This Week in SABR: November 8, 2019

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May 17, 1972: Rangers win 18-inning marathon over Royals

The Rangers’ May 17 game against the Royals in Kansas City…

May 10, 1972: Broberg, Rangers suffer hard-luck loss to Orioles

In baseball, as in every team sport, the team with the better…
Frank Howard (SABR-Rucker Archive)

April 21, 1972: Rangers fans celebrate arrival of major-league baseball in North Texas

There on the ball diamond in Arlington, Texas, was Teddy Ballgame…

April 15, 1972: Rangers throw away their first-ever game

The opening of the 1972 season was unforgettable in many ways,…

Paul Cobb

"I am proud of my two boys. Baseball is a clean, manly sport,"…

Hezekiah Allen

Hezekiah Allen, a catcher by trade, appeared in the one and only…
Icehouse Wilson (SANTA CRUZ NEWS, February 2, 1934)

Icehouse Wilson

As a teenager, Icehouse Wilson modestly aspired to become a draftsman;…

George Yankowski

At the end of the 2019 baseball season, 25 former major-league…

Jake Brown

Jake Brown deserves to be remembered as a profile in courage.…

This Week in SABR: November 1, 2019

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May 7, 1995: Indians, Twins both make team history in 17-inning marathon

The Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins might have been trying…

July 9, 1961: Willie Kirkland hits 3 homers, bunts in the ninth inning

Frank Lane was no longer Cleveland’s general manager. He resigned…

June 4, 1995: Paul Sorrento’s two-run blast lifts the Tribe

The Cleveland Indians were feeling pretty good about themselves.…

September 13, 1995: Indians’ Charles Nagy shuts out Yankees on three hits

It was a foregone conclusion that the Cleveland Indians were…

June 30, 1995: Eddie Murray joins 3,000-hit club

It is one of the gold standards of major-league baseball: the…

July 21, 1995: Dennis Martinez defies age, earns ninth consecutive win

Someone forgot to tell Dennis Martinez that he should be winding…

Frank O’Connor

The Brattleboro, Vermont, newspaper read, “The death of Dr.…

June 22, 1962: No no-hitter for Mets’ Alvin Jackson

Baseball is a game of streaks, and an extended streak, whether…
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