Notices tagged with baseball, page 4

Moe Berg was recruited to the OSS in August 1943 as an undercover agent. Stationed in Europe, he was tasked with, among other responsibilities, trying to determine Germany’s development of an atomic bomb. (2/4)

#WW2 #OSS #Baseball #MLB

https://baseballhall.org/discover/short-stops/moe-bergs-life-in-baseball

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Mar 2, 1902: On this date, Baseball player Moe Berg born. “The brainiest guy in baseball,” Berg was fluent in 7 languages & was a catcher in the major league before serving as an Office of Strategic Services agent during WW2. (1/4)

#WW2 #OSS #Baseball #MLB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_Berg

The OSS dropped Berg into Yugoslavia to report on resistance groups. He later interviewed Italian physicists & rocket scientists. In his most dangerous assignment, the Jewish Berg was sent to potentially assassinate German nuclear scientist Werner Heisenberg to halt the Nazis’ nuclear program. (3/4)

#WW2 #OSS #Baseball #MLB

https://paw.princeton.edu/article/moe-bergs-papers-glimpses-puzzling-figure

If you ever defended Pete Rose and thought he should have been inducted into the Hall of Fame anyway, look who agrees with you! Nobody loves a POS grifter like another POS grifter.

#Trump #baseball

https://politizoom.com/trump-ends-reckless-day-with-hilarious-random-rant-on-pete-rose/

Tigers Now Get Bad News on $15 Million All-Star After 2 Outfielders Go Down Hurt

#PlayoffDrought #WildCard #Baseball #Tigers #SportsInjury

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/detroit-tigers/tigers-now-get-bad-news-on-15-million-all-star-alex-cobb-after-2-outfielders-parker-meadows-matt-vierling-go-down-hurt/

Mets 'Showing Interest' in Former All-Star Pitcher Reunion: Report

#PitcherReunion #MLB #Baseball #StartingPitcher #HectorGomez

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/new-york-mets/jose-quintana-mlb-free-agency-rumors/

Yankees Owner Announces Update to Team's Infamous Facial Hair Policy for First Time Since the 1970s

#SportsNews #FacialHairPolicy #BeardsAllowed #Baseball #Mediaite

https://www.mediaite.com/sports/yankees-owner-announces-update-to-teams-infamous-facial-hair-policy-for-first-time-since-the-1970s/

The New York Yankees No Longer Have To Look Like That, Will Still Be Acting Like That

#GrowthSpurt #WorldSeries #Baseball #NYYankees #WinningAttitude

https://defector.com/the-new-york-yankees-no-longer-have-to-look-like-that-will-still-be-acting-like-that

On this day in 1920, the Negro National League was formed.

"Baseball gave you a sense of belonging. The umpire ain’t white. It’s a black umpire. The owner ain’t white. Nobody’s white. This is our thing … and we have our everything – until integration, and then we don’t have our nothing."

Here's a 2020 article celebrating its 100th anniversary: https://daily.jstor.org/100th-anniversary-negro-leagues-look-back-what-was-lost/

More about NNL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1920%E2%80%931931)

#BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #history #OnThisDay #OTD #sports #baseball #NegroNationalLeague

Yankees Predicted to Give Surprising Role to $90 Million Bust

#Yankees #SurprisingRole #UnderwhelmingPerformance #Baseball #NewYork

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/new-york-yankees/dj-lemahieu-nolan-arenado-third-base/

Red Sox Likely Candidates To Land Alex Bregman: Report

#AlexBregman #Baseball #RedSox #SpringTraining #MLB

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox/

Blue Jays land 3-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer on 1-year, $15.5M US deal

#Injuries #Signing #Baseball #Contract #Toronto

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-sign-pitcher-max-scherzer-1.7446573?cmp=rss

Newest Mets Free Agent Rips Yankee Fans, Unleashing Brutal 10-Word Message

#YankeeFans #BrutalMessage #Baseball #JuanSoto #FreeAgent

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/new-york-yankees/newest-mets-free-agent-rips-yankee-fans-unleashing-brutal-10-word-message-aj-minter/

No Longer a National Pastime

#History #NationalPastime #Baseball #Unification #WeakenedUnion

https://progressive.org/magazine/no-longer-a-national-pastime-zirin-20250114/

Yankees Linked to 1100-Game Veteran Infielder to Fill Second Base Hole

#FreeAgency #Baseball #Yankees #NewYorkYanks #SecondBase

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/new-york-yankees/linked-to-whit-merrifield-infield/

Yankees Agree to Contract to Bring Back 'Bronx Legend' Infielder

#BronxLegend #Yankees #Baseball #ContractSigning #AndrewVelazquez

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/new-york-yankees/andrew-velazquez-agree-to-deal-to-bring-back-ex-infielder/

Red Sox Predicted to Sign $12 Million All-Star Right-Hander to Solidify Bullpen

#BullpenStrengthening #SigningNews #WildCardRace #Baseball #BigContract

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-predicted-sign-jeff-hoffman-bullpen/

Yankees Get Former No. 1 Draft Pick, 31-Homer First Baseman in New Trade Pitch

#Trade #Yankees #Baseball #FirstBaseman #DraftPick

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-new-trade-pitch-spencer-torkelson/

Insider: Yankees Unlikely to Trade For $260 Million Star Infielder

#MLB #Baseball #NolanArenado #TradeRumors #SportsNews

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/new-york-yankees/insider-yankees-unlikely-acquire-arenado/