THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL September 1: Bernie Williams leads latest class of Latino Baseball Hall of Fame inductees

As a switch-hitting Gold Glover who manned the hallowed ground that is centerfield in Yankee Stadium during the team’s late-’90s dynasty, Bernie Williams was undoubtedly deserving of having his No. 51 retired by the team. But while his overall numbers fell a little short of being Cooperstown worthy, the Puerto Rico native received a tremendous honor nonetheless on this day in béisbol, Sept. 1, 2011. Williams was among several players inducted into the Latino Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2012 — contemporary and old-timers — who were honored at a ceremony in La Romana, Dominican Republic the following February.

By |September 1st, 2022|History, News|

THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL August 31: Indians SS Omar Vizquel’s 6-for-7 game fuels 22-0 beating of the Yankees

He may have collected nearly 2,900 hits over his 24 years in baseball, but Omar Vizquel was in the lineup for one thing: his defense.  On this day in béisbol, the 11-time Gold Glove winner showed that he could swing a pretty good bat, too. Vizquel, 37, banged out six hits in seven at-bats that helped hand the Yankees a humiliating 22-0 defeat in New York. Vizquel had two doubles and four singles, knocked in four runs and scored three against three hapless Yankees hurlers. Batting in the ninth, the Venezuelan native was already 6-for-6 — a record held by

By |August 31st, 2022|History, News|

THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL August 30: Edgardo Alfonzo’s 6-for-6, 3-HR, 5 RBI, 6-run game

It’s easy to be overlooked when you’re a middle infielder on a playoff-bound team that boasts future Hall of Famers Mike Piazza and Rickey Henderson and all-stars John Olerud and Robin Ventura.  But if Met fans didn’t fully appreciate the type of all-round player they had in Edgardo Alfonzo, they undoubtedly did on this day in béisbol, Aug. 30, 1999, when the second baseman had one of the best game a Major Leaguer could have. Alfonzo went 6-for-6 — a club record that included going deep three times — with 5 RBI and 6 runs scored, the latter tying an

By |August 30th, 2022|History, News|

THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL August 29: Battle of the Brothers pits Ramon and Pedro Martinez in classic pitcher’s duel

Pedro Martinez has often said how much he loves and admires his older sibling Ramon Martinez, an outstanding pitcher who broke into the Majors three years ahead of Pedro and helped set the stage for his Hall of fame career. But on this day in béisbol, Aug. 29, 1996, Pedro was desperate to see his big brother and former mentor fail — and fail badly.  Ramon was the opposing pitcher in what turned out to be the one and only time the Dominican-born siblings faced each other during their long careers. Pedro, 23 at the time, was a rising star

By |August 29th, 2022|History, News|

THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL August 28: Jose Reyes, 20, is youngest player ever to homer from both sides of the plate

David Wright may have been the face of the New York Mets in the 2000s, but  — the dynamic, Dominican-born shortstop with blazing speed — was the team’s heart. On this day in béisbol, Aug. 28, 2003, the switch-hitting rookie, just 20 years old, proved he had some pop in his toolbox, too. He became the youngest player ever to homer from both sides of the plate in a 3-1 win over the Braves in Atlanta. Batting right-handed, Reyes hit a solo shot on the fifth inning, then won the game with a two-run blast from the left side in

By |August 28th, 2022|History, News|

THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL August 12: Gleyber Torres’ 13th HR vs. Orioles makes him their daddy

Fansided, Latino Baseball Illustration No team in history has bullied another in the course of a season like the Yankees did to the Orioles in 2019. The Bombers basically held the Birds up by their ankles and stole their lunch money all year, winning the 19-game season series 17-2 — which included 16 straight wins — while hitting 61 home runs and scoring an average of nearly 8 runs per game against atrocious Baltimore pitching. And no one player totally feasted on the Orioles like Yankees middle infielder Gleyber Torres, whose impressive stats in just his second MLB season —38

By |August 22nd, 2022|History, News|

THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL August 20: Dave Concepcion, age 40, steals home in Reds win

Great teams don’t win without great shortstops, and the Big Red Machine of the 1970s — perennial postseason contenders and back-to-back world champs in 1975 and ’76 — don’t win without shortstop Dave Concepcion.  The Venezuelan defensive whiz was the backbone of the Cincinnati steamroller that has seen three players (Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Tony Perez) make the Hall of Fame even with all-time hits king Pete Rose frozen out of consideration. On this day in béisbol, Aug. 20, Concepcion was in his final season of a 19-year career spent entirely with the Reds when he achieved a rare

By |August 20th, 2022|History, News|

THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL August 19: Johan Santana fans 17 batters, breaks Twins record

Taiwan News, Latino Baseball Illustration He was one the best pitchers of the 2000s, and on this day in béisbol, Aug. 19, 2007, Johan Santana hurled one of the best games of a short but remarkable 12-year career derailed by injuries. The Minnesota Twins ace set a team record by striking out 17 Texas Rangers in an old-school, 1-0 duel against Kevin Millwood. Santana only gave up two hits — both to Rangers DH Sammy Sosa — and walked none for his 13th win of the season. The Venezuelan southpaw might have been a bit gassed, though — he was

By |August 19th, 2022|History, News|
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