What follows is a narrative on the greatest comeback in baseball…
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The Tampa Bay Rays, 6½ games behind the New York Yankees,…
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In one of the greatest comebacks in major-league history, the…
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On the cusp of the summer equinox, the Minnesota Twins made…
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July 6, 2010, was a warm rainy evening in Mile High Denver when…
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The Philadelphia Athletics hosted the Cleveland Indians to complete…
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The San Francisco Giants journeyed to Los Angeles for a late-season…
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After the Cubs won 103 games in the regular season, with their…
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Allowing five runs in the top of the ninth inning, the Kansas…
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Darren Oliver grew up in a baseball family and pitched all or…
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The final at-bat of Ichiro Suzuki’s career, against Lou Trevino…
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In some sense, it’s always significant news to Boston Red Sox…
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After a whirlwind six days that saw Mike Piazza traded from the…
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Like thousands of youth pitchers, Frank Castillo dreamed of winning…
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After winning the first two games of their July 1976 series at…
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July 24, 2018: Athletics erase 8-run deficit, beat Rangers 13-10
July 7, 1922: Tigers roar back with win over Senators
July 25, 2009: Rays come back to beat the Blue Jays in 12th inning
July 28, 1931: Bob Fothergill leads White Sox in 11-run rally to beat Yankees
June 19, 2010: Twins’ bench is twice as nice in comeback against Phillies
July 6, 2010: Altitude decides another one as Rockies rally to beat Cardinals
August 21, 1934: Cleveland scores nine runs in 9th to rally past A’s
October 16, 2008: J.D. Drew walk-off caps Game 5 comeback, keeps Red Sox’s repeat hopes alive
May 23, 1901: Cleveland Blues turn hopeless defeat into glorious victory
September 23, 1970: Dodgers lose to Giants, 14-10, after leading by 8 runs
October 11, 2016: Cubs score 4 in ninth to beat Giants in Game 4 of NL Division Series
May 28, 2008: Twins cause a Royal ruckus with large comeback win
August 5, 2007: Phillies leave Brewers flat with payback comeback
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July 5, 1991: Cubs’ Frank Castillo pitches complete game against Cardinals for first major-league victory
July 7, 1976: Red Sox force extra innings, but Chicago wins in the 10th