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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 18h

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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 21h

105 Years Ago Today: Cleveland Indians second baseman Bill Wambsganss turns the first and only unassisted triple play in #WorldSeries history! Here's Bill posing with the three Brooklyn #Dodgers players that he got out! (October 10, 1920) #MLB #Baseball #Guardians #Postseason

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 20h

@played41.bsky.social Nancy, can you either confirm or deny this?

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 1d

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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 1d

For the lunchtime crowd, my piece on how this iconic photo happened.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 1d

Seventy-seven years today, one of baseball's most iconic photos was taken. It features Steve Gromek and Larry Doby embracing after the Cleveland Indians' Game 4 win in the 1948 World Series. But what if the photo had been staged? Here's my newsletter on that: lepplin.substack.com/p/the-stagin...

The Staging of One of Baseball’s Most Famous Images

The Steve Gromek/Larry Doby Photo Revisited

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 1d

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 2d

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 3d

Episode 0501 is live!

Make sure you're following @shoelesspodcast and quote this post with the correct answer to the following trivia question for a chance to win:

Which player is responsible for most of the video footage we have today of the Negro Leagues?

www.shoelesspodcast.com/season-five/01

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John Thorn @johnthorn.bsky.social · 3d

My stories have been published to Our Game, but Medium sets its own url. Thus, last night's talk at the New York State Museum:
medium.com/@thorn_john_...

MLB & NYC: A Love Story

Delivered at the the New York State Museum on October 6

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 3d

Moses Fleetwood Walker, one of the first African American players in major-league history, was born on this date in 1856.

Colored-pencil card drawing of Moses Fleetwood Walker

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Sara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have multiple streaming subscriptions, cable and an MLB.tv subscription?

Don't plan on being able to stream the playoffs unless you're willing to pay up for even more one off services.

What a disaster for a sport that has the audacity to call itself America's Pastime.

The Official Site of Major League Baseball

Coverage includes audio and video clips, interviews, statistics, schedules and exclusive stories.

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Heavy J Studios #CardSky @heavyjstudios.bsky.social · 3d

Here is how the 426-card T212 Obak set distributes its 271 different subjects across the three years 1909-1911. For example, 32 subjects appeared in all three series while 55 subjects were 1910-only. Longer article coming soon.

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 4d

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Chris Miller @millerlowlife14.bsky.social · 6d

Every name on the Tigers sounds like it was made up by a teenager trying to come up with something for a fake ID. Brant Hurter? Dillon Dingler? Colt Keith? Fake. Fake. Fake.

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 5d

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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 6d

Today In 1951: New York Giants players Monte Irvin, Willie Mays and Hank Thompson form the first all African American outfield in #WorldSeries history! #MLB #SFGiants #Baseball #Postseason

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Alex Coffey @byalexcoffey.bsky.social · 8d

"I painted the entire time [I was on the IL in 2021]. It was great.”

“I’ve had times where I’ve played extremely well, and the colors are lighter, the strokes are lighter."

"It gives me time to just unplug from the world.”

Harrison Bader, Art Guy: www.inquirer.com/phillies/har...

The Phillies’ Harrison Bader has been painting since he was a kid. And it’s helped shape his game.

Bader took an interest in art history in high school and still paints. It’s helped him get through the highs and lows of his major league career, while keeping him in “the present moment.”

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 7d

The first Negro Leagues World Series began 101 years ago today. The Kansas City Monarchs would go on to beat the Hilldale Club 5 games to 4, with one tie.

Colored-pencil card drawings representing all ten games of the series

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PostWarCards @postwarcards.bsky.social · 7d

Honestly, if I had to pick just one set to spend the rest of my hobby life on, writing about it, researching it, collecting it, just staring at it, it’d be 1952 Topps. Nothing else comes close.

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Graig Kreindler @graigkreindler.bsky.social · 6d

On this day in 1953, Mickey Mantle smashed a Russ Meyer pitch into the upper deck of Ebbets Field, becoming the fourth player in World Series history to hit a grand slam. Here’s my painting of the moment, based on the photography of Mark Kauffman. What a JOY this was to create.

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 6d

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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 6d

Today In 1953: New York #Yankees legend Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam HR vs. the Brooklyn #Dodgers in World Series Game 5 at Ebbets Field! #MLB #Baseball #History #RepBX #WorldSeries #Postseason

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 7d

Schwarber 56 home runs
Ohtani 55 home runs

This is the first time multiple players with 55+ homers made the postseason in the same season (Raleigh, too!)

which means the NLDS is the first series in postseason history with multiple players who hit 55+ HR that regular season!

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 7d

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