No rhyme or reason to playing AL teams Jun 25, 2008
The Seattle Mariners came to town last week for the first time ever, and that goes all the way back to Old Hoss Radbourne and Cap Anson. And they may never be back again. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
One win from 10,000, Cubs face Rox Apr 23, 2008
" Ward was serious. Cubs manager Lou Piniella can reach a milestone as well in the Mile High City. With one more win, Piniella will become the 14th Cubs skipper to reach 100 wins. He's not the fastest. Cap Anson was the quickest, with a 100-36 record on Sept. 15, 1880. Then there's Frank Chance, Jim Frey, Tommy Burns, Charlie Grimm, Johnny Evers, Rogers Hornsby and Gabby Hartnett. Dusty Baker reached 100 wins with the Cubs on April 25, 2004, with a 100-80 record. Piniella was at 99-83 heading... (MLB.com -- Chi Cubs Cubs)
Howell should have asked Beckham for 3-hour tour Feb 13, 2008
Player/manager Cap Anson, who in 1885 took the Chicago White Stockings down to Hot Springs, Ark. to round into shape. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
History shows baseball will bounce back from scandal Dec 15, 2007
One of its earliest superstars, Cap Anson, perpetuated a culture of fierce segregation that scarred the game for decades. Another early great, "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, was one of eight Chicago White Sox who agreed with gamblers to take a dive in the 1919 World Series. (SunSpot.net)
Astros' Biggio Plays Last Game Oct 1, 2007
He finished with 3,060 career hits and will finish 20th on the all-time list, just behind Cap Anson (3,081). Of the 19 players ahead of him, only Pete Rose is not in the Hall of Fame. (Click2Houston, TX)
Careers come full circle in Astros' win Sep 26, 2007
Biggio, who will play his final game on Sunday, will end his career in 20th place, as Cap Anson is 19th with 3,081. Biggio entered this game tied with Rickey Henderson, who ended his career in 20th place with 3,055 hits. (MLB.com -- Houston Astros)
Bonds hits 762nd HR, passes Gehrig for 4th on RBI list Sep 6, 2007
Babe Ruth (2,213) and Cap Anson (2,076) are second and third, respectively. Pitching around Bonds was never a consideration of Colorado bench coach Jamie Quirk, who filled in as manager for Clint Hurdle. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Ask Babe: More questions for the Babe Aug 30, 2007
Dear Babe: I have an All Time Greats Cap Anson card No. 39 (photo enclosed). --Ken Doughty, Cottonwood, Calif. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Rangers astonished day after runs barrage Aug 24, 2007
The Rangers were the first team to score 30 runs in a Major League game since 1897 when the Chicago Colts (now the Cubs), managed by Hall of Famer Cap Anson, beat Louisville, 36-7. The Rangers set an American League record for most runs in a game, breaking the old mark of 29 set by the Boston Red Sox in 1950 and tied by the Chicago White Sox in 1955. (MLB.com -- Texas Rangers)
Lowe pitches Dodgers to 6-2 win over Astros Aug 18, 2007
Kent passed Hall of Famers Cap Anson and Frank Robinson, who each hit 528 doubles, and Al Oliver, who hit 529. Those guys were great players,'' Kent said. (Rosenberg Herald-Coaster, TX)
Dodgers Needed a Derek To Win Second Straight Aug 18, 2007
Kent has 530 career doubles, 28th on the all-time list, passing Hall of Famers Cap Anson and Frank Robinson, who each hit 528, and Al Oliver, who hit 529, and Roberto Hernandez also reached a milestone by becoming only the 12th Major Leaguer to appear in 1,000 games. Houston rallied for two runs in the ninth inning off of Hernandez before came on to record the final two outs for his 31st save. (Los Angeles, TheInsiders.com)
Vintage Sports Report Jul 28, 2007
The highest valued card in the set is Cap Anson at $30,000. I will stop there and let you contemplate if you want to try and get any of the Phillies from that set. (Philadelphia, TheInsiders.com)
Complex Anson a legend in Cubs history Jul 19, 2007
Cap Anson retired holding the all-time records for runs scored, hits and RBIs ... "He was a very complex individual and was as honest as the day is long," said author David L. Fleitz, who wrote the definitive Anson biography, titled "Cap Anson: The Grand Old Man of Baseball." "His personality was so belligerent that if he believed something, he would state it at the top of his lungs. "I still wonder if that's giving him too much power," added Fleitz, when asked about Anson being responsible for... (MLB.com -- Chi Cubs Cubs)
Biggio's five-hit night tops 3,000 mark; Astros win thriller Jun 29, 2007
Houston's Biggio lashes 3,000th: 'Tonight is the best' - USATODAY.com. Buy and sell tickets to premium and sold out events. (USA Today -- Sports)
Biggio becomes 27th player to reach 3,000 hits Jun 29, 2007
By Kristie Rieken ASSOCIATED PRESS. 8:57 p.m. June 28, 2007. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Casanova Gets Another Chance For Rays Jun 6, 2007
" he said. "I know I can play at this level; I've done it before. The thing is, I was hurt. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
Bonds the most fearsome 40-something ever May 12, 2007
Only one person 43 or older has ever finished a season with a better average Cap Anson, who did it twice (1895-96). Bonds is not only hitting home runs again, through 34 games he was tied for the National League lead with 11. (MSNBC -- Sports)
No juice to this probe May 10, 2007
But to suggest that Old Hoss Radbourn, King Kelly, Cap Anson, Dan Brouthers, and Sliding Billy Hamilton were playing under the same day-to-day circumstances as Dizzy Dean, Mickey Cochrane, Lou Gehrig, Hank Greenberg, and Joe Medwick, let alone Curt Schilling, Pudge Rodriguez, Todd Helton, David Ortiz, and Jose Reyes, is preposterous. Baseball is clearly a game of eras. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Browns-White Stockings Rivalry Continues Apr 27, 2007
In both 1885 and 1886, their opponent was none other than the White Stockings of Chicago, led on the field and managed by another future Hall of Famer, Cap Anson. Thats right. (St. Louis, TheInsiders.com)
Robinson's decency rings true today Apr 16, 2007
He didn't ignore his taunters, who included managers and players, but he did refuse to surrender any more power to those who believed in the racial superiority philosophies of Cap Anson and Clay Hopper. That last name you might not recognize, but Hopper was Robinson's first manager in organized baseball a Mississippian who asked Branch Rickey, "Do you really think a nigger's a human being?". (USA Today -- Sports)
A-Rod could end up with more homers than Bonds Mar 23, 2007
In fact, Bonds is within reach of two other historic plateaus he needs 70 RBI to join Aaron, Babe Ruth and Cap Anson with 2,000, and further in the distance is Aarons all-time record for extra-base hits, as Bonds needs 79. But nobodys paying attention to those; only the chase to pass Aaron 22 and counting. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Mailbag: Ads are means to an end for Cubs Feb 27, 2007
Cap Anson is the all-time leader with 3,081 hits. Grace ranks fifth at 2,201. (MLB.com -- Chi Cubs Cubs)
Ripken, Gwynn get in Jan 10, 2007
Not that you were able to play in all those games, but that you showed up to play every single day," Ripken said last week.Harold Baines, who received 29 votes, reached the 5 percent threshold. got seven votes in his first appearance on the ballot and , who admitted using steroids during his career and died in 2004, received two.Gwynn and Ripken raised to 43 the total of players elected in their first year of eligibility. That doesn't include Lou Gehrig (1939) and Roberto Clemente (1973), who... (ESPN -- Baseball)
Minimize Big Mac? Too late Dec 3, 2006
Instead of fussing about whether McGwire deserves a plaque alongside drunken womanizer Babe Ruth, psychotic Ty Cobb, segregationist Cap Anson and KKK member Tris Speaker - a true Rogue's Gallery, immortalized in baseball's valhalla - perhaps we should be working on demystifying Cooperstown. Rather than a sporting Heaven, which somehow transforms people who merely were terrific jocks into Great Men, why not merely limit matters to the museum aspect, a depository of history and artifacts, good and... (Newsday -- Sports)
Insult a Latino? Big Deal Oct 21, 2006
I get it: This is baseball we're talking about, a sport in which smack-talk is universal and racism is enshrined in Cooperstown in the form of such notorious figures as Cap Anson. But the Lyons incident shows that change is overdue. (Los Angeles Times)
Sports Question of the Day Oct 18, 2006
Issue date: 10/18/06 Section. Who was the first manager to make players report for spring training. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Always a hit Aug 3, 2006
Likewise, the legendary Cap Anson never put together a long streak; but the shortstop on his 1894 Chicago Colts team, a. 274 career hitter named Bill Dahlen, managed two of them -- back to back. (Washington Times, DC)
D-backs top Phils in 11th Jul 27, 2006
Notes: Gonzalez hit his 528th career double, tying for 29th on the list with Frank Robinson and Cap Anson. Rick Ankiel of the St. Louis Cardinals threw five wild pitches in a division series playoff game against Atlanta in 2000. (Waynesboro Record Herald, PA)
Baseball card collectors not putting much stock in Bonds Jun 19, 2006
Cap Anson: Chicago, 1887-90 (Old Judge N172, No. 12A), $250,000. Albert G. Spalding, 1888 (Ging Gum Co. E223, No. 49), $100,000. (Scranton Times, PA)
April Musings May 3, 2006
Think of Shoeless Joe Jackson, or Ty Cobb, or Cap Anson all men who arguably committed intolerable crimes of morality off the field. But within the context of their own flawed eras, each has been championed as a great ballplayer, as someone worthy of a rightful, if controversial, place in the game s history. (San Francisco, TheInsiders.com)
