It would have been a wonder had the New York Giants not felt dismal the morning of August 11, 1951. They had just lost three straight to Brooklyn at Ebbets Field and were a distant 12½ games out of first place.
The New York Giants were on an upswing when they headed to the Polo Grounds on Sunday morning, June 3, 1951, for a doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals, the sixth and seventh games of a 14-game homestand.
On May 25, 1951, the New York Giants were in the final stop of a five-city road trip, and although they were in fifth place with a 17-19 record, they were only 4½ games behind the first-place Brooklyn Dodgers.
Nothing in the early spring of 1951 gave any clue that this would be the New York Giants’ season of miracles. The year when the Giants overtook the Dodgers in baseball’s most dramatic pennant race saw the New Yorkers drop 12 of their first 14 games...
Hint: nothing good
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Tampa Bay placed him on the restricted list Thursday.
Rays outfielder Colby Rasmus has been placed on the restricted list after deciding to “step away” from baseball, according to a team announcement.
One of the Rays’ main priorities this past off-season was stacking the team with outfield depth in case Kevin Kiermaier were to suffer another injury.
As far as news corrections go, this one from CSN Chicago on Thursday is an all-time classic.
FOXSports.com | Rays' Colby Rasmus stepping away from baseball |
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