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  • Moe Berg: catcher, lawyer, spy

    04/22/2018 8:39:04 AM PDT · by fugazi · 6 replies
    Unto the Breach ^ | April 22, 2018 | Chris Carter
    On this day in 1934, Washington Senator's backup catcher Morris "Moe" Berg's streak of 117 games in a row without committing an error comes to an end, setting an American League record. Berg wasn't your typical athlete: before signing with the Brooklyn Robins (they wouldn't become the Dodgers until 1932), he graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. magna cum laude in modern languages. Ted Lyons, Berg's teammate with the White Sox, would say that "he can speak seven languages but can't hit in any of them." Berg didn't have a great bat, but when every one of manager Ray...
  • Lefty Gomez's 16-mm Video of His Trip to Japan

    05/21/2012 12:45:03 PM PDT · by thurmant · 7 replies
    FixMLB ^ | 5/21/12 | Henry
    In 1934, Lefty Gomez, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and other American League and National League stars barnstormed in Japan. Gomez captured many images of the trip with his 16-mm camera. An excerpt from the forthcoming book Lefty: American Odyssey is featured in this week’s Sports Illustrated. Some of the intriguing video footage can be viewed, courtesy of Random House.