For the second season in a row, the Chicago Cubs claimed the…
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“I felt the pressure building on a no-hitter,” said Nolan…
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In a span of 16 pitches in the sixth inning, Texas Rangers pitcher…
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The Kansas City Royals had developed from an expansion franchise…
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When Ontario Premier David Peterson aimed a laser pointer upward…
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The Philadelphia Phillies had lost all six games they had played…
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Rube Marquard, a 25-year-old southpaw on the New York Giants,…
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“I used to go to a game in Indianapolis once in a while, and…
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From 1901 through the end of the 2015 major-league season, one…
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Through games of September 15, 1915, Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers…
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It was Saturday, May 7, 1921, the opening day of the Negro National…
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Cincinnati Reds manager Clark Griffith wanted to start pitcher…
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The game of Wednesday, May 19, 1937, between the New York Giants…
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Joe Quinn
October 14, 1908: Cubs win World Series for second year in a row
May 15, 1973: ‘Just a matter of time’: Nolan Ryan’s first no-hitter
October 13, 2011: Rangers’ C.J. Wilson yields natural cycle to four consecutive Tigers batters in ALCS
September 10, 1967: Joe Horlen’s no-hitter rekindles White Sox’s pennant dreams
This Week in SABR: September 2, 2016
Ray Scarborough
Carl Weilman
August 17, 1976: George Brett steals a win for Royals
June 5, 1989: Blue Jays play first game in SkyDome
May 22, 1930: Phillies finally beat Giants on Chuck Klein’s home run
July 8, 1912: Jimmy Lavender and Cubs halt Rube Marquard’s winning streak
June 6, 1892: President Benjamin Harrison attends a major-league game
This Week in SABR: August 26, 2016
Chuck Essegian
Horace Fogel
Billy Grabarkewitz
Chet Laabs
August 25, 1922: Cubs and Phillies combine for 49 runs on 51 hits
September 16, 1915: Ty Cobb faces beanballs and a riotous mob in Boston
May 7, 1921: Detroit Stars and Bacharach Giants hit the long ball
May 12, 1909: Reds lefty Ed Karger is wild and unhittable
This Week in SABR: August 19, 2016
May 19, 1937: Carl Hubbell bests Dizzy Dean in ‘Battle of the Century’