JANUARY 20, 2022 — Many baseball fans are drawn to out-of-the-way…
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It was just past the midpoint of the 1901 season.1 Pittsburgh…
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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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This Week in SABR: January 21, 2022
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May 5, 1897: Honus Wagner leads Paterson to victory in Lancaster’s home opener
July 23, 1901: Player-manager Fred Clarke hits for the cycle, leading Pirates over crippled Reds
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
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