Picking sixth overall in the June 2012 amateur draft, the Chicago…
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On Opening Day in 1981, the Los Angeles Dodgers found themselves…
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As predictions go, it doesn’t rival Joe Namath’s guarantee…
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For the New York Giants and Christy Mathewson, things could not…
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The contrast could not have been starker on a Friday night in…
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In this game, 37-year-old Diego Seguí broke the Boston Red Sox…
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The unusual 1981 season, torn into halves by a players strike…
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A Mother’s Day crowd of 24,243 at Denver’s Coors Field saw…
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Even with veteran starting pitchers George Mullin, Ed Willett,…
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Going into Game Three of the 1981 American League Division Series,…
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As the 1924 season progressed, fans of the Negro National League…
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Any thought of the inevitability of the Boston Red Sox winning…
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The 1891 Cincinnati Reds looked to improve on their 77-55 record…
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On their way to an abysmal 23-112-2 (.169) last-place finish…
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For more than a century, the correct answer to the baseball trivia…
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The American Association commenced its sixth season as a major…
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April 9, 1981: The birth of Fernandomania on Opening Day at Dodger Stadium
June 29, 1990: Fernando Valenzuela predicts, then throws no-hitter for Dodgers
June 13, 1905: Christy Mathewson throws second no-hitter, wins duel with Three Finger Brown
August 13, 1965: Dodgers’ Osteen tosses complete game as National Guard is deployed to burning Los Angeles
September 22, 1974: Diego Seguí strikes out 12 Orioles in relief outing for Red Sox
October 28, 1981: Guerrero, Dodgers claim World Series championship in strike-torn season
May 13, 2007: Giants rookie Fred Lewis hits for the cycle in his 16th career game
This Week in SABR: October 18, 2024
May 1, 1909: Ralph Works makes favorable debut in snow-delayed Tigers victory
October 9, 1981: With backs to wall, Brewers earn franchise’s first postseason win in Game 3 of ALDS
October 20, 1924: José Méndez, Kansas City Monarchs shut out Hilldale Club to win first Negro League World Series
October 13, 2007: Cleveland explodes for 7 unanswered runs in 11th inning to beat Red Sox in Game 2
July 2, 1993: Phillies salvage doubleheader split on Mitch Williams’s walk-off hit
August 18, 1891: Cincinnati’s Arlie Latham knocks down Cleveland’s Jimmy McAleer, who ‘rushes The Dude with a bat’
May 22, 2001: Doug Mientkiewicz’s four-hit outburst keys Twins’ win over Mariners
June 19, 1890: Billy Gumbert’s arm and bat propel Pittsburgh to win in his major-league debut
April 16, 1887: George Tebeau stakes a claim to being first major-league player to homer in his first at-bat
April 16, 1887: Mike Griffin becomes first major-league player to homer in his first at-bat — or does he?