The Hall of Very Good

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1967 – For the first time since LA opened their stadium in Chavez…

Oops. Wednesday morning, former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his Lancaster, Massachusetts prison cell….

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1912 – After two days of rain, the first major league game is…

Remember that painting of Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant that teammate Matt Szczur did for charity? Well, the piece of…

Celebrities and athletes live in homes that defy logic. Let’s face it…there’s no way to describe most of them. And…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1972 – Sparky Lyle becomes the first reliever to come into a game…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1966 – Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills singles to center off future Hall of…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime1956 – Luis Aparicio, Don Drysdale and Frank Robinson play in their first Major…

Feel free to call Hanley Ramirez anything you want…just don’t suggest he’s not festive. Sunday, the Boston Red Sox designated…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1940 – On Opening Day, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s errant ceremonial first pitch smashes…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1947 – A year before President Truman desegregated the military, Jackie Robinson debuts…

On April 8, 1963, a 21-year-old Rose took the field as the everyday second baseman for the Cincinnati Reds. In…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1955 – Elston Howard, who will be named the American League’s MVP in…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1954 – Willie Mays, who missed nearly two seasons due to military service,…

Clearly not willing to sit back and let David Ross steal the limelight, Kris Bryant and Jake Arrieta are following…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1960 – In the first game ever played at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park,…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1907 – The Giants lose their home opener to the Phillies when some…

Say what you want about Zack Hample…dude’s got balls. More than 9,500 of them. Got my 9,500th lifetime baseball today…

Longtime Major Leaguer Otis Nixon was expected at a suburban Atlanta golf course Saturday morning. According to police…he never showed…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1981 – On Opening Day, White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, playing the first…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1963 – As a favor to former Indians infielder Johnny Berardino, now known…

Years ago, the Seattle Mariners were one of the first teams in Major League Baseball to bring sushi to the…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1953 – Bernice Lombardi finds her husband Ernie lying on the bed, after…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1969 – At Washington’s RFK Stadium, Ted Williams makes his managerial debut in…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1973 – At Fenway Park, Ron Blomberg of the Yankees becomes the first…

It’s 1967 2017…can we please get rid of Chief Wahoo? Turns out, yes. And we might be closer to seeing…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1925  – Babe Ruth collapses at a railroad station in Asheville, North Carolina….

Tuffy Rhodes. We’ve all heard the name…but do you know why? Of course you do. On April 4, 1994, during…

TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1948 – Prior to an exhibition game in Orlando, A’s manager Connie Mack,…