The annual Patriots Day game in Boston started just after 11:00…
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“Pretty humbled right now, the ways things have gone. Time…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/61SkXRLtgL._UF10001000_QL80_.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-06 15:41:412023-06-07 00:49:50August 23, 2009: John Smoltz earns 213th and final career win in debut with Cardinals
The Toronto Blue Jays arrived in Milwaukee for a four-game weekend…
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Roberto Clemente, the first great Latin American baseball star…
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Max Macon, the new manager of the Montreal Royals, knew exactly…
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On April 26, 1875, two games into the season, the Brooklyn Atlantics…
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Alex “Dooney” Hardy of the Chicago Orphans had an uphill…
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“It was a dark and stormy” day. It was the kind of day that…
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When one thinks of baseball’s hardest-throwing starting pitchers…
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A lot can happen in a year. Miguel Fuentes was proof of that.
On…
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From 1929 through 1931, the Philadelphia Athletics claimed…
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“There were just seven wonders of the world before this world…
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Three games into the 1931 World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics'…
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When the 1931 World Series opened at Sportsman's Park in St.…
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The Philadelphia Athletics had a veritable lock on first place.…
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These St. Louis Cardinals were a gang of swaggering roughnecks…
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To win their second consecutive World Series, the Philadelphia…
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Babe Ruth made history on May 21, 1930, when, in the first…
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April 19, 2004: Gabe Kapler and Mike Timlin contribute to Red Sox comeback win over Yankees on Patriots Day
August 23, 2009: John Smoltz earns 213th and final career win in debut with Cardinals
June 8, 1990: Toronto’s Tom Gilles earns first and only career win on two pitches
April 17, 1955: Roberto Clemente records first hit and scores first run with Pirates
February 12, 1955: Clemente, Mays homers book-end Santurce’s 11-inning Caribbean Series win over Magallanes
July 25, 1954: Montreal Royals defeat Havana on Roberto Clemente’s walk-off home run
May 26, 1875: Journeyman outfielder Jim Clinton notches his only major-league pitching victory
September 4, 1902: Canadian Alex Hardy tosses two-hit shutout for Chicago Orphans in major-league debut
July 31, 1932: It was a ‘dark and stormy day’ for Browns, Red Sox
July 23, 1959: Bob Veale fans 14, overcomes 9 walks in Class B no-hitter
September 8, 1969: The first of many that were not to come for Pilots’ Miguel Fuentes
Charlie Eakle
Elmer Gedeon
July 15, 1932: Al Simmons becomes first A’s player to homer three times at Shibe Park
October 7, 1931: Wild Bill and the Wild Horse of the Osage lead Cardinals’ charge in Game 5
October 6, 1931: Earnshaw throws two-hit shutout to even Fall Classic
October 5, 1931: Cardinals tag Grove early; Burleigh Grimes grinds in Game 3
September 15, 1931: Philadelphia A’s clinch American League pennant without fanfare
October 2, 1930: George Earnshaw quiets the Cardinals in Game 2
October 1, 1930: Grove outduels Grimes in World Series opener
October 8, 1930: Earnshaw’s complete-game gem on one-day rest gives Athletics second straight championship
September 4, 1930: Al Simmons’ sixth RBI scores reliever Grove for A’s marathon win
May 21, 1930: Babe Ruth first to hit three home runs in a game at Shibe Park
Josías Manzanillo