Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account
  • entries
    28
  • comments
    35
  • views
    14,111

About this blog

Talking Sox and baseball focusing on history.

Entries in this blog

Ted Williams could have been even better

Ted Williams had a great career, but did this 1950 injury hurt him more than the two interruptions for military service during World War 2 and the Korean War? Three full years and close to two more years were cut short from his baseball career, yet a mid-career injury might have affected him more. The missing years often are said to have cost him the chance to have higher career totals and preventing him from getting to 3,000 hits and 600 home runs, In 1950 at the All-Star Break,

Charlie Hoke

Charlie Hoke in Great Sox

Jim Rice's Unbreakable Record

Hall of Famer Jim Rice set a record that may never be broken. As a rookie in 1975, Rice, together with Fred Lynn, shared the nickname the "Gold Dust Twins" for their great performance and future potential. Jim Rice fulfilled that promise with consecutive spectacular seasons from 1977 to 1979, achieving a feat that had not been done before or duplicated since. During 3 consecutive years, 1977, 1978, and 1979, Jim Rice is the only player in MLB history to achieve these 5 statistical acc

Charlie Hoke

Charlie Hoke in Great Sox

×
×
  • Create New...