As June 1948 neared its conclusion, the 1948 American League…
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The Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox were both optimistic…
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In 1910 attendance at the South End Grounds, home of the Boston…
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Billy Evans referred to Youngstown, Ohio, as his first love.1
And…
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As August 1933 began, the race for the American League pennant…
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When fireworks launched on America’s 196th birthday, the nighttime…
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Tom Seaver pitched with the precision of a NASA engineer using…
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“Casey Stengel and the Yankees felt a new season was beginning…
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Bob Feller’s return to major-league baseball after 44 months…
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There died a myriad of them,
And of the best, among them,
For…
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Over three days, June 19-21, the Republican Party held its 1900…
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The 1945 St. Louis Cardinals, winners of three consecutive wartime…
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June 30, 1948: Cleveland’s Bob Lemon throws a no-hitter against the Tigers
April 18, 1953: White Sox and Indians combine for 26 walks
May 24, 1953: Russ Meyer ejected, Gil Hodges snaps slump as Dodgers crush Phillies
September 1, 1954: Herb Score hurls one-hitter, surpasses 300 strikeouts for Indianapolis Indians
July 3, 1974: Cleveland’s Gaylord Perry wins 15th straight game
October 6, 1910: Boston rookie Bill Collins hits for a natural cycle
August 17, 1931: Thousands turn out to honor Billy Evans at Indians’ exhibition in Youngstown
August 2, 1933: Mickey Cochrane ‘paces mates with bludgeon,’ hits for second career cycle
July 18, 1950: Johnny Mize homers twice, Yankees crush Browns
July 4, 1972: Tom Seaver loses no-hitter in ninth inning on Independence Day
May 1, 1974: Tom Seaver strikes out 16 in 12 innings, but Mets fall to Dodgers
August 2, 1975: Expos stun Phillies on Nate Colbert’s pinch-hit, walk-off homer
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June 28, 1949: Joe DiMaggio returns to Yankees after missing first 65 games
August 24, 1945: Bob Feller returns to baseball after World War II
May 9, 1919: Pete Alexander’s return from World War I spoiled by Ray Fisher, Reds
June 21, 1900: Republicans witness a pennant race turn in Philadelphia
May 16, 1945: Rookie Jack Creel’s extended one-hit relief not enough for Cardinals to top Braves