bottle bat 1. A baseball bat with an especially thick barrel,…
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When Montreal lost the Triple-A Royals after the 1960 season,…
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It was the middle of June, and the Kansas City Monarchs were…
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Personifying perseverance, Dyar Miller spent more than 50 years…
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Hal R. Smith’s seven-year major league career (1956-61; 1965)…
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On June 6, 1921, Bill Gatewood, nearing his 40th birthday, took…
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Opening Day in 1921 for the Negro National League was a momentous…
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The Red Sox and Athletics squared off for the second game of…
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A divisional title turning on a dropped third strike with two…
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In 1997 and 1998, Fernando Tatis played in 210 games for the…
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On October 1, 1983, at Fenway Park, in the seventh inning Red…
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June 13, 1921: Heinie Groh returns from holdout with two hits; Reds lose to Brooklyn
September 12, 1954: Ottawa Athletics lose final game as Canada’s capital city loses professional baseball for 40 years
June 12, 1921: Monarchs’ Bullet Rogan bests Cincinnati’s José Leblanc in battle of Negro League aces
Ron Blomberg
Jim Dwyer
Juan Guzmán
Tony Lucadello
Mickey McGuire
Dyar Miller
Tom Murphy
Hal Smith
George Zuverink
This Week in SABR: June 4, 2021
100 years ago: Bill Gatewood throws first no-hitter in Negro National League history
September 26, 1908: Cubs’ Ed Reulbach tosses back-to-back shutouts in doubleheader sweep of Brooklyn
May 7, 1921: Chicago’s Dave Brown outduels Monarchs’ Rube Curry on Opening Day
May 11, 1921: Donie Bush’s daring baserunning gives Tigers a late win over Yankees
September 10, 1939: ‘Thumping’ Ted Williams goes on a batting binge
May 18, 1965: Tresh, Yankees tame Boston’s ‘Monster’ with extra-inning win
October 2, 1974: Dropped third strike leads Pirates to NL East division title
August 5, 2008: Fernando Tatis hits two home runs to carry Mets past Padres
Bill Burdick
Lee Graham
Oscar Horstmann