Baseball

All-Star Grand Slam

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Wishing a 69th Birthday to Mr. Fred Lynn! During his 9th All-Star Appearance, the Angels Centerfielder became the 1st All-Star to hit a Grand Slam during the Mid-Summer Classic! It happened back on July 6th, 1983 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Fred’s Grand Salami gave the American League a 9-1 lead in just the 3rd Inning. They went on to win 13-3. It was the American League’s first All Star Victory in 12 years.

For a Free Issue of Blaze. Who can tell us the NL Pitcher who gave up an All-Star Record 6 hits & 7 runs in less than an inning’s work that night? For a Bonus Point. Which Pitcher took the Loss?

Happy Birthday Ernie Banks!

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On May 12th, 1970 Ernie slugged the 500th home run of his career during an 11 inning 4-3 Cubs victory at Wrigley. Can any of you Dudes tell us the Atlanta Pitcher & future corrupt Georgia Sheriff who served up that fateful blast?

Defunct Statistical Categories - Starring Keith Hernandez

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⚾Defunct Statistical category⚾ --The Game Winning RBI. Only existed from 1980-1988. Given to the player who drove in the run that put a team into the lead for good. No matter if it was a bloop single in the 3rd that drove in the 1st run of a 5-0 win or a bottom of the 9th walk off HR. (17) Keith Hernandez is the all time leader with 129 of these, including a record 24 in 1985. 
Keith actually picked up a game winning RBI on June 14th, 1987. Be sure to check out #amazingblazezinenumber 5 for the rest of the story.

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R.I.P Knucksie

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Over his 24 seasons Phil started 716 career games. That’s good for 5th All-Time in MLB History. What’s crazy is that he didn’t start his 2nd game until he was already 28 years old! He’s also the last pitcher to Both Win & Lose 20 games or more in the same season. He went 21-20 in 1979 for the last place Atlanta Braves.

'Silk Hands' - Mario Mendoza

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In 1979, Seattle Mariners Shortstop Mario Mendoza reached career highs in plate appearances, hits & rbi’s. He hit safely in 74 of 373 plate appearances to finish with a .198 batting average for the season ,making him only the fourth major leaguer to play as many as 148 games in a season and fail to break .200. The Mexican League Hall of Famer earned the nickname ‘Manos de Seda’ or Silk Hands for his Defensive Abilities at Shortstop. Have a good weekend Dudes!

NLBM Art - Issue #1 - Available

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Just a reminder dudes Issue #1 of our 3 part zine series dedicated to the Negro Leagues is still available in the shop! Just $12 and 25% of sales on the site go towards benefiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.

Is Pitcher Lowell Palmer & Famed Skyjacker D.B. Cooper One In The Same?

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Lowell’s last MLB appearance was in September of 1974. Just a mere two months before a mystery man using the alias Dan Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle. Cooper calmly demanded $200,000, and parachutes from authorities. At some point he leapt from the back stairs of the plane as it flew over the Columbia River Wilderness. He’s never been heard from again. Check out the Infamous America Podcast from @blackbarrelmedia for the full story.

Lowell resurfaced in Venezuela in ‘74-75 after his days in the bigs, pitching for the Cardenales de Lara. (Lara Cardinals) Seems like the perfect little place to lie low while the heat cools down if you ask me. Palmer went 2-6 with a 3.56 ERA in 65 Innings of work. However, we mostly remember Lowell for his 1989 season with the West Palm Beach Tropics of the Senior Professional Baseball Association. At 42 he was the 2nd oldest player on the Tropics. Any Tropics fans out there know who was the oldest?

Vince Coleman

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Did you guys know that St. Louis Cardinals speedster Vince Coleman is the 1st Major Leaguer to steal over 100 bases in their first three seasons? Here’s another tidbit about Vince. He led the NL in stolen bases for 6 straight seasons!! (‘85-’90)