Drafted out of high school in the seventh round by the New York…
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After winning the first three games of the 1927 World Series,…
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When The Sporting News, a.k.a. “the bible of baseball,”…
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Thanks in part to a dancing forkball, Milwaukee Brewers starting…
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The Louisville Colonels didn’t have many bright spots during…
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“Mighty Baker Pulls Another Home Run Hit,” squawked the headline…
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The Boston Braves played 15 doubleheaders in 25 days while wrapping…
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Like many former players, Dave Stieb was invited to spring training…
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As the second decade of the twenty-first century neared its end,…
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The knuckleball has danced through the fantasies of fans and…
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War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the…
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This one was not only a game-winner; it was also a pennant-clincher.…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Williams-Ted-1948.jpg600800Russ Walsh/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngRuss Walsh2021-05-12 15:15:202021-05-12 15:15:20September 13, 1946: Ted Williams’s inside-the-park home run clinches AL pennant for Red Sox
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
May 12, 1966: Braves’ Gary Geiger gets first hit in Busch Stadium as Cardinals open new ballpark
April 17, 1974: ‘Phantom’ Juan Veintidos throws real shutout for Orlando Twins
June 18, 1998: Dave Stieb makes improbable return to Blue Jays, five years after retiring
July 1, 2004: Travis Blackley wins major-league debut for Seattle Mariners
July 25, 2019: Long Island Ducks win in first Atlantic League game using computer to call balls and strikes
July 28, 1962: Granny Hamner rides knuckler back to the big leagues as A’s pitcher
Randy Roberts, Johnny Smith’s ‘War Fever’ wins 2021 SABR Larry Ritter Book Award
September 13, 1946: Ted Williams’s inside-the-park home run clinches AL pennant for Red Sox
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Joe Cunningham
Garry Hancock
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