On August 27, 1957, in a game of little interest and with no…
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In 1886 the pitcher’s box was made a foot deeper and the rule…
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The 1885 National League pennant race was a battle between two…
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This chapter is not about a single game. Instead, it is about…
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Providence, Rhode Island, was an awfully small city for two egos…
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The 1883 American Association season had the closest major-league…
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In February 1919 the recently proclaimed principal owner of…
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August 27, 1957: Dick Drott’s meteoric rise and Don Newcombe’s sharp decline
September 1, 1961: Skowron’s single launches Yankees on 13-game winning streak
October 3, 1886: Matt Kilroy, strikeout king
August 15, 1886: Guy Hecker: hitting pitcher
July 21, 1886: “A Glorious Victory”: Cuban Giants beat the Red Stockings
September 29-October 3, 1885: White Stockings cap a pennant chase
October 23-25, 1884: The first “World Series”
July 28, 1884: Old Hoss Radbourn: 59 or 60 victories?
October 4, 1969: Orioles win first-ever ALCS game
July 7, 1884: One-Arm Daily strikes out 19 (or 20)
June 7, 1884: Charlie Sweeney strikes out 19 for Providence
May 1, 1884: Fleet Walker’s major-league debut
September 21-23, 1883: St. Louis Browns dynasty nipped at the wire
Damion Easley
Sam Mertes
Andy MacPhail
Brian Cashman
Theo Epstein
Dan Duquette
Sandy Alderson
Dave Dombrowski
Catalina Island
Irving Vaughan
Ed Burns