6/14/21 Jake Fraley Makes Game-Saving, Home Run-Robbing Catch to Claim Play of the Week All-Star outfielder Starling Marte of the Miami Marlins has been chosen the National League Player of the Week presented by Chevrolet, and backstop Max Stassi of the Los Angeles Angels has been named the American League Player […]
Major League Baseball and the Colorado Rockies present the largest free fan event of All-Star Week – Play Ball Park
6/14/21 Free Registration Now Open at AllStarGame.com Major League Baseball and the Colorado Rockies today unveiled plans for All-Star Week’s largest free fan event, PLAY BALL PARK. This fan-friendly and interactive festival arrives at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver for 2021 MLB All-Star Week, […]
Google MLB All-Star Game News: Guerrero Jr., Acuña Jr. leading respective leagues in first 2021 Ballot update
6/14/21 Ohtani, Tatis Jr. Among Eight Potential First Time All-Stars Leading Their Position; Twelve Different Teams Represented Among Positional Leaders and 21 Clubs in Position to Advance Players to Finalist Phase; Phase One Voting Available Until Thursday, June 24th at 4:00 p.m. (ET) First baseman Vladimir […]
Milwaukee Brewers announce May 2021 Minor League Pitcher and Player of the Week
Howell, Gray Jr. earn Players of the Month; Francis, Floyd named Pitchers of the Month MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Brewers have named outfielders Korry Howell and Joe Gray Jr. as their Minor League Players of the Month for May and right-handers Bowden Francis and Taylor […]
Milwaukee Brewers June 14 Game Notes hosting Reds tonight
MILWAUKEE BREWERS (38-27) vs. CINCINNATI REDS (32-31)LHP Eric Lauer (1-2, 4.82) vs. RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (2-1, 2.65)Monday, June 14, 2021 – 7:10 p.m. CT – American Family Field – Milwaukee, WIGame #66 – Home Game #36 STREAK: Won 4 LAST FIVE: 4-1 LAST TEN: 9-1 […]
Cincinnati Reds Game Notes for June 13 against Rockies
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERSSun vs Col: RHP Tony Santillan (ML debut) vs RHP Antonio Senzatela (2-6, 4.62) 700 wlw, bsoh, 1:10etMon at Mil: RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (2-1, 2.65) vs LHP Eric Lauer (1-2, 4.82) 700 wlw, bsoh, 8:10etTue at Mil: RHP Luis Castillo (2-9, 6.47) vs […]
Colorado Rockies News: Albuquerque Isotopes manager Warren Schaeffer named the winner of the 2020 P.J. Carey Player Development Award
Annual award given to the top player development staff member in the Rockies organization DENVER — The Colorado Rockies announced during May that Triple-A Albuquerque Manager Warren Schaeffer has been named the recipient of the seventh annual P.J. Carey Player Development Award. Schaeffer joins Andy Stover […]
Colorado Rockies Game Notes for June 13 at the Reds
COLORADO ROCKIES (25-40) at CINCINNATI REDS (31-31)Sunday, June 13 • 11:10 a.m. MT / 1:10 p.m. ET • Great American Ballpark • Cincinnati, OhioRHP Antonio Senzatela (2-6, 4.62) vs. RHP Tony Santillan (0-0, -.–)TV: AT&T Sportsnet • Radio: KOA NewsRadio ROAD TRIPPIN’• The Colorado Rockies […]
Daily Almanac for Saturday, June 12, 2021
1660s 1665: ENGLAND CREATED A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN NEW YORK 1790s 1796: SOCIETY OF UNITARIAN CHRISTIANS ORGANIZED225 Years Ago 1800s 1800: PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD (NH) WAS ESTABLISHED, AND LATER ITS NAME WAS CHANGED TO PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD 1900s BORN 1909: ARCHIE BLEYER (BANDLEADER) 1910s BORN […]
Historical Highlights for Friday, June 11, 2021
KING KAMEHAMEHA I DAY (HAWAII) Hawaii is the only American state that was once a kingdom with its own monarchy. One of the greatest kings was King Kamehameha I, also called, appropriately, Kamehameha the Great. His name means “the very lonely one” or “the one […]
Daily Almanac for Thursday, June 10, 2021
1690s 1692: BRIDGET BISHOP WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE HANGED AT THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS 1750s 1752: BEN FRANKLIN’S KITE AND KEY EXPERIMENT PROVED LIGHTNING IS ELECTRICITY 1790s 1791: CANADA CONSTITUTION ACT IS PASSED BY BRITISH PARLIAMENT, CREATING UPPER AND LOWER CANADA 1800s 1809: […]
Daily Almanac for Wednesday, June 9, 2021
1530s 1534: JACQUES CARTIER BECAME THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO DISCOVER THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER 1540s 1549: CHURCH OF ENGLAND FULLY ADOPTED BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 1670s BORN 1672: PETER THE GREAT (EMPEROR OF RUSSIA) 1790s 1790: THE FIRST COPYRIGHT FOR A BOOK WAS GIVEN TO […]
Historical Highlights for Tuesday, June 8
1780s 1786: AN ADVERTISEMENT IN A NYC NEWSPAPER BY A MR. HULL OF 76 CHATHAM STREET ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD START MANUFACTURING ICE CREAM ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS. IT WAS THE FIRST KNOWN U.S. AD FOR COMMERCIAL ICE CREAM. 1810s BORN 1810: ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER) […]
Daily Almanac for Monday, June 7, 2021
1650s 1654: LOUIS XIV CROWNED KING OF FRANCE 1770s 1776: IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, RICHARD HENRY LEE OF VIRGINIA PROPOSED A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BORN 1778: BEAU BRUMMEL (FASHION LEADER) 1810s BORN 1811: SIR JAMES YOUNG SIMPSON (ONE OF THE FOUNDERS […]
Another football league will be coming in 2022! The USFL returns after a 37-year hiatus
6/3/2021 The United States Football League, an upstart spring league that launched in 1983 and lasted for three seasons, will officially return next spring, the USFL announced Thursday morning. The new league will target at least eight teams and will retain the rights to key […]
Daily Almanac for Sunday, June 6, 2021: The 157th day of 2021
1430s BORN 1436: REGIOMONTANUS, AKA JOHANN MULLER (ASTRONOMER) 1750s BORN 1755: NATHAN HALE (PATRIOT) 1790s BORN 1799: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN (POET) 1820s 1829: POINSETTIA DEBUTED AT THE FIRST PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURE SOCIETY EXHIBITION 1840s 1844: THE YMCA WAS ORGANIZED IN LONDON BY GEORGE WILLIAMS 1860s BORN 1868: […]
Daily Almanac for Saturday, June 5, 2021: World Environment Day
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY One Day to Save the World. In 1972, the United Nations General Assembly established this observance to raise environmental awareness across the globe. Beginning in 1974, the observance has been held annually on June 5, a date that commemorates the start of […]
Daily Almanac for Friday, June 4, 2021
1730s BORN 1738: KING GEORGE III (BRITISH MONARCH) 1790s DIED 1798: GIACOMO CASANOVA 1880s BORN 1887: TOM LONGBOAT (RUNNER) 1890s 1892: THE SIERRA CLUB WAS ORGANIZED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 1896: HENRY FORD TOOK HIS CAR OUT FOR A TRIAL DRIVE AROUND THE STREETS OF […]
Daily Almanac for Thursday, June 3, 2021
1430s BORN 1436: REGIOMONTANUS, AKA JOHANN MULLER (ASTRONOMER) 1750s BORN 1755: NATHAN HALE (PATRIOT) 1790s BORN 1799: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN (POET) 1820s 1829: POINSETTIA DEBUTED AT THE FIRST PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURE SOCIETY EXHIBITION 1840s 1844: THE YMCA WAS ORGANIZED IN LONDON BY GEORGE WILLIAMS 1860s BORN 1868: […]
Daily Almanac for Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Every Year REPUBLIC DAY (ITALY) 1730s BORN 1731: MARTHA WASHINGTON (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1840s BORN 1840: THOMAS HARDY (WRITER) 1860s BORN 1861: HELEN LOUISE HERRON TAFT (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1880s 1883: IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, THE FIRST BASEBALL GAME WAS PLAYED UNDER ELECTRIC LIGHTS AT […]