April 1966 was a great time to be a Minnesota Twin. The Twins…
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The Milwaukee Braves and the Minneapolis Millers were both…
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Hard-changing Minneapolis pulled to within a half-game game of…
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The first game played in a new ballpark is always noteworthy.…
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Before the Minneapolis Millers’ inaugural game in Metropolitan…
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Approximately 400 spectators turned out at Detroit’s Recreation…
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It was early in the 1949 season, with only about a dozen games…
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On Saturday, August 14, 1971, a battle of the two fifth-place…
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SABR's Nineteenth Century Committee, Lajoie-Start Chapter,…
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SABR's Board of Directors has approved the formation of a new…
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SABR’s Board of Directors has approved the formation of a new…
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The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association were the…
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On a cool 1960 September evening in Bloomington, Minnesota, one…
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Frank Naleway
Jay Dahl
Ray Morehart
April 16, 1966: Dean Chance, Jackie Warner, and baserunning blunders doom the Twins
April 30, 1957: Baby ‘Baby Bull’ Cepeda wows Minneapolis fans
April 13, 1957: Braves and Millers put on a cold-weather exhibition in Minneapolis
May 26, 1957: Millers rally from 8 runs down to sweep Wichita
April 24, 1956: ‘Play of Four Decisions’ ensures Metropolitan Stadium’s debut is memorable
August 5, 1957: A harbinger of things to come: Metropolitan Stadium hosts Reds-Tigers exhibition
This Week in SABR: November 23, 2022
September 28, 1885: Mox McQuery ‘hit for the whole diamond’ as Wolverines set scoring record over Grays
May 1, 1949: Red Sox homers by Pesky, Stephens, Williams hand Yankees their first home loss of season
August 18, 1969: Offensive juggernaut Mark Belanger powers Baltimore win
August 14, 1971: Rookie Mike Thompson gets first (and last) win in Senators’ final season
August 22, 1972: Nelson Briles near-perfect in Pirates’ 1-0 win over Giants
August 23, 2009: Eric Bruntlett’s unassisted triple play ends ‘strange’ Phillies-Mets game
2022 SABR Southern New England 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium
SABR welcomes new research committee on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
SABR welcomes new chapter in Northern New England
Rick Burleson (2022)
August 27, 1956: ‘Grate’ throw highlights Millers’ win over Omaha
June 16, 1958: Ted Williams, Pumpsie Green star in Red Sox exhibition at Minneapolis
June 7, 1956: Willie Mays homers twice in Giants’ exhibition win at Metropolitan Stadium
September 8, 1960: Minneapolis Millers face St. Paul Saints for final time at Metropolitan Stadium