The Nationals’ magic number was one. Either a Nationals win…
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After losing the Syracuse, Rochester, and Toledo franchises to…
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The hot stove is heating up, so settle in and add this new baseball…
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With a 100-54 won-lost record, the Montreal Royals finished the…
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The Associated Press referred to Joe DiMaggio as “Murderers’…
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By the time the 1920 baseball season wound down to the last couple…
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The 1920 American League pennant race was as tight as one could…
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Phillies manager Eddie Sawyer selected Bob Miller to start the…
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Without a day off in the 1950 World Series, the venue shifted…
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The 1949 World Series opened with Allie Reynolds facing Brooklyn’s…
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Philadelphia Phillies manager Eddie Sawyer faced a dilemma. Who…
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On May 8, 1966, Sportsman’s Park hosted its last major-league…
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Prior to the start of Game Seven of the 1964 World Series, Cardinals…
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After the Cardinals took two out of three games from the Yankees…
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The city of St. Louis was ecstatic that it would get to host…
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The St. Louis Cardinals must have been pinching themselves. On…
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There was symmetry to the first weeks of Stan Musial’s career…
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“Those homers all felt good. They all do. That second one was…
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There was not much tension in the air as the New York Mets concluded…
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October 1, 2012: Washington Nationals lose game, clinch first NL East division title
This Week in SABR: December 7, 2018
May 1, 1890: Detroit Wolverines top Toronto in ragged season opener
SABR Digital Library: Base Ball’s 19th Century Winter Meetings, 1857-1900
September 18, 1946: Jackie Robinson’s Montreal Royals get the best of Yogi Berra’s Newark Bears in playoffs
July 9, 1937: Joe DiMaggio hits two homers as part of cycle
October 2, 1920: Jim Bagby wins his 31st game as Cleveland clinches its first pennant
August 16, 1920: Ray Chapman suffers fatal blow to his skull on pitch from Carl Mays
SABR Digital Library: Time for Expansion Baseball
This Week in SABR: November 30, 2018
October 7, 1950: Yogi Berra delivers knockout blow as Yankees sweep Phillies in World Series
October 6, 1950: Jerry Coleman’s walk-off single lifts Yankees to 3-0 lead in World Series
October 5, 1950: DiMaggio’s 10th-inning homer gives Yankees a 2-0 lead in World Series
October 4, 1950: Yankees’ Vic Raschi shuts out Phillies on two hits in World Series opener
May 8, 1966: Cardinals play their last game at Sportsman’s Park
October 15, 1964: Bob Gibson pitches Cardinals to World Series crown in Game 7
October 14, 1964: Jim Bouton earns second win to extend World Series to seventh game
October 8, 1964: Rookie Mel Stottlemyre goes the distance as Yankees win Game 2
October 7, 1964: Schultz, Cardinals ignore the odds to defeat Yankees in Game 1
October 4, 1964: Cards finally get best of Mets to clinch NL pennant
September 29, 1963: Stan Musial says goodbye in final game
June 2, 1963: Say Hey times three: Willie Mays has a day at Busch Stadium
Al Montreuil
September 2, 1962: Musial passes Speaker with 3,516th hit, moving one more rung up the record book ladder