The last time the Boston Red Sox had played a game in Buffalo…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Devers-Rafael-2020.jpg600800Russ Walsh/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngRuss Walsh2021-05-20 11:40:022021-05-20 11:40:02August 25, 2020: Red Sox play their first game in Buffalo after a 103-year absence
After a sluggish five-game start in 1984, everything clicked…
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Drafted out of high school in the seventh round by the New York…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Fariss-Monty.jpg350251Thomas Brown/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngThomas Brown2021-05-19 12:20:442021-05-19 12:21:58September 8, 1991: Monty Fariss delivers three-run, pinch-hit double for first major-league hit to rally Rangers past White Sox
After winning the first three games of the 1927 World Series,…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CombsEarle.jpg450343Laura Peebles/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngLaura Peebles2021-05-18 19:52:582021-05-18 19:52:58October 8, 1927: New York Yankees win World Series on a wild pitch
When The Sporting News, a.k.a. “the bible of baseball,”…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HymanSam.jpg386400Laura Peebles/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngLaura Peebles2021-05-18 19:49:522021-05-18 19:49:52August 22, 1943: Pitching pharmacist Sam Hyman helps Hartford Senators out of jam
Thanks in part to a dancing forkball, Milwaukee Brewers starting…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Frisella-Danny-1976.jpg600800Russ Walsh/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngRuss Walsh2021-05-14 10:29:392021-05-14 10:29:39September 23, 1976: Unbeknownst to all, Brewers’ Danny Frisella makes final appearance
The Louisville Colonels didn’t have many bright spots during…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Browning-Pete.jpg250136Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2021-05-13 21:07:042021-05-13 21:07:04June 7, 1889: Louisville’s Pete Browning hits for second career cycle
“Mighty Baker Pulls Another Home Run Hit,” squawked the headline…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Baker-Frank-HR.jpg338228Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2021-05-13 21:03:072021-05-18 19:59:32October 17, 1911: Home Run Baker, A’s get the best of Giants’ Christy Mathewson in Game 3
The Boston Braves played 15 doubleheaders in 25 days while wrapping…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mueller-Heinie-1929-Conlon.jpg350253Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2021-05-13 20:57:242021-05-13 20:57:24September 24, 1928: Braves wrap up their 15th doubleheader in 25 days with a win over Pirates
August 25, 2020: Red Sox play their first game in Buffalo after a 103-year absence
Rudy Baerwald
Angelo Dagres
Oscar Gamble
Charlie Gilbert
Rolla Mapel
Al Michaels
Monty Pfyl
Jim Wright
John Goldie
July 12, 1975: Cardinals fans celebrate eccentric pitcher with ‘We Hlove Hrabosky Hbanner Hday’
April 27, 1984: Rick Honeycutt’s near-perfect outing cut short by rain
September 8, 1991: Monty Fariss delivers three-run, pinch-hit double for first major-league hit to rally Rangers past White Sox
October 8, 1927: New York Yankees win World Series on a wild pitch
May 8, 1930: Freddie Lindstrom hits for the cycle, powering Giants past Pirates
August 22, 1943: Pitching pharmacist Sam Hyman helps Hartford Senators out of jam
September 7, 1959: Johnny Podres masters the mound, strikes out 14 Cubs
Vito Valentinetti
This Week in SABR: May 14, 2021
September 23, 1976: Unbeknownst to all, Brewers’ Danny Frisella makes final appearance
June 7, 1889: Louisville’s Pete Browning hits for second career cycle
October 17, 1911: Home Run Baker, A’s get the best of Giants’ Christy Mathewson in Game 3
September 24, 1928: Braves wrap up their 15th doubleheader in 25 days with a win over Pirates
September 5, 1954: Asheville old-timers Bud Shaney, Ray Hathaway work quickly in Tri-State shutout