On February 21, 1945, the major-league baseball All-Star Game…
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After the 50-day players strike in 1981, in which about a third…
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On August 18, 1957, came an anticipated yet numbing announcement.…
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No matter your perspective, the 1919 Patriots Day opening day…
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When the 1954 spring training began, the New York Giants had…
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Many surgical procedures or even surgical incisions are named…
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After the San Francisco Giants lost the first two games of the…
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“You could see the skyline without the towers. You could see…
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George Springer of the Houston Astros taps the "Houston Strong"…
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The streets of Baltimore were jam-packed with an estimated 350,000…
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There is graduation pomp and circumstance. There is Opening Day…
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“Outside a miracle, you’ll never pitch again.”
Dave Dravecky,…
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Rick Ankiel had a short but eventful pitching career for the…
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“It’s a thrill not only playing baseball in Milwaukee, but…
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In the summer of 1996, the Baltimore Orioles were looking to…
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As we welcome Opening Day in 2020, SABR invites all baseball…
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1912 Hilldale Club. Back row: Bill Anderson, Alice Robinson,…
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July 9, 1946: Ted Williams, American League dominant in first All-Star Game after World War II
September 25, 2001: Yankees return to Yankee Stadium after 9/11
August 10, 1981: Dodgers’ Reuss, Howe blank Reds in first game after strike ends
June 1, 1962: Willie Mays, Giants return to New York for first time, beat the Mets
April 19, 1919: Baseball resumes after World War I on Patriots Day in Boston
April 13, 1954: Willie Mays returns to Giants after service in Army
April 16, 1976: Dodgers’ Tommy John returns to pitch after revolutionary surgery
August 8, 1967: Tigers return to the Corner after 1967 race riot
October 27, 1989: A’s, Giants return to field after World Series earthquake
September 17, 2001: Mets win in their first game back after 9/11
September 2, 2017: Astros return to the field after Hurricane Harvey strikes Houston
April 15, 1954: Orioles return to Baltimore after 52 years
April 14, 2005: ‘Baseball is back in Washington, DC!’ as Nationals win home opener
August 10, 1989: Giants’ Dave Dravecky returns to mound after cancer in pitching arm
August 9, 2007: Cardinals’ Rick Ankiel homers in return to major leagues as outfielder
April 11, 1975: Hank Aaron returns to Milwaukee, as a Brewer
July 22, 1996: Eddie Murray returns to Baltimore with a blast
SABR unveils First Games Back project for Opening Day 2020
John Lickert
Bill Mueller
Bob Hogan
Claude Gouzzie
Craig Robinson
Hilldale (Daisies) Club team ownership history