On May 4, 1871, the Fort Wayne Kekiongas1 opened the inaugural…
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“The game between the Red Stockings and Haymakers this afternoon,…
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“This sort of thing isn’t done in England, you know, where…
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It was “perhaps the most remarkable pitching performance in…
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For Baltimore, 1993 was a shining era in baseball. The Orioles…
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As the month of August 1983 came to a close, the battle for first…
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Tribe fever was at an all-time high as the Cleveland Indians’…
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Brooklyn Dodgers skipper Walter “Smoky” Alston was on…
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Pitcher Charlie Bell was a lifelong Cincinnatian, but his tenure…
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The older brother of a similarly short-tenured major leaguer,…
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It was a rough September 1991 for David Cone. The Mets right-hander…
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William Charles Swift was born on October 27, 1961 in Portland,…
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June 21, 1871: Boston’s Albert Spalding tosses first shutout of the season
May 16, 1871: Troy Haymakers spoil Boston Red Stockings’ first home opener
May 5, 1871: Red Stockings win first regular-season game in Boston baseball history
April 18, 1970: Mets’ Nolan Ryan sets team record with 15 strikeouts in first career shutout
August 7, 1993: Cleveland’s Bobby Ojeda returns to baseball after boat accident
September 23, 1983: Steve Carlton wins his 300th game
This Week in SABR: August 24, 2018
Ed Mickelson
April 29, 1931: Wes Ferrell homers, no-hits Browns in Cleveland
October 8, 1948: Gene Bearden shuts out Braves to give Cleveland 2-1 lead in World Series
August 27, 1955: Teenage Sandy Koufax strikes out 14 in first big-league win
October 4, 2000: Giants’ Livan Hernandez shuts down Mets in NLDS opener
Charlie Bell
Frank Bell
This Week in SABR: August 17, 2018
1950 Philadelphia Phillies essays
From Spring Training to Screen Test: Baseball Players Turned Actors
Crosley Field essays
October 6, 1991: Mets’ David Cone strikes out 19 in season finale
Vince Lloyd
Danny Moeller
Bill Swift
September 5, 1990: Bo knows ‘sombreros’
May 16, 1932: Reds’ Lucas and rainstorm soak McGraw’s Giants