The legendary Fitchburg State College baseball team of 1961 can add another honor to its long list of accomplishments. The squad, which is still the only baseball team in school history to ever ...
I get excited just thinking about the 1961 baseball season. I was 10 at the time, so I was looking at it through a child’s eyes. Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle were challenging each other to be the man ...
Benedictine is set to play for the fourth state baseball title in school history when the Cadets meet up with Marist in Lawrenceville in a championship series beginning on Thursday. Win or lose, the ...
For those of us of a certain age-that is, old enough to have a vivid memory of 1961-the campaign to remove Roger Maris` asterisk is of more than passing interest. Roger Maris hit more home runs in a ...
They were called the Colts, a fitting nickname for a baseball team that grew into thoroughbreds. The Buick Colts of 1961 were just a collection of mostly Southwestern High kids playing in the Boys ...
It’s June 1 st and we’re two months into the baseball season. But history has taught us that the storylines which define a particular season usually don’t begin to take shape until Memorial Day ...
Every LSU fan knows about the Tiger baseball dynasty: six national titles, 25 NCAA playoff appearances in the past 29 seasons, a run that began with former coach Skip Bertman’s arrival in the 1980s.
As the Yankees' Roger Maris hit his way toward 61 home runs in the 1961 baseball season, a legend's record was broken—and a host of myths were born. Here are the most persistent misconceptions about ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. PORTLAND — Cheverus High will induct three individuals and one team into its ...
America had enjoyed a surge in prosperity throughout the 1950s that was felt almost everywhere. The nation was ready to expand its horizons, with Alan Shepard and the Mercury Seven astronauts only ...
A baseball signed by former President of the United States John F. Kennedy fetched nearly $167,000 at auction - breaking the record for the most expensive ball signed by any American ...