The fifth All-Star Game is remembered chiefly for effectively…
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“But coming down through that would heighten my sense because…
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It was “one of the most spectacular closing chapters in all…
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Johnny Markham must have looked long and hard at Ted “Double…
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The 1945 Negro League World Series was taking place in a postwar…
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Griffith Stadium hosted Game One of the 1943 Negro League World…
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With 15 minutes until game time, the tarp was still on the field…
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“There have been few World Series battles in history that carried…
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Sports fans of a certain age will remember Reggie Rucker as a…
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Walter O’Malley is a bane or a blessing dependent upon which…
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At the SABR Virtual Analytics Conference on Sunday, March 20,…
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APRIL 7, 2022 — All SABR members are invited to join us on…
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APRIL 7, 2022 — Fifty years ago, baseball’s first-ever…
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Managing a baseball team is a roller-coaster experience, and…
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July 7, 1937: Yankees lead way to fourth American League victory in five All-Star Games
September 24, 1944: Homestead Grays repeat as Negro League World Series champions
October 7, 1933: Mel Ott’s 10th-inning homer gives Giants a World Series championship
September 24, 1943: Cool Papa Bell wins Game 3 for Grays in 10th inning
September 18, 1945: ‘Cinderella’ Cleveland Buckeyes win Game 3 with shutout of Grays
September 21, 1943: Powerful Grays, upstart Black Barons take center stage at Griffith Stadium
October 5, 1933: Earl Whitehill whitewashes Giants, Buddy Myer is mighty in World Series win
October 6, 1933: King Carl Hubbell hurls 11-inning gem to put Giants on verge of title
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April 14, 1969: Multisport star Reggie Rucker wins game for Boston University
April 10, 1962: Dodgers lose to Reds in opening game at Dodger Stadium
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