Archive for 'Sports History'

The New Sports Plague, Steroids

October 21st, 2008 – 9:00 am Posted by B Kenney

“Breaking news story just in, more baseball players have been determined to be using a skill-enhancing drug called steroids!” My stance on the subject… who cares.
The media widely has been known to blow things substantially out of proportion, and this is certainly one of those cases. It can be argued for hours on end, one [...]

Superstitious Baseball

April 24th, 2008 – 4:32 pm Posted by LJ Dovichi

Like two peas in a pod, baseball and superstitions just go together. Could any two words be more synonymous than those? Superstitions are as much a part of baseball as following player stats and keeping the score. I know many people that will tell you that superstitions are just a lot of poppycock and nonsense, [...]

April 18th – The Day Yankee Stadium Opened

April 18th, 2008 – 6:48 pm Posted by TK

On April 18, 1923, in New York City, more than 70,000 fans came to watch as Yankee Stadium opened. It quickly became one of the world’s most revered stadiums. As so many things happen in NYC, the stadium opened in dramatic fashion with Babe Ruth hitting a three-run home run that won the [...]