Boston’s Red Stockings were 11-1 when they arrived at Brooklyn’s…
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Newspapers were full of superlatives following the Boston Red…
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The Chicago Tribune described the Chicago White Stockings as…
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The game to be played on Wednesday, September 13, 1871, between…
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Losses in May and June count as much as those in September; just…
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“Well, back in 1871, my great-great-grandmother had a boardinghouse…
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Having won seven of their nine previous matches, including a…
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The 1871 Cleveland Forest Citys, who committed 18 errors that…
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The July 4 game was played neither in Boston nor in Washington,…
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Esteban “Steve” Bellán was the first Latin-born player in…
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The grand slam. It is one of the most exciting, dramatic, and…
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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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June 10, 1872: Boston Red Stockings win extra-inning game in controversial fashion
May 11, 1872: Ninth-inning comeback gives Red Stockings victory in home opener
September 29, 1871: Chicago beats Boston in last baseball game before the Great Fire
September 13, 1871: In rare relief appearance, Harry Wright saves the day for Boston
May-June 1871: The Boston Red Stockings’ homestand from hell
April 6, 1871: Boston Red Stockings take the field for the first time
September 9, 1871: Red Stockings rally in 9th to defeat rival Athletics
September 2, 1871: Red Stockings beat up Forest Citys pitchers for 31 runs
July 4, 1871: Boston defeats Washington on Fourth of July
August 3, 1871: Cuban baseball pioneer Steve Bellán has the game of his life
September 5, 1871: ‘Bushel Basket’ Gould hits first grand slam in professional baseball history
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