Willie Mays began the 1969 season with 587 home runs and…
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As the calendar moves through July, the major-league trading…
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“He’s gonna trade me, I know it.”1
That’s what Minnesota…
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In many ways, it was a typical Coors Field contest. On September…
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When one thinks of the best pitchers in the first few seasons…
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When Fenway Park opened in 1912, its seating capacity was 24,000.…
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The 1969 Chicago White Sox didn’t fare well in other teams’…
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FEBRUARY 13, 2024 — Join us in Minneapolis this summer for…
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With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation,…
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For Willie Mays, the April 26, 1958, game between his San Francisco…
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Willie Mays hit 20 home runs and won NL Rookie of the Year…
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A teenage Willie Mays with the Birmingham Black Barons. Mays’…
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