In honor of one of the franchise’s most memorable moments, the Los Angeles Dodgers will dedicate the Kirk Gibson seat at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers will permanently mark a commemorative seat located in the area of the Right Field Pavilion where Kirk Gibson‘s historic walk-off home run landed during Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. (more…)
Some big names — Josh Beckett, Justin Verlander, Kirk Gibson, Frank Thomas — in the 2015 Class of Inductees for the Florida State League Hall of Fame, set to be inducted on November 10, 2015 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach. (more…)
Whenever baseball stumbles upon a pitching-dominant era, people get nervous. “Outlaw the spitball!” they shout. Then, fifty years later: “Lower the pitcher’s mound!” After all, it was Babe Ruth’s hitting, not his pitching, that caused increased interest, ballooning attendance, and even built a ballpark. And it was Mark McGwire’s and Sammy Sosa’s hitting, not Greg […]
