In 1890 professional baseball was illegal on Sundays in many…
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On May 30 — Decoration Day — the Boston Red Sox were playing…
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The Boston Red Sox hadn’t won a pennant for 28 years, not since…
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Even the most “ageless” ballplayers, the ones who hold their…
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The Toronto Blue Jays hosted the Boston Red Sox in a three-game…
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On July 13, 1953, officials from the Cotton States League and…
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By his second year in the majors in 1958, sweet-swinging Harry…
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"I was born in 1912 [sic] in Giddings, Texas, a little town between…
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October 12, 1890: Oakland’s Kid Carsey hurls no-hitter in San Francisco
May 30, 1931: Facing back-to-back shutouts, Red Sox rally with 6 runs in bottom of the ninth
April 20, 1946: Johnny Pesky hits game-winning homer around the foul pole at Fenway Park
August 25, 1967: Transplanted first baseman Bobby Guindon throws no-hitter in minors
September 7, 1973: Mike Marshall throws 11 relief innings, breaks two NL pitching records
August 17, 1982: Angels’ Luis Tiant beats Boston for final career win
August 9, 2018: Mookie Betts hits for the cycle, but Red Sox fall to Blue Jays
Tugerson v. Haraway: Civil Rights and the Cotton States League
August 22-24, 1948: The Negro Leagues East-West All-Star Games
Harry Anderson
Pat Collins
Michael Cuddyer
Ed Glenn
Drungo Hazewood
Joseph Herr
Bill McGee
George Werley
Hilton Smith