Baseball fans, join us throughout the month of July 2020 for…
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Their 6-5 loss in Game One was disappointing for the Brooklyn…
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The New York Mets had an infamous inaugural year in 1962, setting…
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As the spring of 1974 turned to summer, the San Francisco Giants…
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At first glance the box score doesn’t look unusual except for…
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“Major leaguers were our gods. We weren’t worshipful. We…
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It was the Sunday afternoon before the All-Star Game break, the…
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The season was on the line for both teams. It was winner-take-all…
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Ninth-inning home runs by Pedro Alvarez and Starling Marte rallied…
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Passon Field (Philadelphia, PA)
This Week in SABR: June 26, 2020
Registration now open for SABR Virtual sessions in July 2020
September 29, 1955: Tommy Byrne’s pitching gives Yankees 2-0 lead in World Series
August 7, 1963: Jim Hickman becomes first Mets batter to hit for the cycle
June 21, 1974: Randy Moffitt makes first, and only, career major-league start for Giants
July 10, 1999: Vizquel’s walk-off home run salvages Candiotti’s return to Cleveland
August 2, 2019: Weird baseball: Phillies pitcher Velasquez records an outfield assist while position player pitches
Nick Testa
Dolly Gray
Fred Winchell
Kerry Wood
Earl Chase
This Week in SABR: June 19, 2020
Announcing the launch of new, redesigned SABR website
Robin Yount
Don Sutton
September 27, 1920: ‘The end of some inevitable chain’: Chicago’s final Black Sox game
April 25, 1937: Giants’ Cliff Melton fans record 13 in debut, but loses heartbreaker
September 4, 1969: Willie Davis’s hitting streak ends at 31 games
September 24, 1984: Cubs clinch first postseason berth since 1945 behind Sandberg, Matthews, Sutcliffe
July 12, 1953: Dodgers end Giants’ streak on bases-loaded walk in 10th inning
October 9, 2019: Cardinals eliminate Braves after historic first inning in NLDS Game 5
May 2, 2014: Ninth-inning home runs rally Pirates past Blue Jays, spark season turnaround