As a given season nears its end, baseball fans of any stripe…
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“When I missed that first pitch, I told myself, ‘Mo, you’re…
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Rusty Staub’s 23-season career was dotted with distinctions…
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The Syracuse Stars and Toledo Maumees both spent exactly one…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1890-Van-Dyke-Bill.jpg1000539Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2023-10-09 09:35:432023-10-09 09:35:43July 5, 1890: Toledo’s Bill Van Dyke hits for the cycle but Maumees lose to Syracuse Stars
Hall of Fame right-handers Tom Seaver and Fergie Jenkins combined…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1969-Jenkins-Fergie.jpg500409Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2023-10-09 09:27:532023-10-09 09:27:53April 25, 1969: Fergie Jenkins smashes home run in complete-game win over Tom Seaver, Mets
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ bid for a fourth straight National…
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In October 2000, for the first time in 44 years, two New York…
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In the days leading up to one of Yankee Stadium’s most surprising…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/72-Mattingly-Don-TCDB.jpg500363Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2023-10-09 00:01:552023-09-28 14:49:50May 13, 1985: Mattingly sets MVP tone with walk-off homer in record-tying comeback
While playing for the Oakland A’s in 1976, Reggie Jackson once…
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It had been a long time. Too long for most, an eternity for some.…
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The New York City hosting the 1977 All-Star Game had drastically…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/65_-All-Star-Game-1977-Yankee-Stad-30.jpg222640admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-10-09 00:01:392023-09-28 14:25:33July 19, 1977: Sutton Place: Dodger Don dominates AL in Yankee Stadium debut
The New York Yankees were set to play their first home game of…
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Yankees President Gabe Paul told reporters on November 18, 1976,…
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Heavy clouds hung over Yankee Stadium before Game Four of the…
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For a player who had excelled so consistently for the prior three…
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At the fifth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference on…
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This Week in SABR: October 13, 2023
April 18, 1970: Giants-Reds slugfest yields Jim Johnson’s sole major-league win
May 7, 1992: Orioles’ late rally stuns reigning champion Twins
October 3, 2022: With little to play for, Red Sox clinch .500 season at home
May 11, 1996: Al Leiter throws Marlins’ first no-hitter
October 19, 1981: Ninth-inning home run sends Dodgers to World Series on ‘Blue Monday’
September 18, 1975: Rusty Staub becomes first Met to reach 100-RBI milestone in walk-off win
July 5, 1890: Toledo’s Bill Van Dyke hits for the cycle but Maumees lose to Syracuse Stars
May 17, 1963: Rutgers beats Lafayette to conclude Jeff Torborg’s All-American season
April 25, 1969: Fergie Jenkins smashes home run in complete-game win over Tom Seaver, Mets
October 1, 1973: Padres fly cross country to beat Pirates in season finale
October 21, 2000: José Vizcaino wins Game 1 for Yankees in 12th inning
May 13, 1985: Mattingly sets MVP tone with walk-off homer in record-tying comeback
April 13, 1978: How sweet it is! Reggie Jackson’s candy bar makes debut
October 26, 1996: Glory returns to the Bronx as Yankees beat Braves in six
July 19, 1977: Sutton Place: Dodger Don dominates AL in Yankee Stadium debut
October 9, 1996: Jeffrey Maier assists Derek Jeter’s game-tying homer in ALCS opener
April 10, 1998: Yankees, A’s combine for Yankee Stadium scoring record in home opener
October 11, 1977: Yankees leave Dodgers blue in Game 1 of World Series
July 10, 1997: Hideki Irabu brings Japan to Yankee Stadium
October 14, 1978: Yankees tie World Series with one extra-base hit and one excessive hip
September 29, 1987: Don Mattingly’s record sixth grand slam sinks Red Sox
October 6, 1978: Munson, Yankees outslug Royals in Game 3
Watch highlights from the Umpires Panel at 2023 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference