My top five baseball managers of all time will not include legends like Joe McCarthy, Connie Mack or even Casey Stengel. McCarthy and Mack don’t qualify since they managed way before my time, and Stengel doesn’t make the list because I only remember him as manager of the hapless expansion Mets in the early 1960s … Read More
Month: June 2011
Classic Team Logo of the Day
Logo of baseball’s Detroit Tigers used in 1927 and 1928. This is a pretty sad looking tiger that appears to have a severe overbite. The two seasons in which this logo was used were very different in that in 1927, despite finishing fourth in the American League, the team had an 82-71 record. They won only … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
“Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?” This is a 1948 Leaf baseball card of the “Yankee Clipper”, former New York Yankee centerfielder Joe DiMaggio. “Joltin’ Joe” was a classy and humble member of the Yanks’ dynasty in the 1940s. He played 13 seasons with the team, and was an All Star all of those seasons. … Read More
“Is This Heaven?, No, it’s Iowa.” My Five Favorite Sports Movies
Rocky, Remember The Titans, Safe At Home, Pride of The Yankees, Rudy, Brian’s Song, Bull Durham, Bad News Bears, Hoosiers and League Of Their Own. These are all films that get honorable mention on my list of favorites when it comes to sports movies. The 2 toughest to eliminate were Pride Of The Yankees, with Gary … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of an old hockey team that played in the National Hockey League from 1925 until 1930, the Pittsburgh Pirates. Although they are barely remembered among the city’s pro sports teams today, the team was the first in Pittsburgh to use the black and gold color scheme that is prevelant today in the Steel City. … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1970 Opeechee hockey card, from www.CheckOutMyCards.com , of former NHL defenseman Brad Park, who played 18 seasons, most notably with the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins. Park, who along with his contemporary, Bobby Orr, revolutionized the defense position into the “offensive defenseman”, was an NHL all star 9 times. He finished second in the voting … Read More
NFL – Five Players Who Changed The Game
This particular list is not a “best of” or a list ranking anything or anybody. It is a list of 5 NFL players whose contributions to the game of professional football were so unique that they actually changed the sport. There were 4 players considered but not included that deserve mention. Two of them are … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the National Football League’s Chicago Bears, one of the league’s iconic franchises, used from 1940 until 1953. The club was led during this era by team founder George “Papa Bear” Halas, as they were for most of their storied history. The team won the NFL title in the first year this logo was … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1972 Topps football card of a player mentioned in a recent post on this blog as one of the biggest NFL draft busts ever, former Philadelphia Eagle Leroy Keyes. Keyes was a highly-regarded safety out of Purdue and was the third player selected overall in the 1969 draft, behind O.J. Simpson and George Kunz. Keyes … Read More
NBA – Top Five Centers of All Time
In pro basketball the “big man” in the middle has always been a key component of any winning team. There have been many great ones over the years, so picking a top 5 was difficult. The center position has been played differently by some players, for instance – Wes Unseld of the old Washington Bullets would … Read More
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