A game-winning home run can come in the first inning, as when…
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Only two of Murray Wall’s 91 major-league games were played…
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More than one football coach has used the adage “A tie is just…
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“When I die,” Akron, Ohio, baseball legend Joe Winkler would…
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From time to time you’ll see a catcher involved in a double…
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After four months and 161 games, it came down to the final day…
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Before the game, the players, coaches, and grounds crew observed…
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Tom Bruno pitched in parts of four major-league seasons from…
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JANUARY 14, 2022 — We hope you enjoy this significant collection…
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With an impressive 67-37 record, Canton, Ohio, won the 1889 pennant…
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The Northern Independent League, formerly known as the Northern…
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“Cupcake,” a euphemism for a should-be-easy-to-beat opponent,…
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July 26, 1922: Nip Winters tosses no-hitter as Bacharach Giants teach Indianapolis ABCs a lesson
August 29, 1948: Ted Williams, Birdie Tebbetts both homer in first inning and combine for 7 RBIs
June 13, 1959: Pitcher Murray Wall’s stay in Washington: three days, one game, one defeat
May 28, 1964: Jim Maloney’s double-double not enough as Reds settle for 17-inning tie with Dodgers
May 19, 1973: On ‘Akron Night,’ a city baseball legend almost gets dying wish as Indians topple Yankees
August 2, 1985: Catcher Carlton Fisk tags out two baserunners on same play
September 28, 2011: Late home runs by Dan Johnson, Evan Longoria rally Rays to improbable wild-card spot
September 11, 2020: Historic all-lefty lineup is right for the Rays
Larry Andersen
Tom Bruno
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John Dopson
Nick Esasky
Dana Kiecker
Jim Pankovits
Walt Smallwood
Bob Zupcic
The Negro Leagues Are Major Leagues
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This Week in SABR: January 14, 2022
SABR, Sports Reference team up to produce The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues book
May 6-8, 1890: Canton’s Cy Young wins one and loses one in Akron
July 12, 1906: Frank Shaughnessy leads Ottawa to victory in outlaw Northern Independent League
September 23, 1932: Jumbo Brown tosses first career shutout as Yankees defeat worst-ever Red Sox team