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Loading ...Bud Selig’s “plan” for 2009 (Giants Win)
Posted October 27, 2008 at 8:27 pmMLB Commissioner Bud Selig decides to suspend tonight’s rain-delayed game. All this might have been avoided were Bud willing to schedule a World Series or two during the day rather being slavishly devoted to ratings — resulting in playing games in miserable conditions. As for next year, Dan points out that it’s going to be potentially worse:If you thought tonight’s conditions in Philly …
Tags: baseball, Billy Pierce, Bud Selig, Matty Alou, Roger Maris, Willie Mays (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...John T. Brush Stairway (Jaybird's Jottings)
Posted October 18, 2008 at 6:42 am“It’s the only ballpark built against a cliff - Coogan’s Bluff - so that a patron could walk downhill to a seat. You came slowly down the John T. Brush stairs to the cool of the evening, looking down at…
Tags: Alex Belth, baseball, Central Park, Edgecombe Avenue, fever, Harlem River, Highbridge Park, Hubbell, John T. Brush Stairway, Jonathan Mahler, Manhattan Borough, National Football League, New York, New York City, New York City Housing Authority, New York Daily News, New York Giants, New York Times, Polo Grounds stadium, Polo Grounds Tower, Project Ballpark, Roger Angell, Roger Kahn, Scott Stringer, The New York Daily News, USD, Willie Mays, Willie Mays Field, Yankee Stadium (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Mays Helps Say Goodbye to Shea (Jaybird's Jottings)
Posted October 1, 2008 at 2:59 pmThe Mets said goodbye to Shea Stadium this past weekend, an event overshadowed by the farewell in the Bronx and the fact that a second straight collapse by the tenans drew most of the ink. Shea hosted some great baseball…
Tags: baseball, Mays Helps Say, Memorial Day, National League, New York, Shea Stadium, the New York Times, Willie Mays (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Giants finally give Cepeda his due with statue (Giants Headlines)
Posted September 6, 2008 at 1:04 amOrlando Cepeda was there when Willie Mays’ statue went up at the Giants’ waterfront ballpark in San Francisco. Willie McCovey’s and Juan Marichal’s, too. Today, it’s his turn to be honored.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Giants honor Cepeda with a statue (San Francisco Giants)
Posted September 5, 2008 at 9:30 pmOrlando Cepeda was there when Willie Mays’ statue went up at the Giants’ waterfront ballpark. Willie McCovey’s and Juan Marichal’s, too. And each time he saw his friends and former teammates honored, Cepeda had the same thought:
Tags: Willie Mays (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Giants’ Lewis has good company in a guy named Mays (San Francisco Giants)
Posted August 31, 2008 at 9:46 amCINCINNATI — Fred Lewis has a small collection of Willie Mays memorabilia: two autographed baseballs and a signed photo with the all-time great.
Tags: Fred Lewis, Lewis, Willie Mays (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...This week in Bay Area baseball history (SFGate Sports: San Francisco Giants)
Posted August 17, 2008 at 12:00 amA weekly look back during this anniversary season for the local nines: the 50th anniversary of the Giants in San Francisco and the 40th anniversary of the A’s in Oakland: - Giants (Aug. 22, 1965): Willie Mays hits a three-run homer off Sandy Koufax in a…
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Weekend Wrap, Monday Morning Musing (Bay City Ball)
Posted August 4, 2008 at 6:10 amI got away from Giants baseball this weekend because I went out of town to visit an old friend. A weekend of debauchery, scotch, and smoked meat is just what I needed. If I had to watch another Barry Zito start — Clockwork Orange style, eyes pried open — I might have lost it …
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Orlando Cepeda immortalized (Giants Win)
Posted July 22, 2008 at 12:02 am
Five Giants on their way to be part of the 1962 All-Star team — Felipe Alou, Jim Davenport, Willie Mays, Juan Marichal, Orlando Cepeda. Photo by Hunter. The Giants have announced that a statue of Orlando Cepeda will be unveiled in September at the Second Street entrance to Mays Field AKA AT&T Park.This is …
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Notebook / Statue of Cepeda to join team’s greats near park (SFGate Sports: San Francisco Giants)
Posted July 22, 2008 at 12:00 amThe statues of Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Juan Marichal that grace the grounds of China Basin soon will have another bronze friend. On Sept. 6, the Giants will unveil a statue of Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda at the 2nd Street entrance to the park. “He…
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