⚾️ Tanner Bibee is the 2nd
@CleGuardians
pitcher (since 1961) to have his team win 11 of his first 12 starts of the season, joining CC Sabathia. (2007)
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100 years ago today, Ray Chapman was hit by Carl Mays at the Polo Grounds.
After his death, the Chapman Memorial Committee had this plaque created and placed at League Park. It has taken a long path to the current location in Heritage Park.
The road to Cooperstown started in Cleveland and circles back through The Land as we introduce CC Sabathia as the 48th member of the Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame.
We'll see you for induction day on August 3rd,
@CC_Sabathia
!
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Back in 2007, I was sort of inbetween majors at
@BaldwinWallace
when I received an email from a professor. She said that the Legion Post needed help ID’ing the veterans graves in the local cemetery.
🎂Today is the birthday of
@CleGuardians
All-Time stolen base king: Kenny Lofton.
👑Here he is in 1996 when he passed Terry Turner for the top spot.
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🗓️On This Day in
@CleGuardians
History (2007)
⚾️Grady Sizemore smashes an 8th inning grand slam to cap off a 7 run inning. Cleveland defeats the Rays 10-2.
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🗓️ On This Day in
@CleGuardians
History (2007)
⚾️ Ben Francisco hits his first MLB home run- a walk off vs the Rays in a 2-1 cleveland win.
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Coming soon to the display case at The Corner Bar (and now part of the archive)
⚾️ Guardians first win last out ball/ first home run (grand slam) ⚾️
(Huge tip of the cap for the man behind the scenes
@CBT_soul
and
@Osc_merc
for being awesome)
📈José Ramírez now ranks 5th in
@CleGuardians
franchise history in career Total Bases, passing Ken Keltner.
🏃He also has tied Lou Boudreau for 9th in club history for career runs.
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🎂Happy Birthday to Travis Hafner!
🗓️On this day in
@CleGuardians
History (2006)
⚾️Hafner went 3-4 with 6RBI vs the Angels. He hit his 15th home run of the season.
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⚾️
@Cleguardians
David Fry joins Riggs Stephenson (1922), Tris Speaker (1920-21) and Shoeless Joe Jackson (1913) as the only Cleveland players to post a .485+ OBP in the first 50 team games of a season.
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List of
@CleGuardians
players to homer in first MLB AB:
⚾️Earl Averill (4-16-1929)
⚾️ Jay Bell (9-29-1986)
⚾️Kevin Kouzmanoff (9-2-2006)
⚾️Jhonkensy Noel (6-26-2024)
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You made it, John! 🥁
Officially on display for all to see at the
@baseballhall
!
(Photo credit: Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)
Tomorrow I’ll by stopping by Ray’s gravesite to leave flowers from the org. Another thing that’ll be left is this baseball that features reproduction of Ray’s autograph as well as excerpts from his memorial program.
Read more about it here:
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Team Archive 🚨
@skwanzaa
‘s batting gloves from the Royale series. On display at The Corner Bar display cases soon! Huge thanks to Steven!
🗓️On This Day in
@CleGuardians
History (2013):
⚾️
@TheJK_Kid
goes yard and gives Cleveland a 2-0 lead over Baltimore. Cleveland scores 2 more in the 9th to win 4-3.
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📻 The first radio broadcast of a CLE ballgame was 1931 -- Since 1990, Hammy has been a staple of summer in Cleveland.
🎂Happy 70th Birthday to one of the best to ever do it.
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This week's Our Tribe History presented by
#Progressive
is about a member of our Top 100 team. He was a great interview and I think you are going to enjoy it.
🗓️Born on this day: (1906)
🎂Satchel Paige. A key member of the 1948 ballclub, Paige remains a legend of the game in a career that spanned decades.
🔗My podcast with Larry Tye, author of Satchel
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@CleGuardians
Emmanuel Clase is now tied with Doug Jones for 3rd in franchise saves.
⚾️Jones' last save came in 1998 when he went 3.1 IP in a 15-6 win over Oakland.
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I usually don’t buy too much but really liked this pic of the
@TowerLightsCLE
with the baseball flag. This pic is dated 1928. When the flag flew, fans new the scheduled game was a go.
The Guardians are 3-0. This marks the fourth time in club history that they've scored 6 or more runs in each of the first three games to start a season: 2024, 1998, 1923, 1922.
(h/t
@CleGuardians
)
⚾️I believe the last photo evidence of the 1948 WS Flag was in June 1976. Bill Veeck returned and addressed the fans in attendance.
Where did that flag end up?
Born on this day, baseball legend Satchel Paige. Sunday marks the 75th anniversary of his
@CleGuardians
debut. Check out my podcast with Paige biographer Larry Tye in the QT
🗓️On This Day in
@CleGuardians
History (1995)
⚾️Jim Thome hits his second walk off homer of his career (10th of season).
In the B10th, Thome crushes a 3-0 pitch and the '95 club keeps rolling.
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🏆José continues to move up the
@CleGuardians
franchise record books.
⚾️After yesterday's game, he is now 6th all-time in steals (209 passing Elmer Flick 207) and 11th all-time in hits (1,367 passing Hal Trosky 1,365).
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One of the coolest artifacts I’ve gotten to handle. Larry Doby’s 1947 contract. If you are in Columbus, the
@OhioHistory
currently has it on loan and on display
Also if you haven’t read
@LukeEpplin
‘s book, please do so.
📅On This Day in
@CleGuardians
History (1992):
⚾️Charles Nagy outduels Mike Mussina in a 3-2 CLE win. Nagy goes 9ip 7SO. Thomas Howard goes 2-3 (2B, RBI)
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This day in 1920, Cleveland captured the franchise's first title in a 3-0 win. Over the course of the last three games, Cleveland held Brooklyn to 1 run!
Last night was the first time since 1963 that
@CleGuardians
won a game with 2R being sac flies. (5/3/63). Sudden Sam was knocked out of the game by a line drive. Gary Bell got the win. RBI: Woodie Held and Fred Whitfield (h/t
@GuardsInsider
)
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Hey everyone. I’m excited to get this out. We are going to start off with the road to the 1920 WS and then see where it takes us. With over 100 years of history, we are going to have some fun 😀
In continuing our celebration of Black History Month, we are showcasing some of the unsung heroes of Cleveland baseball throughout the years.
Former All-Star and MLB Players Alumni Association founder, Chuck Hinton, franchise record-holder for 163 games played in a season, Leon
🗓️This Day in
@CleGuardians
History (1995)
💣Albert, Manny and Paul all go deep in a 10-5 victory over the New York Yankees. Charles Nagy goes 5IP and records the win.
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🏆 José Ramírez's 87th go-ahead home run now puts him on top of the
@cleguardians
franchise leaderboard.
⚾️The spot was previously held by
@baseballhall
Larry Doby. Doby's last go-ahead home run occurred on 9/5/1958. (Off Early Wynn)
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We are back with an episode of Our Tribe History presented by
#Progressive
We are checking out the 6 walk off's from 1902, including the first walk off Home Run
Check it out here:
🗓️On This Day (2020): José Ramírez hits his 5th home run of the season in an 8-5 Cleveland win over the Tigers. Óliver Pérez picks up the win
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September 19, 2018: Swung On & Blasted⚾️
Jason Kipnis walk-off Grand Slam gives
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4-1 W vs. ChiSox
The hit makes
@TheJK_Kid
1st player in CLE franchise history with 1,000 hits, 100 HRs, 100 SBs in career
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#GrandSalami
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⚾️Podcast is back! I had a chance to interview former Cleveland infielder Julio Franco when he was in town during the last
@CleGuardians
series.
Check it out!
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