The San Francisco Giants journeyed to Los Angeles for a late-season…
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Allowing five runs in the top of the ninth inning, the Kansas…
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After the Cubs won 103 games in the regular season, with their…
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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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It’s a trivia question that most baseball fans would struggle…
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The accomplishments of Lester B. Pearson should be familiar to…
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More than one major-league regular season has ended with a memorable…
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1950 Rutgers University baseball team. Standing (L-R): Ted…
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The New York Giants arrived in Indianapolis in August 1889 after…
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The visiting Baltimore Orioles had taken three of the first four…
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The Pittsburgh Pirates were slumping when they arrived in the…
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While fans lament the Red Sox collapse of 1978, their 2011 collapse…
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May 20, 1998: Mike Piazza plays his first Marlins home game with little fanfare
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
June 21, 1970: Detroit’s César Gutiérrez becomes first AL/NL batter to go 7-for-7 in 20th century
August 24, 1969: Juan Marichal holds off Expos in front of distinguished guest Lester Pearson
September 28, 1919: Giants and Phillies record 51 outs in 51 minutes, the fastest game in major-league history
June 15, 1950: Rutgers’ late rally defeats defending champion Texas in College World Series opener
August 8, 1889: Giants lose uniforms and game as Jack Glasscock hits for only cycle in Hoosiers history
July 27, 1975: Al Bumbry breaks 0-for-23 skid with rare homer in Orioles’ comeback
June 11, 1933: Pirates score 10 in ninth to beat the Cardinals
April 21, 2012: Yankees rally from 9 runs down to blow out Red Sox