MLB Showdown Obsession

 Babe Ruth has a lot of feathers in his cap when it comes to accomplishments in baseball. He also has a lot of foolish moments. One of the most famous has to be the part he played in a combined no-hitter. But wait, that sounds like a proud accomplishment! Well, the part Babe played was on June 23, 1917 he started the game and walked the first batter...then got ejected for arguing the walk call with the umpire...and because this is Babe Ruth, he also punched the umpire and was escorted away by police. Enter Ernie Shore. His contribution was to finish the game out. The runner on first was thrown out trying to steal, then Shore sat down the next 26 batters in order. For decades after that game it was considered a perfect game, but in the 1990s it was reclassified as a combined no-hitter since a perfect game can not allow a baserunner even if the pitcher in question retired 27 men in a row. Though this game wasn't a perfect game, it was pretty cool all things considered. Shore set a re...

  "I let Mr. October get away, and I got Mr. May, Dave Winfield. He gets his numbers when it doesn't count." -George Steinbrenner III Dave Winfield had himself a Hall of Fame career, mostly from his work with the San Diego Padres and New York Yankees. When Mr. Steinbrenner brought him to the Bronx, it was with the intent to bolster a Yankees team that would win several more championships. But with the exception of 1981, the Yankees were good, but never good enough to reach the postseason. No team won more regular season games in the 1980s than the Yankees, but it brought them 0 rings, and for The Boss, that wasn't good enough. And the focal point of this frustration was centered on their high price acquisition, Dave Winfield. Winfield's lone NY World Series year brought a great 11 on-base, but nothing else that truly made him a must-have outfielder. He certainly didn't do himself any favors in the postseason, inciting the Boss. As the years progressed, Winfiel...