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…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2013-Napoli-Mike.jpg350248Steve Ginader/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngSteve Ginader2023-03-22 11:10:072023-03-22 11:10:07July 21, 2013: Mike Napoli’s second home run of game gives Red Sox Sunday night walk-off win over Yankees
Less than three weeks earlier, on June 17 at Denver’s Coors…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2004-Wakefield-Tim.jpg350250Steve Ginader/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngSteve Ginader2023-03-22 11:09:022023-03-22 11:09:02July 6, 2004: Red Sox win their second 11-0 game of the season
After a standout career at Sharyland High School in Mission,…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2010-Garcia-Jaime.jpg350255Steve Ginader/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngSteve Ginader2023-03-22 11:07:332023-03-22 11:07:33August 22, 2010: Cardinals rookie Jaime García faces one over the minimum, blanks Giants for first career shutout
Boston’s love affair with Mike “King” Kelly fittingly began…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1891-Kelly-King.jpg500327Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2023-03-21 12:38:452023-03-21 12:38:45August 19, 1891: King Kelly slides back into Boston for Reds win before jumping to Beaneaters
With just a few weeks left in the 1920 season, the Boston Red…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1920-Veach-Bobby.jpg500343Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2023-03-21 12:35:532024-09-03 16:27:57September 17, 1920: Bobby Veach becomes first Tigers player to hit for the cycle
Olive Little wasn't particularly interested in joining the…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/our-game-too-canada-000025.jpg600800Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2023-03-20 00:01:592023-03-27 10:24:17August 15, 1943: Canada’s Olive Little tosses first no-hit, no-run game in AAGPBL history
“Timothy Keefe, umpire, cold-bloodedly gave a game of baseball…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/KeefeTim-LegendaryAuctions.png404345admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-03-20 00:01:572023-02-28 19:13:48May 13, 1896: Playing until dark: Beaneaters get best of Colts
A scorecard from the 1967 season of the Toronto Maple…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/our-game-too-canada-000070.jpg600800Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2023-03-20 00:01:412023-02-28 19:06:36September 4, 1967: Toronto Maple Leafs play their final game
Unlike most other sports, baseball has no clock, so a team never…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/TuckerTommy.preview.jpg300166admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-03-20 00:01:362023-02-28 19:12:46July 17, 1894: Beaneaters stall and feign and pray for rain
Bunker Hill Day, commemorating the Revolutionary War battle,…
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The 1912 season was the first for the newly named International…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Kelley-Joe-TOR.jpg262143Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2023-03-20 00:01:172023-02-28 19:06:48April 19, 1912: Toronto Maple Leafs play their first game in International League
Less than one calendar year since winning the National League…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/21-Lowe-Bobby-141-46_FL_PD.jpg1200785admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-03-20 00:01:152023-02-28 19:11:26June 6, 1894: Pirates crush Beaneaters 27-11 at Congress Street Grounds
Dick Fowler (left) and Phil Marchildon (right) at Philadelphia…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/our-game-too-canada-000067.jpg600800Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2023-03-20 00:01:062023-02-28 19:06:58August 17, 1947: Canadian pitchers Fowler, Marchildon win both ends of doubleheader for Philadelphia A’s
The victory this day brought the Beaneaters to within a half-game…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kid-Nichols.jpg808443admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-03-20 00:01:012023-02-28 19:14:44July 22, 1893: Tucker ‘hit like a fiend’ and Nichols ‘saved the day’
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
August 19, 1891: King Kelly slides back into Boston for Reds win before jumping to Beaneaters
September 17, 1920: Bobby Veach becomes first Tigers player to hit for the cycle
Pete Knisely
August 15, 1943: Canada’s Olive Little tosses first no-hit, no-run game in AAGPBL history
May 13, 1896: Playing until dark: Beaneaters get best of Colts
September 4, 1967: Toronto Maple Leafs play their final game
July 17, 1894: Beaneaters stall and feign and pray for rain
June 18, 1894: The Bunker Hill Day Massacre
April 19, 1912: Toronto Maple Leafs play their first game in International League
June 6, 1894: Pirates crush Beaneaters 27-11 at Congress Street Grounds
October 13, 1899: Kid Nichols’ masterful 3-hitter caps 10 straight seasons with 21-plus victories
August 17, 1947: Canadian pitchers Fowler, Marchildon win both ends of doubleheader for Philadelphia A’s
July 22, 1893: Tucker ‘hit like a fiend’ and Nichols ‘saved the day’
Greg Terlecky
This Week in SABR: March 17, 2023
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