This Week in SABR: October 27, 2017

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April 28, 1996: Expos hit two grand slams, score team-record 21 runs

The Montreal Expos of the 1990s operated on a shoestring budget,…

May 12, 1996: Oh Henry! Expos’ Rodriguez finds home run swing

Hurling baseballs back after opponents’ home runs, flinging…

May 7, 1997: Expos score record 13 runs in sixth inning

“If the wheels come off, it’s better they come off all at…

May 16, 1997: Widger helps Expos win a wild one

Fans arriving at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium on Friday, May…

June 30, 1997: Montreal-Toronto rivalry finds a new outlet in baseball

The old-timers still talk about the melee that broke out at the…

July 1, 1997: Expos beat Blue Jays in a Canada Day Classic

On Tuesday, July 1, 1997, Canada celebrated its 130th birthday…

October 2, 1999: Vlad Guerrero impales his 40th home run of season

He was nicknamed Vlad the Impaler, and while he isn’t a bad…

August 14, 1957: Ted Williams’ rare opposite-field homer

When Boston and New York met at Fenway Park on August 14, 1957,…

September 11, 1999: Eric Milton no-hits the Angels

Late in the Minnesota Twins’ inaugural season of 1961, the…

Wyman Andrus

Montana’s Moonlight Graham, Wyman Andrus appeared in a single…

Billy Cox

Imagine an infielder who played his last game more than half…

Bubbles Hargrave

It was one of the most bizarre batting races in National League…

Bill Shettsline

Bill Shettsline was the most identifiable face of the Philadelphia…

Jack Ogden

John Mahlon “Jack” Ogden played in the major leagues for…

This Week in SABR: October 20, 2017

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Bill Hinchman

“There is something inspiring to discouraged ball players in…

Roy Parmelee

When Bud Parmelee was pitching for Double-A Columbus in 1932,…

Randy Ready

Randy Ready played 13 major-league seasons, 1983 to 1995. He…

Vicente Romo

Pitcher Vicente Romo won well over 400 games as a professional…

Homer Summa

Homer Summa logged over 3,300 plate appearances and posted a…

June 27, 1994: Rookie Cliff Floyd ‘swings for the fences’ off Maddux

Mention 1994 to a fan of the Montreal Expos, and chances are…

June 28, 1994: The Expos are for real

The Atlanta Braves came to Montreal for a three-game series in…

August 1, 1994: Marquis Grissom’s walk-off inside-the-park home run

When baseball’s 1994 calendar flipped from July to August,…
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