Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital…
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When there’s a band in the house for a Wednesday game, you…
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“Batting and playing first base for the Boston Red Sox: Mary…
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With his pitchers falling by the wayside on a seemingly daily…
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The Kansas City Cowboys joined the American Association in 1888,…
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The pendulum kept swinging the same way after the New York Yankees…
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On the back cover of his album The Nylon Curtain, released in…
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Baseball folklore has it that Abner Doubleday “chased the…
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Seeking their third straight World Series championship and their…
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The crowd – estimated at 20,000 by the Kansas City Sun –…
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Leo Durocher managing the New York Giants made as much sense…
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“Of all the skills wrapped up in the complex game of big league…
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The Chicago Cubs “maintained … their strange mastery,”…
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SABR Digital Library: The First Negro League Champion: The 1920 Chicago American Giants
This Week in SABR: May 27, 2022
June 30, 1943: World War II relief game is a South Side success in Chicago
August 14, 1922: Lizzie Murphy becomes first woman to play against major leaguers at Fenway Park
May 14, 1901: McAleer makes unusual proposal in effort to shore up deteriorated pitching corps after Milwaukee sweeps Cleveland
June 13, 1888: Sam Barkley hits for the cycle but Kansas City Cowboys lose to Cincinnati Reds
October 9, 1951: Gil McDougald’s grand slam leads Yankees to Game 5 rout of Giants
July 5, 1963: Dodgers notch 1-0 win in Johnny Podres’ 2-hitter
June 30, 1982: Expos top punchless Mets in ‘Nylon Curtain’ game
September 13, 2020: Cubs’ Alec Mills stymies Brewers’ bats in no-hitter
George Barclay
Wayne Housie
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This Week in SABR: May 20, 2022
June 8, 1885: Presto Change! Cannonball Morris dominates after overhand pitching is suddenly legalized
May 18, 1901: In first Army vs. Navy baseball game, Cadets get best of Midshipmen in Annapolis
May 7, 1917: Babe Ruth gets the best of Walter Johnson in 1-0 shutout at Griffith Stadium
August 1, 1920: Bullet Rogan pitches and bats Kansas City Monarchs over Chicago American Giants in front of record crowd
July 17, 1948: New York Giants win in Leo Durocher’s debut as team’s manager
October 4, 1952: Allie Reynolds’ 4-hit shutout in Game 4 evens World Series
June 26, 1969: ‘Gentleman’ Jim Hickman breaks out the tape measure and broom to keep Cubs in first place
May 6, 1972: Andy Messersmith writes Angels, Brewers history with 91-minute win
June 4, 1980: 41-year-old Jim Kaat crafts 10-inning shutout for Cardinals
May 19, 2008: Boston’s Jon Lester no-hits Royals at Fenway Park