The 2021 All-Star Game shined a national spotlight on the Los…
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Boston’s Fenway Park is best-known for its 37-foot-tall left-field…
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At least one statistical analysis has concluded that a baseball…
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When Tom Seaver pitched his last game in a major-league uniform,…
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For a certain type of twenty-first-century baseball fan – one…
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It was a “marvelous exhibition of skill and stamina,” gushed…
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On July 26, 1921, when the Robins began their second long Western…
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The “Rule of Three” is based upon a perception that things…
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The 1913 National League championship was decided not in the…
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He was known for his ability to hit, and he could hit for power.…
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The last-place Baltimore Orioles were 36 games behind the league-leading…
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Cuban infielder Miguel de la Hoz – better known as “Miguelito”…
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In 2022, the United States will mark the 50th anniversary of…
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July 25, 1921: Monarchs’ Bullet Rogan hits 2-run homer in 9th-inning comeback over Detroit Stars
July 26, 1998: Nomar Garciaparra’s only inside-the-park home run helps Pedro Martinez beat Toronto
September 9, 2020: Atlanta Braves set modern-era NL record by scoring 29 runs
August 18, 1986: Tom Seaver strikes out 7 in his last major-league win
September 7, 1921: Teams split four hits in Dakota League action
August 9, 1921: Whistling Dixie in the nation’s capital: Browns’ Davis goes all 19 innings for ironman victory
August 22, 1921: Cy Williams’s Baker Bowl blast breaks up pitchers’ duel in 12th inning
July 26, 1921: Brooklyn’s Burleigh Grimes wins an ‘Old Time Pitchers’ Duel’ against Cubs’ Alexander
September 12, 1921: Al Nixon’s ‘Rule of Three’ Game
June 30, 1913: Ad Brennan knocks out John McGraw after Giants wrestle first place from Phillies
September 16, 1921: Goose Goslin makes his major-league debut; Cleveland returns to first place
August 6, 1954: Did heckling Ted Williams cost the Orioles a game in the 10th inning?
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