The US Navy gave this sailor a furlough during WWI to play in the World Series
Frederick Thomas got at least two major breaks in his life. His first came in 1911 while visiting a baseball game in Wisconsin with his dad. That break led him…
Army veteran Bob Uecker was named the American Legion’s 2022 ‘Good Guy’
Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s favorite son, Bob Uecker was the starting catcher for the then-Milwaukee Braves at the beginning of his baseball career. Uecker is an actor of films and television shows….
This is why the national anthem is played before sporting events
During the bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814, Francis Scott Key, a lawyer and poet pulled into port on a mission to negotiate the release several POWs from British forces.
Before a deal could be reached, the British started bombing the …
How baseball helped sell record numbers of WWII war bonds
During WWII, baseball was most renowned as America’s pastime. A three-way game was played in New York City between the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees….
How the national anthem came to sports
As the 2020 MLB season kicks off in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, ballplayers return to the field to play in front of an audience of cardboard cutouts while fans watch from home. Though the cheers and roars of the crowd are absent, one familia…
Vin Scully, Voice of the Dodgers and Navy veteran, dies at 94
Vin Scully’s career with the Dodgers spanned 67 years and two cities. He maintains the longest tenure of any broadcaster with a single professional sports team and is second only…
This is how two WWII veterans changed baseball forever
There have been many iconic moments throughout the storied history of baseball. Every team has their collection of defining moments, immortalized in photos hung on the walls of stadiums across the nation. And then there are those transcendent plays …
6 of the best baseball players who served
Major League Baseball is “America’s Pastime.” Regardless of what public opinion suggests, baseball is still king of American sports in the eyes of literally billions around the world.
Its reputation as America’s game is aided, n…
The ‘Field of Dreams’ game got an A-10 Warthog flyover
A flyover by military aircraft at sporting events has gone from an impromptu nuisance to a major tradition. Along with the singing of the national anthem, a military flyover evokes…
Lawrence “Yogi” Berra: All-time great
Lawrence “Yogi” Berra was a baseball legend, astute businessman, World War II Veteran and posthumously awarded recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Lawrence “Yogi” Berra is well-known for his…