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This Week in SABR: May 29, 2015

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Alex Carrasquel

Alejandro Carrasquel was the first native Venezuelan to play…

Harry Chiti

Young boys playing stickball on the streets and pick-up baseball…

Gene DeMontreville

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, of French parentage on March 10,…

Jesse Gonder

In 1964 columnist Dick Young cracked, “Battered plate umps…

George Halas

On September 17, 1920, a group representing 11 different professional…

Doc Hamann

There have been a number of horribly inauspicious rookie debuts…

Manning Vaughan

Manning Vaughan was the main baseball writer of the Milwaukee…

Kaiser Wilhelm

Few names in early 20th-century America incited as much animosity…

Tom Winsett

John Thomas Winsett was the son of a farming couple, John D.…

April 23, 1962: Jay Hook leads Mets to franchise’s first victory

New York City had long been a bastion of National League baseball.…

April 10, 1962: Expansion Colt .45s win first game in franchise history

Houston was awarded a National League expansion franchise as…

April 11, 1961: Eli Grba wins first game in Angels franchise history

As 1960 rolled into 1961 and baseball fans began looking forward…

This Week in SABR: May 22, 2015

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July 27, 2009: Josh Willingham knocks in eight runs on two grand slams

July 27 is a date that will forever be linked to grand-slam history.…

Andy Messersmith

August 27, 1968. Yankee Stadium. Bottom of the sixth. Angels…

Urban Shocker

Although the question about who is the best major league baseball…

Charlie Small

Charlie Small's time in the major leagues consisted of 22 times…

Stan Sperry

From the trade of Max “Camera Eye” Bishop before the 1934…

Charles Zimmer

On August 6, 1890, Cy Young made his major-league debut with…

SABR Digital Library: Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present

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