Each team in the Class A South Atlantic League, aka the Sally…
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The Boston Red Sox’ record-setting home winning streak in 1988…
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Imitation, as the expression goes, is the sincerest form of…
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A Sunday crowd of 24,129, including 261 servicemen, “got a…
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The New York Yankees on November 4, 2001, were one game from…
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It is a universally acknowledged truth in baseball that pitching…
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The next SABR convention will be held on August 7-11,…
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October 1, 1947: Yankees clobber Dodgers 10-3 in Game 2
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May 31, 1858: Winthrop tops Olympic in first match game played under ‘Massachusetts’ rules
July 15, 1945: Bob Elliott hits for the cycle, drives in 6 runs to lead Pirates’ rout over Dodgers
June 15, 1973: Washington, DC viewers watch ‘their Padres’ lose late
November 4, 2001: Luis Gonzalez’s walk-off single lifts Diamondbacks to Game 7 win over Yankees
September 27, 2004: Bronson Arroyo’s 10th win clinches playoff berth for Red Sox
August 12, 2015: Hisashi Iwakuma tosses fifth no-hitter in Seattle Mariners history
June 29, 2021: Germán Márquez throws a ‘Maddux’ at Coors Field, and hits two doubles
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