Down two games to one in the 1934 World Series, the Detroit Tigers…
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“[He] pitched with devastating speed, his curves breaking fast…
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Gabby Street wanted revenge, so he went to the firm of Hallahan…
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The day before Game Six of the 1931 World Series, more than 500…
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Bill Hallahan “cast a spell of impotence over the bats of the…
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Anticipation of the 1931 World Series steadily peaked all summer…
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Fans began arriving at Dodier Street and Grand Boulevard shortly…
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When the Chicago Cubs finally won a World Series again in 2016,…
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For baseball, 1995 was a pivotal year. The sport was reeling…
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The two teams approached this game from very different positions,…
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October 6, 1934: Tigers even World Series in Game 4; Dizzy Dean knocked out cold
September 18, 1934: Browns’ Bobo Newsom tosses no-no through nine, loses in 10th
September 16, 1933: Cardinals outlast Dodgers after 27 runs, 36 hits, and 17 walks
July 30, 1933: Dizzy Dean fans 17 Cubs for new modern strikeout record
June 23, 1932: The Goose wallops three; Goslin’s homers lift Browns over Yankees
October 10, 1931: Revenge is sweet for Cardinals in Game 7, even without Pepper
October 9, 1931: A’s Lefty Grove stymies Redbirds again in Game 6
October 2, 1931: ‘Wild Horse’ Pepper Martin steals the show as Cardinals take Game 2 of World Series
October 1, 1931: Lefty Grove, A’s subdue Cardinals in opening game of World Series
July 12, 1931: Cardinals set doubles record with assist from St. Louis crowd
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This Week in SABR: November 2, 2018
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