“Ebbets Field just isn’t the same.” – Roscoe McGowen1
Brooklyn’s…
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Jackie Robinson once said that Emil John “Dutch” Leonard’s…
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At the end of the 1948 season, the New York Yankees fired their…
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In the early 1860s, issues of the New York Clipper, the self-proclaimed…
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Earle Combs began a string of Hall of Fame players who were starting…
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The morning after the Yankees hosted the Indians in a doubleheader…
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Tucked in among Connie Mack’s many major-league managerial…
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Between its opening in April 1923 and its final game in September…
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It began with a clap of thunder and a sudden deluge of rain,…
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Fans line up for bleacher seats during the 1923 World Series.…
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On September 15, 2022 – celebrated as Roberto Clemente Day…
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“It was about time we beat ’em here.”1
That’s what 48-year-old2…
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When the New York Mets awoke on Wednesday, September 17, 2008,…
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In the 2003 season, when the Boston Red Sox fell just one win…
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Ted ‘Double Duty’ Radcliffe
Carlos Rodríguez
April 10, 1958: Rutgers edges St. John’s on Paul Tootleman’s three-hitter at empty Ebbets Field
May 28, 1946: Yankees have trouble hitting Dutch Leonard’s knuckleball in first night game at Yankee Stadium
April 30, 1946: Cleveland’s Bob Feller no-hits the Yankees, 1-0
August 27, 1938: Monte Pearson tosses Yankee Stadium’s first no-hitter
July 20, 1965: Yankees pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits inside-the-park grand slam
October 2, 1949: Yankees come out on top in winner-take-all contest
September 21, 1861: Harry Wright plays his first base ball game as a professional
July 5, 1912: ‘Magician-like’ Christy Mathewson sours Brooklyn’s grins while earning 300th career win
May 3, 1936: Next in line: Joe DiMaggio makes Yankees debut
June 24, 1970: Bobby Murcer hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader, and much more
September 14, 1947: For the 76th time, Connie Mack neither wins nor loses
October 10, 1962: Tom Tresh’s heroic homer moves Yankees one game closer
May 19, 1929: Death at Yankee Stadium: Two fans die after rain stampede
May 19, 1998: Benitez beanball begins big brawl between Baltimore Birds, Bronx Bombers
October 14, 1923: An epic wedding anniversary for Yankees’ battery in Game 5
April 12, 1927: Murderers’ Row Yankees kick off new pennant chase amid overflowing crowds
This Week in SABR: September 15, 2023
May 9, 1920: The first all-Latino lineup in major-league baseball
September 3, 1966: Braves’ 18-year-old Charles Vaughan masters Astros in first major-league start
September 2, 1970: Hal King hits grand slam as Hoyt Wilhelm earns final victory of his career
September 17, 2008: New York Mets’ Brandon Knight records first and only major-league win
September 16, 2004: Curt Schilling wins his 20th game for Red Sox