It was a beautiful day for baseball, with the temperature in…
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Sunday, October 4, 1987, was the culmination of the Showdown…
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Before Game One of the 1987 American League Championship Series…
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As the small Sunday-afternoon crowd of 10,813 settled into…
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In September baseball fans are typically focused on playoff races.…
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“Tonight we must say goodbye. So long old friend. We will miss…
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Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Click here to view this…
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The 1969 expansion of the major leagues and the splitting of…
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The 35,893 fans filling Nationals Park on a breezy Friday evening…
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The Baseball Reference play-by-play, with two outs in the eighth…
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As Detroit Tigers first baseman Norm Cash prepared to dig in…
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On an unseasonably chilly Tuesday night in early May, a small…
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The 1972 season was marred by a season-opening strike. When agreement…
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After winning the 1968 World Series, the Detroit Tigers seemed…
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October 5, 1984: Slurves, Yackadoos, and an American League pennant
October 14, 1984: Gibby cooks the Goose
Time For Expansion Baseball (2018)
SABR Deadball Era newsletter articles
October 4, 1987: Tanana beats Toronto to clinch division title
October 10, 1987: Local kid Pat Sheridan makes good with ALCS homer for Tigers
May 28, 1995: ‘It’s silly to give up runs like that’: White Sox outlast Tigers, 14-12
September 14, 1998: White Sox, Tigers use record 18 pitchers in offensive outburst
September 27, 1999: Tears and cheers: Tiger Stadium hosts final game
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This Week in SABR: February 9, 2018
October 4, 1970: Orioles’ bats blast Twins to take 2-0 ALCS lead
May 22, 2015: Nationals’ Max Scherzer earns a win, scores winning run
May 29, 2017: Hunter Strickland drills Bryce Harper three years after playoff home run
July 15, 1973: Nolan Ryan tosses second no-hitter of season for Angels
May 7, 1974: LaGrow knuckles under to Wilbur Wood in classic pitchers duel
September 17, 1968: Unlikely heroes Sparma, Wert clinch AL pennant for Tigers
October 2, 1972: Lolich fans 15 as Tigers take over first place
October 11, 1972: Northrup’s wallop wins it for Tigers in ALCS Game 4
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