Behind the Bag

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Jackie Robinson awaits his first at bat in the majors, Ebbets Field, 4/15/47, by Irving Haberman. From the blog: How did the press cover the "first" #JackieRobinsonDay? Coverage from the NYT, Sporting News, Brooklyn Eagle, & Pittsburgh Courier #Jackie42 https://t.co/I0IUGq3NIp

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“I demanded to be recognized for what I accomplished, nothing more.” - Bill White, Hall-Of-Famer

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@GoodFundies I’d argue the difference is, historically, when the Mets did well they were overachievers, making them easy to root for. Conversely, this is a rare Mets season where they’re substantially underachieving, which is difficult to watch in any sport

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Friday, May 10, 1946, Yankee Stadium: Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky & Dom DiMaggio ready their bats for a big Yankee series; Williams & Pesky went hitless but DiMaggio would knock in the game winner in the 7th as the 21-3 #RedSox won 5-4 for their franchise-best 15th straight win

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@metsrewind @Mets Minus Jones twice your list is correct, of the 35 players that played for the 1969 Mets, 18 are still living. The 4 coaches and of course the manager have passed as well

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@SNY_Mets 100% injured

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@threeinningfan Spectacular! Had no idea this existed, thanks for posting

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#OTD 90 years ago, 7/19/1936, Sportsman’s Park: #Cardinals Joe Medwick has 7 hits in 7 consecutive at bats in a DH sweep of Bees to move to within 1 game of Cubs in NL. Redbirds would fall short in ‘36 despite Medwick leading league in hits, doubles, RBI, TB

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@AlbaneseLaura Your lede here is brilliant

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@NJHoopsHaven Well said. Lot of primarily college hoops fans just became Knicks fans on this run, including myself

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@metsrewind @Mets Good article!

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@mattlindner Junk FB account stealing most of the name and even the profile pic of the great Old-Time Baseball Photos account, not to be confused with whatever this garbage is. Oughta be a law

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@jonchopwood @baseballhall @mroctober He did! Well earned

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@SStrom_ Nice interview! Enjoyed it

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@MarinoMLB Hire an actual GM for the roster/day-to-day for the big club and as prez oversee the rest

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@vinceguerrieri @r1960b @MrCleveland_216 Thanks for the link, good stuff!

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@andybfreed Outstanding! WJZ-TV, Channel 13. Thanks for posting!

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@BlogAndTackle Great post and clippings! Wonderful

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@thats_bb_suzyn Thanks for the post. Wonderful

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Sept. 27, 1988, NY Daily News announces that John Sterling has joined the #Yankees as play-by-play announcer. #RIP

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@baseballinpix 1978 Old Timer’s Game