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What’s It Take to Make the Playoffs in MLB?

ByTom Knuppel August 7, 2014July 31, 2014

What’s It Take to Make the Playoffs in MLB? The numbers say you need 88 wins to get in. In an article in the Business Insider it is noted that using 180 teams (since 1996) that 88 is the optimal number. Only sixteen teams have gotten in with less than 88 wins. This…

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100-Oldest Living Former Major Leaguers- #1 (Oldest) Edwin Carnett

ByTom Knuppel August 5, 2016August 3, 2016

Born as Edwin Elliott Carnett on October 21, 1916 in Springfield Missouri, he went on the be a major league pitcher/outfielder for three different teams. He made his major league debut on April 19, 1941 as a pitcher in the second game of a doubleheader. He pitched 1.1 innings and allowed four hits and…

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Early Season College Football Games to Watch

ByTom Knuppel August 4, 2014July 31, 2014

There are some good non-conference games to pay attention to early in the College Football season. Ole Miss vs. Boise State in Atlanta (Aug. 28) This is an early peak of Boise State to see if they are a legitimate team again this season against a defensive-minded Ole Miss. Penn…

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Bob Ferguson (1845–1894) – First Switch Hitter in Pro Baseball

ByTom Knuppel October 6, 2015October 6, 2015

To continue with my bios of old baseball players that may have been forgotten for their contributions to the game. SOURCE BOB FERGUSON (1845–1894) On June 14, 1870 the Brooklyn Atlantics were playing host to the powerful Cincinnati Red Stockings at Capitoline Grounds in Brooklyn, NY. The Red Stockings had not lost a game…

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Illinois Born “Boys of Summer” Series- Zach Monroe, Hank O’Day, George Moriarty and More

ByTom Knuppel July 8, 2016

Continuing the series. George Moriarty George Joseph Moriarty was bon on July 7, 1884 in Chicago near the Union Stock Yards. He went on to become a major legue third baseman along with an umpire and manager in the major leagues. He made his debut on September 7, 1903 at the age…

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Hearing the Word “Why” 457 Times per Day

ByTom Knuppel July 11, 2014

–Confessions of a Tired Grandpa- Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. “Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” – Alex Haley Let me begin by saying that the grandchildren we watched these past 36 hours were good. Of course, there were moments but they exceeded my expectation….

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