Stories By Oldbear48
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Dodger Baseball
/ 12 hours agoSouthpaws
About 12 percent of the world’s population is left-handed. The percentage of pitchers who toss from the left side is about...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 4 days agoWhatever Happened to the Screwball in Baseball? The Pitch, Not the Player!
Whatever happened to the great screwball? Seems to me that it has all but disappeared from the baseball scene. The first...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 6 days agoIs This The Best Dodger Team Ever?
This team is off to a very good start. One through four is about the best first four this team has...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 2 weeks agoIs The Stolen Base Returning as an Offensive Weapon?
Before last season started, MLB implemented some changes that directly were related to creating more offense. One was larger bases, thus shortening...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 2 weeks agoTop Ten No-Hitters in Dodger History
In the history of the Los Angeles Dodgers, there have been a total of 13 no-hitters. There were a total of...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 3 weeks agoScandals in Baseball – Part Two
In Part One, we saw most of what transpired prior to and after the naming of Kennesaw Landis as commissioner. There...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 3 weeks agoWhere Have All the Nicknames Gone?
Pictured – Fellow Trojan – Bill “Spaceman” Lee There was a time when the major leagues were full of players...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 4 weeks agoIn Memoriam: Carl Erskine
Other than in videos, I never got to see Carl Erskine pitch. By the time the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles,...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 4 weeks agoScandals in Baseball: The List is Growing – Part One
Note – Picture – Chicago White Sox players Eddie Murphy, John ‘Shano’ Collins, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Happy Felsch, and Nemo Leibold...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 2 months agoJust How Good Were the 1927 Yankees?
I wanted to try to get one more post in before I head to California for a couple of weeks. Some...