The 1893 season for the Boston Beaneaters began in a mediocre…
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Even in the nineteenth century, Opening Day was a much-anticipated…
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It was the third doubleheader in as many days for the weary Boston…
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Discerning Beaneaters fans had a choice on Friday, May 19, 1893.…
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It had been a rough opening month for the defending National…
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The stars of Massachusetts came out to the South End Grounds…
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Nearing an ignominious record for consecutive losing seasons,…
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Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright made his first big-league…
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Ah, opening week in San Francisco – Monday night, 51 degrees…
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The 2013 Boston Red Sox season got underway with a road game…
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Walter “Red” Barber was one of the pioneers of radio and…
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It wasn’t easy being an independent team in 1925. These teams…
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The 1929 season was expected to be the latest installment of…
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At 3 P.M. on Tuesday, August 9, 1977, and then again at 4,1…
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Dating to the nineteenth century, the city of Youngstown, Ohio,…
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Well after midnight, as July 21 turned to July 22, Mike Napoli’s…
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Less than three weeks earlier, on June 17 at Denver’s Coors…
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After a standout career at Sharyland High School in Mission,…
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August 19, 1893: Unsafe passage for Beaneaters on long road trip
April 28, 1893: Beaneaters open season with rout of Giants
September 3, 1896: Boston Beaneaters put their batting clothes on
May 19, 1893: The home run that wasn’t
September 20, 1893: Beaneaters clinch NL pennant, earn ‘proud emblem to wave here next year’
May 26, 1893: A barrage of batting for McCarthy, Beaneaters
May 15, 1893: Beaneaters win home opener in front of star-studded crowd
This Week in SABR: March 24, 2023
June 4, 2009: Andrew McCutchen sparks Pirates to win over Mets in major-league debut
August 6, 2013: Red Sox overcome four first-inning passed balls in 15-10 win over Astros
April 11, 2022: Twins Tyler and Taylor Rogers pitch in the same game as Padres beat Giants
April 1, 2013: Red Sox begin journey from worst to first with Opening Day win at Yankee Stadium
April 6, 1979: Expos edge Pirates in 10-inning season opener
April 18, 1939: Red Barber graces the airwaves in first Brooklyn Dodgers radio broadcast
April 12, 1925: Homestead Grays open season by defeating McConkey Macks
April 17, 1929: Athletics open season by setting tone for dynasty to come
April 16, 1935: Wes Ferrell two-hits ‘Ruth-less’ Yankees on Opening Day, wins on Gehrig error
August 4, 1993: Ventura, White Sox ‘knuckle under’ against Nolan Ryan, Rangers
August 9, 1977: Expos, Padres become backdrop to kidnap drama
May 21, 1977: Merv Rettenmund homer for Padres sinks Expos after 21 innings
August 10, 1939: Exhibition against minor-league namesake turns into rout for St. Louis Browns
July 21, 2013: Mike Napoli’s second home run of game gives Red Sox Sunday night walk-off win over Yankees
July 6, 2004: Red Sox win their second 11-0 game of the season
August 22, 2010: Cardinals rookie Jaime García faces one over the minimum, blanks Giants for first career shutout