Baseball Digest articles from July 2005

Baseball Digest archives from July 2005

The fans speak out.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... In 1984, the Detroit Tigers started the season with a 35-5 record. How many consecutive road wins did they have to start that year? Jake Alyea Gardnerville, Nev. The Tigers were undefeated in 17 consecutive games on the road in...

Complete-game shutout always regarded as a jewel in pitching trade.(Warm Up Tosses)
July 1, 2005... JON GARLAND WAS ON THE MOUND IN OAKLAND'S MCAFEE COLISEUM ONE night last April, setting down the A's through seven, then eight and finally through nine full innings as he fashioned a four-hit, 6-0 shutout for the White The 25-year-old...

A manager's job is do or die: they know their success is measured by the number of wins and losses they record so when the club fails, skippers are prepared for dismissal.
July 1, 2005... IT DOESN'T TAKE A HEAP OF LONG-winded prose to sketch a verbal outline of the career trajectories of the vast majority of the approximately 600 men who have been promoted--or condemned--to manage teams since the earliest days of major league...

Unusual cache of vintage baseball collectibles scarce old cards, uncut sheets, prints, and signs.(Buyers Guide)
July 1, 2005... 1980s All-Time Greats Baseball Greats. 50 card set full of Hall of Famers. Included are Aaron, Banks. Berra, Campanella. Clemente, Cobb. DiMaggio. Feller, Ford, Foxx, Gehrig, Greenberg, Hornsby, Mantle, Mathewson, Mays, Musial, Ott, Brooks...

After dismissal, former managers stay in the game to get another chance: when fired from one post, many field generals attempt to remain in the majors in some capacity, hoping to be recalled as a skipper.
July 1, 2005... ALL OF A SUDDEN, CHARLIE MANUEL FOUND HIMSELF WITH NO LINEUPS TO ponder, no dugout haven and no team to manage. Two days after serving as a coach for the American League at the 2002 All-Star Game, Manuel was fired by the Cleveland Indians. ...

Richie Sexson: standing tall in Seattle: Mariners slugger is back from serious injury and ready to do "whatever it takes" to return to his 40-homer status.
July 1, 2005... ON APRIL 28, 2004, ALLISON Sexson was watching her son play baseball as she had hundreds of times before. Unlike most mothers, she could do that from the comfort of her living room because Richie Sexson is a big league ballplayer, a fact...

Phillies' star Bobby Abreu deserves greater recognition: steady outfielder wants to improve his productive play and help club capture a post-season invitation.(Biography)
July 1, 2005... AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES, Bobby Abreu is known--or unknown--as one of the game's most underrated players. Around Philadelphia, where Abreu plays right field for the Phillies, he's known as much for what he does off the field as what he does on...

Mark Buehrle: thrives on a fast-paced rhythm: since 2001, White Sox pitcher has been one of top winners among majors' left-handers.
July 1, 2005... CALL MARK BUEHRLE A HILLBILLY, country or a redneck if you must. He really doesn't mind. Hey, this is a guy who proposed to his girlfriend last off-season while sitting in a tree stand hunting for deer on his 1,200-acre property in rural...

Baseball quick quiz.
July 1, 2005... Collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answers on page 90 (If you score 80 or better, you are a baseball expert; 70 or better, superior; between 60 and 70, good, and between 40 and 60, average. 1. Since 1900 and...

Jimmy Rollins--Philadelphia Phillies.(Baseball Profile)(Biography)
July 1, 2005... FULL NAME: James Calvin Rollins III AGE, HT., WT.: 26, 5-8, 167 HOME: Alameda, California STATUS/FAMILY: Single NICKNAME: Jimmy, J-Ro LIFE OUTSIDE OF BASEBALL: I like to dress, so I go shopping. I check out new vehicles...

We know all about the flaws, but we live for moments of perfection: special achievements such as no-hitters and reaching historic milestones or simply listening to a game on the radio make baseball worth following.
July 1, 2005... WE ALL KNOW BASEBALL'S faults. We've certainly discussed them in detail several months during the off-season. We know the greed, the abuses, Barry Bonds. We know the Yankees have too much money, the Devil Rays have too little, and that come...

Orioles' Brian Roberts: hard work pays off: Baltimore second baseman continues to improve and put up all-star numbers due to successful training program.
July 1, 2005... THE REPORTERS WERE REGULARLY crowding Brian Roberts' locker in the Orioles' clubhouse earlier this season and the demands on his time were constant. But Roberts still didn't comprehend the impact he has had so far this season until he...

Once in a lifetime: former major league pitchers recall their only All-Star Game appearance.
July 1, 2005... THE 2005 ALL-STAR GAME WILL be the 76th contest played between the top players in the National League and the best performers in the American League. Since 1933, when this exhibition of stars format began, there have been 172 pitchers who had a...

Pitching great Bob Feller has fond memories of many Hall of Famers: right-hander who won 266 games in a career that spanned 18 seasons recalls some of the majors' best performers.(Interview)
July 1, 2005... DURING A AN 18-YEAR HALL OF FAME CAREER THAT SPANNED FROM 1936 TO 11956, Bob Feller had the opportunity to see or know the vast majority of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Feller, who will be 87 years old on November 3, 2005, has himself...

Clyde Sukeforth: former player, coach and scout played roles in Jackie Robinson's signing and the 1951 N.L. pennant.(Turn Back The Clock)
July 1, 2005... "GAME CALLED BECAUSE OF rain" is one of the most famous cover illustrations Norman Rockwell ever produced for the Saturday Evening Post. While the illustration focuses on three stern and authoritative umpires deciding whether the baseball...

Terry Steinbach: the game I'll never forget: former catcher recalls his initial appearance in the major leagues when he became the 60th player to hit a home run in his first at-bat.
July 1, 2005... I WAS CALLED UP FROM AA AND played my first big league game on September 12, 1986. The A's were playing the Indians in Cleveland, and I replaced Mickey Tettleton at catcher. It was the seventh inning when I got my first at-bat. How could I...

All-Star Game results and statistics.(Illustration)
July 1, 2005... All-Star Game Results and Statistics Date Winning Team Score Stadium MVP July 6, 1933 American League 4-2 Comiskey Park, ...

A wonderful group of vintage collectibles of great teams, great players, great records.(Buyers Guide)
July 1, 2005... (1) 1984 Detroit Tigers World Champion 30" Pennant--Huge 6" Tigers logo. Players' names in 10" scroll. Very Fine condition, it is now some two decades old and has a $55 value in The Standard Catalog of Sports Memorabilia. Baseball Digest...

Single game all-star records.
July 1, 2005... Most Runs Scored : (4) Ted Williams, Reds Sox. 1946; (3) Frankie Frisch, Cardinals, 1934: Al Simmons, White Sox, 1934; Joe DiMaggio, Yankees, 1941; Jackie Robinson, Dodgers, 1949. Most Base Hits : (4) Joe Medwick, Cardinals 1937: Ted...

Baseball rules corner: for the most part, throwing a glove at a batted ball is costly.
July 1, 2005... ONE PLAY IN THE 2004 POSTSEAson that caught my attention occurred in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series in St. Louis where the Cardinals hosted the Astros. In the top of the fifth inning, the Astros had a runner on first...

Baseball was designed to be played on warm summer days.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... During a few wintery days last April, some major league games were postponed due to inclement weather. It's not that games can't be played in the cold. Just ask former Tiger Jack Morris, who is a broadcaster with the Minnesota Twins. "When...

Battling the elements.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... FORMER TIGERS MANAGER SPARKY ANDERSON ONCE CONVINCED TWO OF HIS IMPRESsionable young players, Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker, that newspaper made good insulation in cold weather, Accordingly they tried it, putting a section of a newspaper...