In the same game, Cincinnati’s Pete Rose, aka “Charlie Hustle”, extends his hitting streak to 39 games. Rose’s streak will eventually reach 44 games - a new National League record which would attract massive interest nationwide.The Hall of Fame expands by three members on July 26th, 1987. Jim “Catfish” Hunter, Billy Williams, and Ray Dandridge are honored in Induction Ceremonies in Cooperstown. Hunter played on five world champions and was called “Catfish” by Oakland owner Charles O. Finley for no other reason than Finley thought his new pitcher needed a flashy nickname.July 26, 1991 Montreal's Mark Gardner pitches a no-hitter for nine innings against the Dodgers before Lenny Harris beats out an infield single in the 10th. The Dodgers would get two more hits, including an RBI single by Darryl Strawberry, to plate the only run of the contest. After a 2-out walk in the 1st to Eddie Murray, Gardner retires 19 in a row.The Expos manage only two hits themselves against the combined efforts of Orel Hershiser, Kevin Gross, and Jay Howell. Gardner is the 11th pitcher to lose a no-hitter after nine innings and the first pitcher to hurl nine no-hit innings against the Dodgers since Johnny Vander Meer, in 1938. Mentioned in this episode:Classic Baseball BroadcastsClassic Baseball BroadcastsMentioned in this episode:Post Roll March 26New CBB Podcast Intro

On July 31, 2003 the Montreal Expos retired number 8 as a tribute to Gary Carter, their first player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. During his 12-year tenure with the Expos, Carter was selected to the National League All-Star team 7 times and won 3 Gold Glove Awards. After the Expos moved to Washington, D.C. to become the Washington Nationals following the 2004 season, a banner displaying Carter’s number along with those of other Expos stars Andre Dawson, Tim Raines and Rusty Staub was hung from the rafters at the Bell Centre, home of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens. This Day In Baseball - Learn more about the players, teams and seasons Classic Broadcasts are old-time broadcasts that have been put together from various sources. Many are found on the Internet Archives in a raw form. If you wish to take a deeper dive, that includes:Scorecards, Rosters, Newspaper Clippings. All members can jump over to : www.vintagebaseballreflections.com and join the membership platformMentioned in this episode:New CBB Podcast Intro Post Roll March 26

July 24, 1983 - Phil Rizzuto calls the At Bat when Goose Gossage faces George Brett with Two outs in the 9th Classic Broadcasts are old-time broadcasts that have been put together from various sources. Many are found on the Internet Archives in a raw form. If you wish to take a deeper dive, that includes:Scorecards, Rosters, Newspaper Clippings. All members can jump over to : www.vintagebaseballreflections.com and join the membership platformMentioned in this episode:New CBB Podcast Intro Post Roll March 26