Kicking off a string of unfortunate events for the 1942 Cincinnati…
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As the Cincinnati Reds hosted the San Diego Padres in a Thursday…
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When the Chicago Cubs took the field for their first game in…
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Al Aber’s money pitch was the sinker. When he executed it to…
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Youth, imposing size, and a blazing fastball garnered right-handed…
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The Atlanta Braves jumped out to a three-games-to-one lead over…
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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitchers Don Sutton and Andy Messersmith…
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The 1927 New York Yankees are considered among the best teams…
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Fresh off a 12-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game One of the…
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In a stretch of just over a year, Boston Red Sox shortstop Vern…
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The Tampa Bay Rays finished second in the American League East…
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On October 16, 2014 – 63 years to the month after Bobby Thomson…
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May 31, 1942: Reds’ Clyde Vollmer becomes youngest player to homer on first major-league pitch he sees
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