Seventy-four years ago, on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made his Major League Baseball debut, and integrated Major League Baseball. Now, every April 15, MLB celebrates “Jackie Robinson Day” by having every player in the professional baseball wear his universally-retired No. 42. […]
The stateside impact of World War II on the game of baseball created first economic challenges and ultimately unavoidable issues of conscience that eventually led to integration. […]
Riding on the strength of their city’s resolve as residents battle back from Hurricane Harvey and a very good baseball team who happened to win 101 games this past season, the Houston Astros took a 2-1 series lead into soggy Fenway Park on Monday with hopes of advancing to their first American League Championship Series. […]
The 25th Anniversary Tim Wakefield Celebrity Golf Classic, Auction and Sponsor Reception will be held January 27-28, 2017, in Melbourne, Florida […]
At age 45, Tim Wakefield became the oldest player to ever play a game for the Red Sox. Wakefield pitched a career 3,226.1 innings, struck out 2,156 and walked 1,205. His best years for the Sox were 1995, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2009 when he was named to the All-Star team. […]
Space Coast Sports Hall Of Famer Tim Wakefield To Receive FIT Distinguished Alumni Award […]
Cocoa Beach native Brian Johnson was called up to the Major Leagues from Triple-A Pawtucket by the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. […]
The first, and little known, Major League tryout for black players was arranged by Wendell Smith, a black sportswriter for the Pittsburgh Courier, and took place at Fenway Park on April 16, 1945 – two years before the color barrier was broken. […]
Cocoa Beach’s Brian Johnson claims award as nation’s top two-way collegiate baseball player. […]
Tim Wakefield will be enshrined In Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame on May 11. Wakefield announced his retirement this spring after 19 years in the majors. […]
