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Thoughts on Memorial Day Weekend

May 22, 2009
Tags: holiday doubleheaders, Branch Rickey, minor league promotions, Sam Breadon, Rogers Hornsby
Entry of May 22nd
THOUGHTS ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
I still remember the joy of picking up the newspaper as a little boy and seeing the magical notation (2) indicating double-header in the probable pitcher listings. Long gone are the regularly scheduled doubleheaders on Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. Perhaps it was  Read More 
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An Unnoticed Golden Anniversary

May 21, 2009
Tags: Branch Rickey, John Galbreath, Dan Topping, Michael Shapiro, Jeremy Guthrie
Entry of May 21st
AN UNNOTICED GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

50 years ago today, on May 21, 1959 Major League Baseball owners held a rare spring meeting in the privacy of Pittsburgh Pirates owner John Galbreath’s Darby Dan racehorse farm outside of Columbus, Ohio. Baseball usually resisted change – two major leagues with eight teams each had ruled the  Read More 
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