Even after the game, the 1,500 people who watched a meaningless…
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New Yorkers awoke to a dismal morning on June 13, 1948. Raindrops…
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Fans at Ebbets Field cheered when Babe Ruth — decked out in…
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Babe Ruth was released by the New York Yankees at the end of…
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In this first game of a twin bill in the dog days of August 1929,…
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For all of his tremendous success in the batter’s box, Babe…
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As July 1927 came to a close, the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh…
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Of course they called him Babe.
George Ernest Ruth had the fortune,…
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Pitcher Dick Voss1 had a horrible year in 1964. In fact, he struggled…
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One of baseball’s most beloved and enduring mascots is Milwaukee’s…
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The Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies took wildly different…
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The Boston Red Sox had won three games in a row by spectacular…
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Naturally, the Rockies were glad to return home to Denver, even…
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By the seventh-inning stretch, a feeling of doom pervaded Denver.…
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Wilbur Good was a Deadball Era pitcher (5 games) and outfielder…
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October 2, 1914: A sign of so many swats to come: Babe Ruth doubles for first big-league hit
July 4, 1939: Lou Gehrig says farewell to baseball with ‘Luckiest Man’ speech at Yankee Stadium
June 13, 1948: Babe Ruth makes final visit to Yankee Stadium
April 27, 1947: Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium
June 19, 1938: Babe Ruth makes coaching debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers
May 30, 1935: Babe Ruth plays his final major-league game with Boston Braves
August 7, 1929: Babe Ruth goes deep as Yankees split with A’s at Shibe Park
October 1, 1933: Lefty Ruth all right in final mound appearance
Arthur Pappas
This Week in SABR: November 25, 2020
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August 5, 1927: Cy Williams, NL’s career home run leader, hits for the cycle
June 25, 1957: George ‘Babe’ Ruth wins minor-league game with homer
July 30, 1964: Snakebitten Dick Voss puts it all together for minor-league one-hitter
August 16, 1970: Bat Day crowd brings the original Bernie Brewer down in Milwaukee
October 24, 2007: Rockies’ juggernaut hits a roadblock in Boston for Game 1
October 25, 2007: Curt Schilling’s final game gives Red Sox a triumph in Game 2
October 27, 2007: Boston’s bats push Rockies to the brink in Game 3
October 28, 2007: Red Sox complete sweep of Rockies to win World Series
Jerry Howarth
Don Chevrier
Tom Cheek
Kid Carsey
Wilbur Good