Thirty games into the 2022 season, the Cincinnati Reds were already…
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No other player in baseball history has had a career quite like…
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For years, the major-league baseball season began in mid-April.…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Lackey-John-BOS-1.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 07:49:122023-06-02 11:07:05April 28, 2013: Red Sox complete four-game sweep of Astros, tie club record with 18 wins in April
The hopes of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of repeating as…
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On Saturday night, April 10, 2004, the Boston Red Sox evened…
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On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, the Minnesota Twins were at the…
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The summer of 1980 was undoubtedly the high-water mark in the…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/EsaskyNick.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 07:16:202023-06-02 10:59:41September 5, 1980: Holyoke raises its first and only Eastern League championship title
The expansion Montreal Expos had finally developed their first…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Landreth-Larry.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 06:48:322024-02-13 20:35:54September 16, 1976: Larry Landreth, Expos’ first Canadian starting pitcher, wins big-league debut
When Charlie Guth took the mound on September 30, 1880, as a…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Stump-Weidman.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 06:30:082024-02-13 20:24:56September 30, 1880: Amateur Charlie Guth wins in only professional appearance for White Stockings
It was another dramatic victory or staggering collapse, depending…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/shibe-park-000011.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 01:26:022023-06-02 01:26:02October 14, 1929: Bing Miller’s walk-off gives A’s the World Series title
Guy Bush “pitched one of his finest games,” gushed sportswriter…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/shibe-park-000008.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 01:23:282023-06-02 01:23:28October 11, 1929: The Mississippi Mudcat shuts down the Mackmen
Connie Mack's Philadelphia A's hadn't won an American League…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/shibe-park-000005.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 01:21:502023-06-02 01:21:50July 25, 1929: Foxx and Grove lead resurgent A’s to 21-3 rout
Something had to give as the league-leading Philadelphia Athletics…
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Philadelphia is not known the to be coolest place to summer…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SimmonsAl.jpg414342admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 00:49:002023-06-02 00:49:00July 10, 1926: Violent vicissitudes as A’s rally to beat White Sox, 17-14
Howard Ehmke “devastated the Mackmen like a lanky cyclone,”…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1923-Ehmke-Howard.jpg500309admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 00:46:462023-06-02 00:46:46September 7, 1923: Howard Ehmke’s no-hitter saved by base-running blunder and official scorer’s change of heart
Skipper Miller Huggins's Yankees had rolled over competition…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Jones-Sad-Sam-1923.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 00:43:292023-06-02 00:43:29September 4, 1923: All smiles: Sad Sam Jones tosses no-hitter for Yankees
In a career that included 13 seasons as a major-league pitcher…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/RommelEddie.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 00:38:372023-06-02 00:38:37September 30, 1922: Eddie Rommel wins 27th game for 65-win A’s team
This Week in SABR: June 2, 2023
May 11, 2022: Brewers’ Christian Yelich triples into third career cycle in slugfest with Reds
May 7, 2016: Bartolo Colón’s only career home run leads Mets to victory
April 28, 2013: Red Sox complete four-game sweep of Astros, tie club record with 18 wins in April
May 12, 2008: Nick Adenhart earns first and only career win for Angels
April 11, 2004: David Ortiz hits game-winning home run for second game in succession
May 26, 1993: George Tsamis records a win in ‘wet and wild’ matchup with Athletics
September 5, 1980: Holyoke raises its first and only Eastern League championship title
September 16, 1976: Larry Landreth, Expos’ first Canadian starting pitcher, wins big-league debut
May 14, 1960: Score vs. Latman duel is short-lived
September 30, 1880: Amateur Charlie Guth wins in only professional appearance for White Stockings
October 14, 1929: Bing Miller’s walk-off gives A’s the World Series title
October 11, 1929: The Mississippi Mudcat shuts down the Mackmen
July 25, 1929: Foxx and Grove lead resurgent A’s to 21-3 rout
June 3, 1929: Lefty Grove, George Uhle battle into extra innings
August 22, 1928: Mule Haas home run ends 17-inning marathon
July 10, 1926: Violent vicissitudes as A’s rally to beat White Sox, 17-14
September 7, 1923: Howard Ehmke’s no-hitter saved by base-running blunder and official scorer’s change of heart
September 4, 1923: All smiles: Sad Sam Jones tosses no-hitter for Yankees
September 30, 1922: Eddie Rommel wins 27th game for 65-win A’s team
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