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September 17, 2001: Mets win in their first game back after 9/11

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Houston Astros players stand with first responders in the team's first game since Hurricane Harvey on September 2, 2017, at Minute Maid Park in Houston. (COURTESY OF THE HOUSTON ASTROS)

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1954 Baltimore Orioles program (COURTESY OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES)

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Willie Mays (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

June 1, 1962: Willie Mays, Giants return to New York for first time, beat the Mets

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Dave Dravecky (TRADING CARD DB)

August 10, 1989: Giants’ Dave Dravecky returns to mound after cancer in pitching arm

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Rick Ankiel (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

August 9, 2007: Cardinals’ Rick Ankiel homers in return to major leagues as outfielder

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Hank Aaron (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

April 11, 1975: Hank Aaron returns to Milwaukee, as a Brewer

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Eddie Murray (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

July 22, 1996: Eddie Murray returns to Baltimore with a blast

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Bob Hogan

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Craig Robinson (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Craig Robinson

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1912 Hilldale Club. Back row: Bill Anderson, Alice Robinson, Lloyd Thompson, Marian Caulk, Devere Thompson, Mark Studevan, Clara Ivory, Ed Bolden, Helen Barrett, Charles Gaskins, Mary Ricketts, Hubert Jackson, Grace Ricketts, Sam Anderson and Leon Brice Front row: Hulett Strothers, Raymond Garner, Billy Hill, Frank "Chink" Wilson, George Kemp, Hugh "Scrappy" Mason and Clarence Porter. (COURTESY OF LARRY LESTER)

Hilldale (Daisies) Club team ownership history

1912 Hilldale Club. Back row: Bill Anderson, Alice Robinson,…

April 18, 1950: From deathbed to first base: Eddie Waitkus returns after near-fatal shooting

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Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

April 16, 1946: Ted Williams returns to Red Sox after World War II

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This Week in SABR: July 17, 2020

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Jimmie Crutchfield

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