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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After the 2002 All-Star Snafu in Milwaukee — which ended in…
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FEBRUARY 11, 2022 — Early registration is now open for SABR's…
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The team that was the last to integrate had been – 26 years…
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Through the 2021 season, Brady Anderson is the only player in…
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Scott Cooper was born the day after the St. Louis Cardinals beat…
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2022 SABR Virtual Analytics Conference: Student Programming
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
July 15, 2003: Hank Blalock’s blast gives AL a win in the All-Star Game ‘that counts’
October 8, 1904: Boston’s Lou Criger guns down New York’s pennant hopes
This Week in SABR: February 11, 2022
Register now for the 2022 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Birmingham
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September 8, 1933: Mel Almada becomes the first Mexican native to play in a major-league baseball game
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