Shooting for .400, Ted Williams didn’t manage a single in the…
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Most Phillies fans have Father’s Day 1964 etched in their hearts…
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In the summer of 1975, a London punk named John Lydon was invited…
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Same ground, same sport — but a century apart.
In 2014 major-league…
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June 1914 had seen the Indianapolis Hoosiers go on the longest…
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As the Tip-Tops and Peppers traveled from Brooklyn to Harrison,…
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After the Brooklyn Tip-Tops rallied for a one-run victory over…
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The Wednesday afternoon matinee between the Brooklyn Tip-Tops…
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On a muggy July day with intermittent showers looming in the…
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Nothing is more thrilling to a baseball fan than Opening Day…
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The start of the 1915 season was going so poorly for the Buffalo…
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After playing in five games with the New York Yankees in early…
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Refreshed from a day off, the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Federal…
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This Week in SABR: March 12, 2021
September 1, 1941: Ted Williams bumps his batting average to .410 with another home run
June 21, 1964: Phillies’ Rick Wise wins first major-league game at age 18
June 23, 1975: Brewers shine on a crazy diamond after Pink Floyd concert in Milwaukee
July 27, 1985: Mets score 16 unearned runs in blowout win over Astros
April 14, 1991: Nolan Ryan pitches 5,000th career inning, beats Baltimore for 303rd win
March 21, 2014: MLB returns to Australia’s Sydney Cricket Ground for the first time in a century
The Ballpark (Old Orchard Beach, ME)
July 12, 1914: ChiFeds give Weeghman Park fans a walk-off to remember in 13th
August 7, 1915: Newark Peppers ride mud ball to third consecutive extra-inning win
May 31, 1915: Newark, Brooklyn split a home-and-away doubleheader
September 6, 1915: To the victor goes the revenge: Brooklyn bests Newark in nightcap
September 6, 1915: Laboring (and Traveling) on Labor Day
Luis Aponte
Doc Shanley
Armon Stovall
This Week in SABR: March 5, 2021
September 7, 1914: Tip-Tops reliever Jim Bluejacket records novel pitching victory — without throwing a pitch
July 29, 1914: Circus Solly Hofman bests ex-teammate Brown with walk-off single in 18th
July 13, 1914: Brooklyn’s Steve Evans breaks scoreless tie with game-winning home run in 12th
April 14, 1914: Tom Seaton, Brooklyn Tip-Tops win Opening Day pitchers’ duel to launch Federal League season
May 20, 1915: Buffalo Blues bats come alive in St. Louis
July 7, 1914: Hoosiers’ Benny Kauff adds two steals on his way to leading Federal League
June 20, 1914: Irate Brooklyn catcher Grover Land hurls ball out of the park to cement Hoosiers win