Today’s picture is of Babe Ruth after a collision with a concrete wall. Ouch!
This picture from 1924 can be found on the Library of Congress Flickr stream, and has no known copyright restrictions.
An update to my post on racing mascots:
The Washington Nationals have added another president to their race, perhaps to keep interest in the race after Teddy Roosevelt finally winning.
So who’s the new president? Is it JFK? Woodrow Wilson? Tricky Dick Nixon? Would Jefferson Davis be brought in as a villain?
Nope, it’s William Howard Taft.
Presumably, Taft also can run in the Supreme Court Justice Race, should the Nationals ever create on.
Okay, you can now move on with your day.
Remember, folks, baseball players are not like normal people. When they get hurt, we find out all of the embarrassing details as of why.
If you had ruptured your spleen in a freak snow-shoveling accident, it would be known only to you, your doctor and maybe some family members that you would swear to secrecy. But if you are Carl Pavano, then Ken Rosenthal will tell the world about it.
Similarly, if you were to slip the bathroom and fracture your arm, it’s highly doubtful that it would be reported like it was when it happened to Francisco Liriano.
So, really, if you are a ballplayer, be warned that danger lurks everywhere. And if you aren’t a ballplayer, be glad that your stupid injuries aren’t revealed to the world.
Well, that escalated quickly. I wake up, turn on the the TV, and then, BOOM! Upton family reunion in Atlanta.
No, seriously, after seemingly endless rumors and innuendo over the last year or two, Justin Upton is finally leaving Arizona. The Diamondbacks aren’t exactly getting pennies back from the Braves, either, as they are receiving Martin Prado, Randall Delgado, and some minor leaguers from the ATL.
Now, of course, is an excuse to run a feature on the best brother combos in baseball. I don’t mean cases where two or more brothers both played baseball, I’m talking when brothers played on the same team. Y’know, like how the Uptons will starting this season.
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The 1911 World Series was between the Tigers and Giants. That meant that two of the greatest stars of the early 20th century faced each other: Christy Mathewson and Ty Cobb.
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In 2006, Australia went 0-3 and in 2009 the Australians only did slightly better, going 1-2 (upsetting Mexico and then losing two straight, although they came close to upsetting Cuba). So how might they do this time around?
Well, Australia won’t have it’s most notable pitchers, but it’s still a team that could pull an upset or two, although it’s unlikely that they will get past the first round group that also has Korea, Taipei and the Netherlands.
Go below the jump for the analysis:
Chick Gandil was, in many ways, the mastermind of the players’ side of the Black Sox scandal. Earlier in his career, however, he played in Washington. Check out that old glove!
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And now, because nobody asked for it, an image of a young Casey Stengel wearing sunglasses, circa 1915.
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My post over at the Old Time Family Baseball blogathon is now up and can be found over there. So check it out.
In the days leading up to the Presidential Inauguration, the Baseball Continuum will be posting pictures celebrating the relation between the presidency and baseball. These are not meant to be an endorsement of either side of the political aisle nor the policies of any of the men featured within, merely a celebration of the close connection between America’s leader and America’s game.
Before Game 3 of the 2001 World Series, the first game of the World Series in a New York still clearing wreckage from Ground Zero, George W. Bush took the mound to throw out the first pitch.
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