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September 4, 1986: Mets, Red Sox play charity game in World Series preview

Looking back on it now, it was something akin to a 1972 moviegoer…

May 27, 1986: Darling whiffs 12 as Mets brawl with Dodgers

The New York Mets were in a bad mood. After bolting out of the…

July 11, 1986: Mets brawl, bash Braves behind Gary Carter’s two homers

The 1986 Mets led the NL in scoring, but pitching was the club’s…

September 28, 1986: Strawberry delivers with 11th-inning homer to beat Bucs

The misery that was the 1986 National League East pennant race…

This Week in SABR: December 23, 2016

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Paul Dade

The first of two players in franchise history to wear double-zero…

Pat Hynes

With the dog days of August 1904 having descended on St. Louis…

Moose Morton

Guy “Moose” Morton Jr. made his major-league debut with the…

Mike Mussina

Mike Mussina pitched consistently well over 18 big-league seasons…

Big Jeff Pfeffer

The baseball fortunes of hard-throwing right-hander Frank Pfeffer…

Bob Smith

In the early 1950s, the Boston Red Sox had two left-handed pitchers…

Dean Stone

Left-hander Dean Stone spent parts of eight seasons in the major…

October 18, 1986: Red Sox win World Series opener in wintry weather

If the last word on the 1986 World Series was “unforgettable,”…

October 19, 1986: Clemens-Gooden duel falls flat as Red Sox win Game Two

For every great World Series pitcher’s duel, there are a dozen…

October 21, 1986: Rested Mets win Game Three behind Bob Ojeda

Bob Ojeda had no love lost for the Boston Red Sox, and the feeling…

October 22, 1986: Darling leads Mets to Game Four win, tying World Series 2-2

If Bobby Ojeda tantalized the team he once played for in Game…

October 23, 1986: Red Sox take 3-2 lead as World Series heads back to New York

After Game Four of the 1986 World Series, reporters asked Boston…

August 13, 1916: Braggo Roth walks off with inside-the-park home run

On July 23, 1916, the St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland…

January 1, 1914: Giants beat White Sox as World Tour visits Australia

“‘Why,’ said an American after the match, ‘your crowd…
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