Posts and episodes from Yesterday’s Sports podcast.
Every dedicated baseball fan knows that the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball from 1921 to 1964, winning 29 pennants and 20 World Series titles. However, that dominance abruptly ended from 1965 to 1969. During those five years, the Yankees had only one winning season, and even that was just barely, finishing with an … Read more
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers began as an expansion team in the NFL in 1976. Although all expansion teams tend to struggle in their inaugural season, the Buccaneers did not merely struggle; they lost every game, finishing the season with zero wins and 14 losses. They then suffered twelve straight losses in 1977 before winning their … Read more
The Cincinnati Bengals joined the AFL in 1968 and were the last expansion team in pro football until 1976. As with all expansion teams, the Bengals struggled in their first season, winning only 3 of their 14 games. The one bright spot was running back Paul Robinson, who gained 1,023 rushing yards, earning him the … Read more
Believe it or not, the Philadelphia Phillies franchise dates back to 1883, when Chester A. Arthur was President of the United States. The Phillies were originally known as the Philadelphia Quakers, but they were renamed the Phillies in 1890. Despite some outstanding seasons, the Phillies did not achieve first place until 1915, when they lost … Read more
Although I was a Dallas Cowboys fan as a young boy, I couldn’t help but root for the Giants and Jets, unless they were playing the Cowboys. After all, I grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey, just 30 miles from Shea Stadium, 20 miles from Yankee Stadium, and 8 miles from Giants Stadium in the … Read more