As they prepared for Game Six of the 1924 World Series on the…
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The major leagues’ 2020 pandemic season, with its abbreviated…
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After a hard-fought Game One of the 1924 World Series in which…
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Paid-admission Sunday baseball came with relative ease to the…
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Walter Johnson, “The Big Train,” one of the most storied…
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It was cold, windy, dreary, and damp in the nation’s capital…
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Relentless desire and unshakable determination define Carmen…
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The game appeared to be merely the first in a meaningless,…
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With Pennsylvania law still barring Sunday baseball,1 the Pittsburgh…
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No other player in the history of the Negro Leagues is as mythicized…
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“I think these two fellows can help us make some money and…
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As baseball has shifted to the “three true outcomes” in the…
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With the start of the 1954 season, beer magnate August A. Busch…
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“In my estimation, the greatest black pitcher ever to pitch…
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October 9, 1924: Roger Peckinpaugh leads Senators in Game 6 to force winner-take-all finale against Giants
September 30, 2020: Alex Kirilloff becomes the first player to make his major-league debut as a postseason starter
October 5, 1924: Senators blow 9th-inning lead but recover to even World Series at one game apiece
May 19, 1918: Senators’ first Sunday game draws record crowd in Washington
May 23, 1924: Walter Johnson throws a gem in 1-hitter over White Sox
May 14, 1920: As a reliever, Walter Johnson wins 300th game with arm and bat
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