Category Archives: Baseball

The Sports Archives – Funny Sports Pictures – Series 8

More funny sports pictures from The Sports Archives!     View all of our Funny Sports Pictures! Series 1 | Series 2 | Series 3 | Series 4 | Series 5| Series 6| Series 7 Posted: 08/06/2011

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The Sports Archives – Funny Sports Pictures – Series 1

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The Sports Archives – How a Fan Letter Contributed to Pitcher Steve Carlton’s Success

From the book “You Can If You Think You Can’ by Norman Vincent Peale is a little known story about one of the best pitchers in baseball history.  Steve “Lefty” Carlton who spent most of his career with the St. … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives – Dodgers Legend Duke Snider

Duke Snider, also known as “The Silver Fox” and “The Duke of Flatbush” played center field for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers for the majority of his career.  He played in the shadows of center field greats such as … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – Football and Baseball’s Ernie Nevers

Ernie Nevers played professional football as a fullback for the Duluth Eskimos and Chicago Cardinals of the NFL.  He started his sports career as a professional baseball player for the St. Louis Browns.  In 1927, he overlapped sports by playing … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – Baseball’s Bob Feller

Bob Feller was a great baseball pitcher that played 18 years for the Cleveland Indians.  He was born and raised in Van Meter, Iowa and became know as “The Heater from Van Meter” for his high velocity fast ball. He … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – Baseball’s Rifleman

Do you remember the 1950’s Western series, ‘The Rifleman’?  We all remember Chuck Connors shooting that rifle like it was a six-shooter.  Did you know that Chuck Connors played professional baseball and basketball? Born Kevin Connors, Chuck started out with … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – Casey Stengel Comeback

The year was 1958 and the New York Yankees were at the top once again having easily won the American League pennant early on. This did not work to their advantage however, because as the season wound down, the Yanks … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives History Lesson – Baseball’s “The Natural”

We all remember the movie “The Natural” with Robert Redford portraying Roy Hobbs, the fictional baseball player who played for a team called the New York Knights. Did you ever wonder if there was any truth in the novel by … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives History Lesson – Baseball Umpire’s Hand Signals

In the late 19th century there was a DEAF baseball player in the Major Leagues named Dummy Hoy who was unable to hear the umpire calls of pitched balls, strikes and outs. This paved the way for the use of … Continue reading

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