The Wednesday afternoon game was the second of a three-game…
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Sometimes all of the elements of the story of a ballgame are…
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During his 10-year career in the National League, Jackie Robinson…
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The measurement of Jackie Robinson’s success as the first…
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“The Brooklyn Dodgers today purchased the contract of Jackie…
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“I hadn’t even made up my mind Wednesday night. It came…
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Almost 90 games into the 1890 season, the National League had…
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When even the most casual baseball fan envisions a first baseman,…
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Exciting, well-played baseball action was in limited supply for…
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“So baseball is dead, like watching grass grow,” wrote Clif…
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On this crisp afternoon, the sky was a vivid blue, the grass…
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Negro League historian James A. Riley wrote about Satchel Paige,…
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Carl Yastrzemski was legendary in Boston — and throughout baseball.…
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The French have a term, jolie laide, that is typically used to…
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June 18, 1947: Jackie Robinson’s baserunning and Gil Hodges’ homer lift Dodgers
May 9, 1947: Racial slurs won’t stop Jackie Robinson in Philadelphia
April 22, 1947: Jackie Robinson’s first meeting with Ben Chapman
April 17, 1947: Jackie Robinson records his first National League hit for Dodgers
April 18, 1947: Jackie Robinson tallies first career homer and first RBI against rival Giants
April 11, 1947: Jackie Robinson debuts in a Dodgers uniform at Ebbets Field
April 10, 1947: Jackie Robinson, a Royal at Ebbets Field
August 6, 1890: John Reilly becomes first player to hit for the cycle three times in his career
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August 18, 1969: Phenom Balor Moore shines as Class A teams combine for one hit
May 28, 1971: Sonny Siebert outduels Vida Blue
May 24, 1942: Paige, Monarchs get the best of Dizzy Dean All-Stars at Wrigley Field
July 26, 1942: Monarchs’ Satchel Paige garners the victory on day in his honor at Wrigley Field
September 17, 2019: A Yastrzemski homers at Fenway Park in a relief pitcher extravaganza
May 22, 1994: Cardinals fight back in Florida