Podcasts about Pumpsie Green

Pumpsie Green was the first black baseball player to play for the Red Sox and the last black baseball player to overcome the color barrier in the MLB. The Red Sox were notably the last baseball team to add a black player to their major league roster.Featured guest and NESN reporter Jahmai Webster, interviewed Pumpsie Green a few years back. Pumpsie Green hated being a legacy, but he loved being a baseball player.Jack and Jahmai echo the same sentiment; especially in Boston, the fans care more about winning than the color of a player's skin.Man, I love this episode.

Todays Birthday - Johnny Evers. Evers was a 3X World Series Champion and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946. Todays Debut - Pumpsie Green, who went on a famous walkabout in 1962. Trivia - Johnny Evans - HOF Umpire called him a shortstop behind the plate . . . July 21, 1988, the New York Yankees make the infamous “Ken Phelps Trade” with the Seattle Mariners. The Yankees acquire the veteran first baseman/DH for promising outfield prospect Jay Buhner. Phelps will remain with the Yankees for parts of only two seasons, while Buhner will emerge as a star, reaching the 40-home run mark in 1995, '96, and '97. Even Seinfeld questioned this trade . . . July 21, 1970, San Diego Padres manager Preston Gomez lifts starter Clay Kirby for a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning, even though the right-hander has a no-hitter in progress. With the Padres trailing 1-0, Gomez decides to play for the win instead of letting Kirby finish. The Padres eventually lose both the game and the no-hitter. Gomez would repeat the mistake in 1974 as well. July 21, 1969, Major League Baseball celebrates the national pastime's centennial anniversary with a gala banquet at the All-Star Game. The festivities include the announcement of an all-time team. Hall of Famer Babe Ruth is voted the "Greatest All-Time Player." Another Hall of Famer, Joe DiMaggio, is selected the "Greatest Living Player."July 21, 1959, the Boston Red Sox become the last team to debut a black player when Elijah “Pumpsie” Green appears in a game as a pinch-runner and shortstop. Green's debut with Boston comes 12 years after Jackie Robinson's historic debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers.This Day In Baseball - This day in baseball, provides information about what happened on specific day, career highlights. Historical Recap performed by:Robyn Newton from - Robyn SaysThis Day In Baseball is Sponsored by - www.vintagebaseballreflections.com - Join the membership today and listen to 50 years of baseball history told to you by the folks who were there! As a special offer, all our listeners can use the term - thisdayinbaseball at the membership check out. Trivia is provided by -Horseshide Trivia

July 26, 1991 Against the Dodgers, Montreal's Mark Gardner pitches a no-hitter for nine innings before Lenny Harris beats out an infield single in the 10th. The Dodgers get two more hits, including an RBI single by Darryl Strawberry, to plate the only run of the contest. After a 2-out walk in the 1st to Eddie Murray, Gardner retires 19 in a row. The Expos manage only two hits themselves against the combined efforts of Orel Hershiser, Kevin Gross, and Jay Howell. Gardner is the 11th pitcher to lose a no-hitter after nine innings; the last being Jim Maloney, on June 14, 1965, and the first pitcher to hurl nine no-hit innings against the Dodgers since Johnny Vander Meer, in 1938.July 26, 1987, the Hall of Fame expands by three members. Jim “Catfish” Hunter, Billy Williams, and Ray Dandridge are honored in Induction Ceremonies in Cooperstown. Hunter played on five world championsJuly 26, 1978, Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds collects his 300th career home run in a 12-3 loss to the New York Mets. In the same game, Cincinnati's Pete Rose extends his hitting streak to 39 games. Rose's streak will eventually reach 44 games - a new National League record.July 26, 1962 In New York pitcher Gene Conley and infielder Pumpsie Green of the Red Sox mysteriously disappear after a 13 - 3 loss to the Yankees. They leave the team bus in traffic to use a rest room and fail to return. Conley decides he wants to fly to Israel, and goes to the airport, but is refused a ticket because he does not have a visa. Conley was the loser in the game, pitching 2 2/3 inning, and walking in two of the eight earned runs allowed. Pumpsie did not play. Jim Bouton is the winner, shutting out the Hubmen for six innings.July 26, 1948, Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance. Ruth visits the film premiere of "The Babe Ruth Story." Ruth will succumb to throat cancer only three weeks later.July 26, 1933 The 61-game hitting streak of the San Francisco Seals' 18-year-old rookie, Joe DiMaggio, is stopped by Ed Walsh, Jr. of the Oakland Oaks.This Day In Baseball is Sponsored by - www.vintagebaseballreflections.com - Join the membership today and listen to 50 years of baseball history told to you by the folks who were there! As a special offer, all our listeners can use the term - thisdayinbaseball at the membership check out. Historical Recap performed by:Robyn Newton from - Robyn Says

Todays Birthday - Johnny Evers. Evers was a 3X World Series Champion and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946. Todays Debut - Pumpsie Green, who went on a famous walkabout in 1962. Trivia - Johnny Evans - HOF Umpire called him a shortstop behind the plate . . . July 21, 1988, the New York Yankees make the infamous “Ken Phelps Trade” with the Seattle Mariners. The Yankees acquire the veteran first baseman/DH for promising outfield prospect Jay Buhner. Phelps will remain with the Yankees for parts of only two seasons, while Buhner will emerge as a star, reaching the 40-home run mark in 1995, '96, and '97. Even Seinfeld questioned this trade . . . July 21, 1970, San Diego Padres manager Preston Gomez lifts starter Clay Kirby for a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning, even though the right-hander has a no-hitter in progress. With the Padres trailing 1-0, Gomez decides to play for the win instead of letting Kirby finish. The Padres eventually lose both the game and the no-hitter. Gomez would repeat the mistake in 1974 as well. July 21, 1969, Major League Baseball celebrates the national pastime's centennial anniversary with a gala banquet at the All-Star Game. The festivities include the announcement of an all-time team. Hall of Famer Babe Ruth is voted the "Greatest All-Time Player." Another Hall of Famer, Joe DiMaggio, is selected the "Greatest Living Player."July 21, 1959, the Boston Red Sox become the last team to debut a black player when Elijah “Pumpsie” Green appears in a game as a pinch-runner and shortstop. Green's debut with Boston comes 12 years after Jackie Robinson's historic debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers.This Day In Baseball - This day in baseball, provides information about what happened on specific day, career highlights. Historical Recap performed by:Robyn Newton from - Robyn SaysThis Day In Baseball is Sponsored by - www.vintagebaseballreflections.com - Join the membership today and listen to 50 years of baseball history told to you by the folks who were there! As a special offer, all our listeners can use the term - thisdayinbaseball at the membership check out. Trivia is provided by -Horseshide Trivia

On July 21, 1959, the Boston Red Sox became racially integrated. By signing infielder Elijah "Pumpsie" Green, the Red Sox became the last major league baseball team to racially integrate their roster. It was 12 years after Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. Oddly enough, in April 1945, the Red Sox held a tryout at Fenway Park for Robinson; however, Red Sox management watching from the stands yelled racial slurs at Robinson, who joined the Brooklyn Dodgers two years later. Pumpsie Green played in Boston for three seasons before he was traded to the New York Mets in 1963. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the party, Sickos of Summer.So long as you're here, go check out The Sickos Sentinel. If you've already done that and have come here because you're a fellow Sicko, hello (it's specmotors from the Discord) and welcome to you, too! And check out our Discord, because, can you ever really have enough places to post?Anyway, you were promised a sports rabbit hole yesterday, and it is time to deliver on that promise.Since we're not going to see Edwin Díaz pitch again for quite some time (sigh), here's the list of the most strikeouts in a season, by a pitcher with 3.0 walks per nine innings or fewer, a 2.00 ERA or lower, and an FIP of 1.00 or lower. A list of 3-2-1… K, if you will.Eric Gagne, 2003 Dodgers, 137Díaz, last season, 118Craig Kimbrel, 2012 Atlanta, 116Sergio Romo, 2011 Giants, 70Devin Williams, 2020 Brewers, 53Ed Cushman, 1884 Brewers (Union Association), 47The 1884 Brewers played 12 games. Cushman pitched four of them, won all four, and gave up a total of four runs, two against the Boston Reds and two against the Baltimore Monumentals (do not get any ideas from this, Ted Leonsis).Cushman, in his career, pitched for the 1883 Buffalo Bisons in the National League, then had those four starts for Milwaukee the next year, and moved on to the American Association in 1885, pitching for both the Philadelphia A's and the New York Metropolitans – at the original Polo Grounds, the place that had actually been built for polo in 1876. It was those Metropolitans who converted the field, across the street from the northeast corner of Central Park, into a baseball park.In 1886, the Mets moved to the St. George Cricket Grounds on Staten Island, and Cushman won a career-high 17 games… while losing 21, those Mets weren't so good. Cushman was fourth in American Association pitching WAR that season, and ranked seventh in the league at 4.62 strikeouts per nine innings.Here are the Mets pitchers who had fewer than 4.62 strikeouts per nine innings last season: Nate Fisher (one strikeout in three innings, 3.0 K/9) and Darin Ruf (zero strikeouts in two innings, 0.0). Among regularly-appearing pitchers, Adonis Medina checked in at 6.5 K/9, Taijuan Walker at 7.6, and Chris Bassitt at 8.3. In 1886, the American Association leader was Matt Kilroy of the Baltimore Orioles at 7.9 (513 strikeouts in 583 innings).Kilroy completed 66 of his 68 starts, just shy of half the Orioles' 139 games – shoutout to their other two main starters, Jumbo McGinnis and Hardie Henderson. The Orioles were the only team the Mets finished ahead of that year – the St. Louis Browns won the league, then beat the National League champion Chicago White Stockings in the 1880s version of the World Series.Chicago outhomered St. Louis, 3-2, getting dingers along the way from George Gore, King Kelly, and Fred Pfeffer, but only managed a .195/.254/.300 line against St. Louis pitching in the series. The Browns, led by Canadian legend Tip O'Neill (who really went off the next season) going 8-for-20 with two triples, two homers, and four walks.Cap Anson was 5-for-21 in the series. He's the son of a bitch that Shoeless Joe and the rest of the ghosts in Field of Dreams should've told to stick it.Cushman, meanwhile, spent 1888 and 1889 out of Baseball Reference's data set, but according to Wikipedia playing in Des Moines. When the manager there, Charlie Morton, took the job managing the Toledo Maumees, Cushman returned to the American Association with him.And no, of course not that Charlie Morton, but the manager of a previous Toledo team, the Blue Stockings, that had Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weldy Walker — and whose presence on that team gave Morton a chance to be someone other than a footnote in the history of racism, as both the manager of the Walker brothers' team, and the first guy to get steamrolled by Anson's racism. Morton declined the hero role, although his Wikipedia page (this is already a tangent on a tangent, at least, but important)  makes it very clear both that he had the chance and that his motivation was not racism but something even more American, dollars.On August 10, 1883 before a scheduled exhibition game, Cap Anson and his Chicago White Stockings had told Morton that his team would not play on the same field as the Walker brothers. Even though he had initially given Walker the day off due to injuries, Morton then re-inserted Moses in the game. He did this to force Anson to either play or lose his portion of the gate receipts. Anson decided to play that day, but when Chicago came to town the following year, they had already signed an agreement that the Walker brothers would not play.To be clear, Morton isn't exactly a villain here, either. Some 19th century racist comes to town with his National League team, and Morton and Toledo are in the minor league Union Association in 1883, so he bamboozles Anson — great! But he's still basically an NPC (well, not really, he was a player-manager) handing a brief L to this main character of baseball racism. In 1884, the Blue Stockings played their only year in the American Association (it wasn't promotion/relegation, just more free-flowing alignments in baseball's early days, Addy can tell you more after all that Ken Burns). Weldy — who is listed as Welday Walker in some places, but we'll go with SABR here — was fresh out of college at Michigan and a reserve for Toledo. No sweat benching him, he's already there. And Fleet was a catcher, the one position where a 19th century team would have depth, because of the necessity as they got hurt all the time. Morton could've made a stand, but it only would've hurt himself and the rest of his team — his teammates — including the Walker brothers, what with the team being run on such a shoestring that they were calling players' brothers out of college to play for them — that they were the only team even willing to play Black players — defunct by 1886.It was in 1887 that Anson really enshrined racism in baseball by refusing to play agianst Fleet Walker's team in Newark, the Little Giants, who featured a Black battery of Walker and pitcher George Stovey. The big Giants, back in New York, had an eye on Stovey, and maybe he could have been the first of MLB's Black Aces, but not in a league where the game's most influential figure was racist even by 19th century standards. Let's go to John R. Husman from SABR:Cap Anson was not entirely responsible for baseball's more than half-century of segregation, but he had a lot to do with it. The incident of August 10, 1883, in Toledo certainly brought the issue to the forefront and began an open, blatant, and successful effort to bar black players from Organized Baseball.One of the obvious effects of institutional racism is all the greatness that never gets to emerge, because it's held back. Cap Anson was a generational talent who helped set the game back about three-quarters of a century, from the Walker brothers to Pumpsie Green.(That would've been a clever little ending had I gotten it together to post this episode on St. Patrick's Day, which I did not, rather obviously. Sorry.)And now, some Midjourney art that did not become the title of this episode:And now, the actual cover art for this episode… not made with Midjourney! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com/subscribe

Read about these events and much more - https://thisdayinbaseball.com/this-day-in-baseball-july-26/   July 26, 1933 The 61-game hitting streak of the San Francisco Seals' 18-year-old rookie, Joe DiMaggio, is stopped by Ed Walsh, Jr. of the Oakland Oaks. Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance on July 26, 1948. Ruth visited the film premiere of "The Babe Ruth Story." and would succumb to throat cancer just three weeks later. July 26, 1962 in New York, pitcher Gene Conley and infielder Pumpsie Green of the Red Sox mysteriously disappear after a 13 - 3 loss to the Yankees. They get off a team bus in traffic to use a rest room but fail to return. Conley decides he wants to fly to Israel, and goes to the airport, but is refused a ticket because he does not have a visa. Conley is perhaps best known for being the only person to win championships in two of the four major American sports, one with the Milwaukee Braves in the 1957 World Series and three Boston Celtics championships from 1959-61. Johnny Bench of the “Big Red Machine” Cincinnati Reds collects his 300th career home run in a 12-3 loss to the New York Mets on July 26th, 1978. In the same game, Cincinnati's Pete Rose, aka “Charlie Hustle”, extends his hitting streak to 39 games. Rose's streak will eventually reach 44 games - a new National League record which would attract massive interest nationwide. The Hall of Fame expands by three members on July 26th, 1987. Jim “Catfish” Hunter, Billy Williams, and Ray Dandridge are honored in Induction Ceremonies in Cooperstown. Hunter played on five world champions and was called “Catfish” by Oakland owner Charles O. Finley for no other reason than Finley thought his new pitcher needed a flashy nickname. July 26, 1991 Montreal's Mark Gardner pitches a no-hitter for nine innings against the Dodgers before Lenny Harris beats out an infield single in the 10th. The Dodgers would get two more hits, including an RBI single by Darryl Strawberry, to plate the only run of the contest. After a 2-out walk in the 1st to Eddie Murray, Gardner retires 19 in a row. The Expos manage only two hits themselves against the combined efforts of Orel Hershiser, Kevin Gross, and Jay Howell. Gardner is the 11th pitcher to lose a no-hitter after nine innings and the first pitcher to hurl nine no-hit innings against the Dodgers since Johnny Vander Meer, in 1938.  

Disclaimer: This week's episode takes on a serious tone. However, if you make it through I think you'll enjoy it. In this week's episode I use the NBA work-stoppage and the death of Chadwick Boseman as a jumping off point to discuss race in America. I tie it back to the hobby by sharing some pieces from my collection of first cards of the players who integrated each Major League team. I talk specifically about four men: Hank Thompson, Bob Trice, Ossie Virgil Sr. and Pumpsie Green. Content shoutouts to Jordan at Sports Card Analytics, Brett at Stacking Slabs, as well as the Cards Anonymous podcast and Wax Pack Hero. This week's content MVP, though, was The Luka Show and G's take on bubble life. Unsolicited Endorsement of the Week: Go read and subscribe to Craig Calcaterra's new daily newsletter, Cup of Coffee. Craig is a great writer who gives the best daily analysis there is on MLB. He's also funny and smart and a role model for me. He's striking out on his own after years of working for big media companies. I would humbly ask that you support his efforts. We need good, independent writing in the sports world. Follow me on Instagram, @wvcardboard

Remembering Joao Gilberto, Pernell Whitaker, Fernando Cortado, Pumpsie Green Joao Gilberto was the Brazilian guitarist and songwriter who was a key figure in bringing the bossa nova style of music to the United States in the early 1960’s. He is best known for the song “The Girl From Ipanema” which he sang in Portuguese and his then-wife Astrid sang in English. Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker was the boxing great who won the world title in four divisions. He was especially adept as a quick, defensive boxer. Fernando Cortado was American computer scientist who developed the time-sharing operating system so that computer time could be divided among many users. Pumpsie Green was the first African-American player to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last major league team to integrate.

The boys are back in (their) town(s)! It's the first episode of the Red Sox Coast to Coast Podcast in a few weeks, which is Matt's fault (direct angry tweets to @mattymatty2000), not Brendan's. In this episode, the guys get back to it, covering the upcoming trade deadline, the brutal point in the Red Sox schedule the team finds itself in at the moment, the acquisition of Andrew Cashner (a bit late, we know), and Brendan poignantly remembers Pumpsie Green, the first African American to play for the Boston Red Sox, who passed away last week.  If you like the podcast, that's fantastic! Tell a friend! Subscribe! (We are on most podcast servers.) Mostly, though, thanks for listening. We appreciate it. 

Join Sports Editor Bill Corey and Red Sox writer Bill Koch as the Twin Bills take a look at the David Price-Dennis Eckersley feud, which returned to the spotlight this week. Also, the Red Sox welcomed Andrew Cashner to their rotation, released Eduardo Nunez and sent Ryan Brasier to the minors. And a tip of the cap to Pumpsie Green, the first African American Red Sox player, who passed away at age 85.

Teams show who they are. Plus the legacy of Pumpsie Green and the continued struggles of Matt Harvey --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In 1959, Pumpsie Green made his Major League Baseball debut. He was the first black player on the Boston Red Sox, who were the last team in Major League Baseball to integrate. On September 7th of that year, Pumpsie hit his first major league home run. That's where we come in. We're continuing our theme of notable events in jazz music with Dave Brubeck’s seminal album Time Out, despite Tim's suggestions to pivot to skate punk. He bought a skateboard this week, we're sure he'll get over it soon. Also on the docket: The red hot Minnesota Twins, Scott Boras' audacious NPB gambit on behalf of his client, Carter Stewart, and the latest baseball-related fare from comedy rap trio The Lonely Island. DONATE to Baseball For All FOLLOW us on Twitter LIKE us on Facebook SEND us a dang e-mail

Pumpsie Green is a baseball treasure who grew up in Richmond and lives in El Cerrito. In 1959, he became the first black player for the Boston Red Sox, who were the last big-league team to integrate. Pumpsie sat down with The Chronicle’s John Shea and Scott Ostler and discussed his career and life, including his first big-league at-bat, when the ump said, "You better swing, son." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In one of the stranger incidents in modern baseball history, sixty-six years ago this week, Gene Conley and Pumpsie Green walked off the Red Sox team bus in the middle of a traffic jam and disappeared into NYC. Why? And what happened to them? Mike and Bill examine this incident, as well as the lives of two of the most interesting men in baseball history. One as a star in two pro sports, and the other who broke the Red Sox's color line. Also, happy birthday Norm Siebern and Jack Glasscock (stop giggling)!

Bust into the new year with an episode that is about everything and nothing. The two take a couple trips down memory lane, discuss fast food, hotdogs, Matlock, and getting old. Also refreshing to hear is two white guys talking about the struggles of minorities in sports during the 20th century. This one is also like a Beatles song, it's got a false ending that'll leave you guessing.