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Legend: The 1971 Baltimore Orioles team was exceptional, as all four of their starting pitchers won at least 20 games each. The Orioles finished the 1971 season with a record of 101-57, but lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 7 of the World Series. The 4 pitchers on the O’s squad to win at least 20 games each were Mike Cuellar (20-9), Pat Dobson (20-8), Jim Palmer (20-9), and Dave McNally (21-5). But the pitching was not the only dominance that this O’s team presented, as their offensive lineup consisted of Brooks Robinson, Davey Johnson, Paul Blair, and Frank Continue reading Week of 12-15-14→

Fun Fact of the Day: Before Yogi became Yogi Berra, he served as a gunner’s mate on the USS Bayfield during the D-day invasion on June 6, 1944, as a 19-year-old kid, who had his whole life ahead of him. If Yogi had not come home safely after serving his country proudly, it would have re-written the baseball history book, especially for the Yankees who won 10 World Series with Berra behind the plate. Yogi was such an inspiration to young kids during his hay day as he always said: “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” Baseball might not have Continue reading Yogi Berra at D-day→

Legend of the Week:   Candlestick Park was built between 1958-1960, located in the southeastern tip of San Francisco, which was a part of San Fran that was cold and windy almost year around, as sometimes during the Summer fans had to bring winter coats to see the Giants play. It’s opening day was on April 12th, 1960 when the Giants played the Cardinals. It closed down on August 14, 2014, but the Giants had already moved into their new home (AT&T Park) 15 years earlier, but the San Francisco 49ers continued to use it until the end their 2014 Continue reading Week of 12-8-14→

Story of the Week: Matt Kemp gets traded to the Padres for Yasmani Grandal. Also involved in the trade was Dodgers catcher Tim Federowicz and two prospects from the Padres. The Dodgers, ever since building a new front office, have been putting out serious rumors about trading one of its outfielders, but the question was; which one? So during the Winter Meetings in San Diego, Friedman ironically trades Kemp to the hostess, the Padres. After the stellar come-back season Kemp had, this trade came to a shock as many fans will be angry, as the Dodgers barely received anything in Continue reading Week of 12-8-14→