East Field as pictured in 2021.
Over the course of…
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Join us at the SABR Analytics Conference on March 8-10, 2024,…
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In 1892 Colonel Thomas P. Robinson was the 30-year-old owner…
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Just four years after playing sandlot ball in Toronto, highly-touted…
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In 1964 Johnny Pesky, longtime Boston Red Sox star, was in his…
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The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis became…
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The 29,049 fans who came to Minute Maid Park to cheer for the…
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Invented by Harvard College baseball nine captain Fred Thayer,…
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The American Association was already two weeks into its 1887…
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It was a Tuesday afternoon at Ted Williams’s favorite homer…
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It was an unusual news story in a summer full of them. In the…
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The 2010 Philadelphia Phillies had plummeted in the National…
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George Disch
Clarence Eldridge
Shorty Fuller
Pat Griffin
East Field (Glens Falls, NY)
This Week in SABR: January 12, 2024
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April 13-15, 1892: Rickety barn in right field steals the show in Oakland
September 5, 1927: Last-place Red Sox beat the Yankees, 12-11, in 18 innings
August 4, 1931: Rookie Vince Barton slams two homers to power Cubs over Reds
May 26, 1964: Despite Jim King’s cycle, Senators score just two runs and Red Sox rally for walk-off win
May 24, 1971: Vermont Catamounts win final game, go extinct after 79 seasons
September 10, 1991: Rookie Pete Schourek’s 1-hitter leads Mets past Expos
June 11, 2004: Phillies defeat Twins in their first regular-season game at the Metrodome
April 20, 2022: Shohei Ohtani makes history by batting twice before throwing a pitch as Angels blank Astros
Walter Appleton
Chet Nichols
Dick Ruthven
This Week in SABR: January 5, 2024
July 3, 1877: Louisville’s Charley Snyder becomes first major leaguer to wear a catcher’s mask
April 30, 1887: Tip O’Neill homers twice and hits for the cycle as St. Louis Browns bash Cleveland Blues
May 16, 1950: Ted Williams, Vern Stephens combine for 4 homers and all the runs
July 25, 1969: Maine gets a glimpse of Mets’ ‘miracle’
June 18, 2010: Chase Utley, Ryan Howard lead charge as Phillies score early and often against Twins