Game Notes, 11/01/2025 – World Series Game 7
It seems, it feels remarkable that the final contest of the 2025 Fall Classic echoes so many of the beats […]
Game Notes
How often has that happened? When did this last occur? Was this or that unique, who else did it? If you read through the box scores on any given day during the regular or postseason, you might have these kinds of questions. “Game Notes” does too – and provides the answers.
Game Notes, 10/31/2025 – World Series Game 6
Three times in his career, Whitey Ford accepted the starting assignment in a Game 6 with his Yankees facing the […]
Game Notes, 10/29/2025 – World Series Game 5
During the 1973 postseason, Mets right-hander Tom Seaver fanned 13 Reds in the first game of the NLCS and then […]
Game Notes, 10/28/2025 – World Series Game 4
There’s exhilarating footage of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig taking batting practice before the 1927 World Series – a kind […]
Game Notes, 10/27/2025 – World Series Game 3
Frank Baker’s famous sobriquet, “Home Run,” flew into the baseball consciousness for his efforts in the 1911 World Series, when […]
Game Notes, 10/25/2025 – World Series Game 2
During the 1995 regular season, the Cleveland Indians averaged 5.8 runs per game while winning 69 percent of their contests. […]
Game Notes, 10/24/2025 – World Series Game 1
By the time he was able to play ball under some World Series bunting, Ted Kluszewski was a few weeks […]
Game Notes, 10/20/2025 – LCS Day 8
George Springer’s very first brush with the postseason, a single-game elimination affair in the 2015 AL Wild Card Game, occurred […]
Game Notes, 10/19/2025 – LCS Day 7
As if he hadn’t already generated enough thrills during his mania-inducing season, Fernando Valenzuela took the Dodger Stadium hill on […]
Game Notes, 10/17/2025 – LCS Day 6
When Babe Ruth made the last of his three World Series starts on the mound, he was batting in an […]
Game Notes, 10/16/2025 – LCS Day 5
“Sandy Koufax for two weeks …” For nearly 20 years, that’s how I’ve thought of (and described to others) what […]
Game Notes, 10/15/2025 – LCS Day 4
At the end of their spectacular journey in 1970, the World Champion Baltimore Orioles could look at their collective postseason […]
Game Notes, 10/14/2025 – LCS Day 3
One of the reflective joys of the postseason comes in the echoes and reverberations, the links to the past that […]
Game Notes, 10/13/2025 – LCS Day 2
In 2001, Randy Johnson – author of 21 regular season wins, an MLB-best 2.49 ERA and a universe-vibrating 372 strikeouts […]
Game Notes, 10/12/2025 – LCS Day 1
Let the historical records show that as of today, there are 89 pitchers in postseason history that can stake the […]
Game Notes, 10/11/2025 – LDS Day 8
When Jim Thome took Derek Lowe deep in the bottom of the third inning in Game 5 of the 1999 […]
Game Notes, 10/10/2025 – LDS Day 7
Detroit’s Bill Donovan issues his first pitch to Pittsburgh’s leadoff hitter, Bobby Byrne … Christy Mathewson and Smoky Joe Wood […]
Game Notes, 10/09/2025 – LDS Day 6
The victims of the first-ever perfect game in World Series history, the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers had little time to regroup […]
Game Notes, 10/08/2025 – LDS Day 5
It’s October 10, 1948. A reported 86,288 fans are on needles and pins at Cleveland Municipal Stadium to see if […]
Game Notes, 10/07/2025 – LDS Day 4
During the Yankees’ three-game sweep of the Rangers in the 1999 ALDS, Derek Jeter came to the plate 13 times […]
Game Notes, 10/06/2025 – LDS Day 3
For Yankees fans of a certain age, the name Edgar Martínez probably produces a host of emotions – none very […]
Game Notes, 10/05/2025 – LDS Day 2
Ken Griffey, Jr. may have been gone. Álex Rodríguez may have left town. Randy Johnson may have been but a […]
Game Notes, 10/04/2025 – LDS Day 1
There are 185 instances of a postseason batter – perhaps surrounded by bunting, perhaps hearing extra jeers or cheers from […]
Game Notes, 10/02/2025 – Wild Card Day 3
The 1929 Cubs featured a quartet of fearsome right-handed hitters, a foursome of .500 or better sluggers named Rogers Hornsby […]
Game Notes, 10/01/2025 – Wild Card Day 2
Entering 2025, the postseason account books showed 67 players who drove in at least 14 runs through their first 18 […]
Game Notes, 09/30/2025 – Wild Card Day 1
In the very first postseason contest in Major League Baseball’s Modern Era – Game 1 of the 1903 World Series […]
Game Notes – 09/28/2025
On the season’s final day in 1980, the Royals skipped to a 4-0 win, able to generate the offense even […]
Game Notes – 09/25/2025
The 1996 Rockies roster boasted the NL leader in home runs and RBI (Andrés Galarraga), the league’s top base stealer […]
Game Notes – 09/24/2025
In his entry for “tater,” Paul Dickson (The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, Third Edition, 2009), mentions that “the term may have […]
Game Notes – 09/23/2025
On July 6, 2025, Tarik Skubal and his Tigers were in Cleveland to take on Gavin Williams and his Guardians. […]
Game Notes – 09/22/2025
It’s been a banner year for the men behind the plate when at the plate – Cal Raleigh is a […]
Game Notes – 09/21/2025
Today’s high octane leadoff hitters are of a different makeup than those who dominated the role in the 20th century. […]
Game Notes – 09/18/2025
A one-hit shutout in a 1-0 win. There’s a harmony in this event, the numerical synchronicity, the metered sound adding […]
Game Notes – 09/17/2025
Cast the script back to 1977 … The good: just 21 years old, Cardinals shortstop Garry Templeton bats .322 and […]
Game Notes – 09/16/2025
In 1938, while producing more multi-home run games in a season (11) than anyone before, Hank Greenberg walloped 58 home […]
Game Notes – 09/15/2025
In the entire statistical record covering Major League Baseball, there are 19 player seasons that can spread their metaphorical arms […]
Game Notes – 09/14/2025
When 19-year-old Mickey Mantle stepped onto the diamond for his big league debut on April 17, 1951, the single-season high […]
Game Notes – 09/11/2025
Over a five-year stretch from 1948-1952, the average Ralph Kiner season looked like this: 109 runs scored, 44 home runs, […]
Game Notes – 09/10/2025
In his farewell season in 2016, David Ortiz positively scoffed and sneered and even snarled at that old figure, Father […]
Game Notes – 09/09/2025
In 1978, J.R. Richard became just the fourth different right-handed hurler since 1893 to rocket to 300 strikeouts: a 303-K […]