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“Everybody has been swinging the bat unbelievable and the pitching…
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Baseball’s greatest streak ended on a cloudy spring afternoon…
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Baseballs were flying out of major-league ballparks in 1953.…
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The New York Mets and Kansas City Royals squared off for the…
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In late January of 1901, American League President Ban Johnson…
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New York City sports fans with a few dollars in their pockets…
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In seven seasons of futility, the New York Mets had never won…
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Returning home for the third game of the 2015 World Series after…
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For all intents and purposes, the ballgame did not figure into…
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The New York Yankees did their best to intimidate the umpires…
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In 1945, The Sporting News reckoned Eddie Mayo as “an excellent…
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Two early-season games at Braves Field on May 23, 1948, were…
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Jay Hughes
Al Schroll
This Week in SABR: May 5, 2017
April 17, 2003: Cubs explode for 16 runs in win over Reds
April 30, 1939: Lou Gehrig plays his final game with Yankees
August 30, 1953: Milwaukee Braves set National League home run record
October 31, 2015: Royals rally to beat Mets and take 3-1 lead in World Series
April 26, 1901: Baltimore Orioles win home opener in a new major league
August 11, 1943: Mickey, Rube, Harry the Hat, and Volo Song
September 12, 1969: Mets pitchers drive in all the runs in doubleheader sweep
October 30, 2015: Syndergaard, Mets stop Royals in Game Three
July 31, 1963: Indians smack four consecutive home runs off Paul Foytack
October 5, 1942: Cardinals clinch World Series on Kurowski’s ninth-inning clout
Seamheads.com updates Negro Leagues Database with 1944 stats
Joe Battin
Bill Kennedy
Eddie Mayo
Chet Nichols
Albert Roberge
Ed Goodson
This Week in SABR: April 28, 2017
Ken Holcombe
Dick Phillips
May 23, 1948: Boston Braves win two for Jimmy Fund