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February 8th: Mickey Mantle is Threatened with a Lifetime Ban from Baseball, and Subsequently Banned, for Working at a Casino

February 8, 2012 Daven Hiskey

This Day In History: February 8, 1983 On this day in history, 1983, Mickey Mantle was threatened by the commissioner of baseball, Bowie Kuhn, that if he didn’t stop working for the Claridge Casino in Atlantic City, he’d be put on baseball’s permanently ineligible list, which meant he’d be banned from any Major or Minor League Baseball related activities including […]

The Cincinnati Reds were Once Renamed the “Redlegs” Due to the Second Red Scare

February 6, 2012 Daven Hiskey

Today I found out the Cincinnati Reds were once renamed the “Redlegs” due to the second “Red Scare”. The Cincinnati Reds name was originally inspired by a previously existing team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, which was the first fully professional baseball team. This former team had ten men on salary for eight months to play baseball for the Red Stockings. […]

Whitey Ford Gave Pete Rose His “Charlie Hustle” Nickname

November 17, 2011 Daven Hiskey

Today I found out Whitey Ford gave Pete Rose his “Charlie Hustle” nickname. It was during spring training of what would turn out to be Pete Rose’s rookie year that Ford gave the nickname to him. The exact event that lead to the nickname is somewhat in dispute. The most commonly held story is that he gave Pete Rose the […]

There Once was a Major League Baseball Player That was Traded for Himself

May 19, 2011 Daven Hiskey

Today I found out there once was a Major League Baseball player that was traded for himself. That player was Harry Chiti. Chiti was a catcher who played in the major leagues from 1950-1962, taking two years off in that span to fight in the Korean War. The momentous event of getting traded for himself happened in 1962 when Chiti […]

Earned Run Average (ERA) Was Not Originally Meant for Evaluating Pitching Skill

March 11, 2011 Daven Hiskey

##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn More Interesting Baseball Facts When Henry Chadwick, the creator of the baseball box score, developed the ERA (earned run average) statistic, his goal was not to evaluate a pitchers worth, but rather to provide a statistic that differentiated between runs caused by batting skill and those caused by lack of fielding skill; […]

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Why “K” Denotes a Strikeout in Baseball

March 10, 2011 Daven Hiskey

##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn More Interesting Baseball Facts Text Version: Henry Chadwick, the creator of the baseball box score, chose the “K” to denote a strikeout because it was the last letter in “struck” as in “struck out”. Chadwick often liked to use the last letter of words instead of the first, particularly when he felt […]

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