Recently received a copy of On This Day in Baseball History: a Day-By-Day Account of Baseball’s Most Indelible Moments, by something called the “Baseball Time Machine.” This gave me an idea for some more content for the blog. (Years ago I used to do “Happy Birthday” entries for players with books by or about them. Time to get back to that, too, I suppose.)
There have been a number of books like On This Day including:
- The Baseball Timeline, by Burt Solomon (2001)
- The Baseball Timeline: The Day-By-Day History of Baseball, from Valley Forge to the Present Day, also by Solomon (1997)
- Baseball Timeline: A Chronological History Of All The Teams, Stars & Seasons In Major League Baseball, by Lloyd Johnson (1992)
This is one genre that will never be complete until the sport is gone for good.
Since many players pop of several times for various “indelible moments” over the course of their careers, I’m going to be very picky-and-choosy, with all due respect. And I’ll probably make up more rules as I go along.
So on this date, May 14, Walter Johnson gets two mentions, one in 1913 for breaking the record for consecutive scoreless innings and again in 1920 for recording his 300th win.
Books on Johnson include Walter Johnson: Baseball’s Big Train, by Henry w. Thomas, who just happens to be Johnson’s grandson, and Walter Johnson: A Life, by Jack Kavanaugh.
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