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It rained all morning in Boston. Not hard, just a persistent…
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In their ongoing struggle to outdraw the Red Sox, their team's…
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The newest publication from the SABR Digital Library focuses…
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For decades the Braves traditionally started each big-league…
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On June 6, 1945, Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves began a hitting…
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On occasion over the years, some of Boston’s Green Cathedrals…
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Less than a year after Red Grange and the Chicago Bears debuted…
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In 1931 the United States was two years into the Great Depression,…
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The uniform seemed strange. Gone were the Yankee pinstripes and…
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As the 1932 National Football League season began, there was…
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The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians were coming off second-…
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If Cleveland Indians fans were champing at the bit, one could…
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The Cleveland Indians boasted a big three who anchored their…
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“We had the makings of being a little flat, but Brownie took…
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“Sure, there are days you don’t feel like coming to the park,”…
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By the time the Cubs and Giants renewed their rivalry in 1908,…
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The defending world champion Pittsburgh Pirates were in first…
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Meaningful and meaningless — a combination of both usually…
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This Week in SABR: August 11, 2017
The SABR Book of Umpires and Umpiring (2017)
May 1, 1920: An extreme exercise in futility: Braves, Dodgers play 26 innings to no decision
May 11, 1946: Braves Field hosts its first game under the lights
SABR Digital Library: Bittersweet Goodbye: The Black Barons, the Grays, and the 1948 Negro League World Series
April 16, 1948: Braves, Red Sox face off in City Series brawl
July 6, 1945: Tommy Holmes’s greatest day and greatest season
July 10, 1950: Pugilism at the ballpark: Marciano, DeMarco win boxing bouts at Braves Field
October 9, 1926: Red Grange returns to Boston with upstart pro football league
Bob Dillinger
Billy Muffett
July 13, 1930: Thou shalt not … Cubs rally scrubbed by Boston’s Sunday law
September 23, 1931: Charity begins at home plate: Red Sox, Braves team up for benefit game
April 16, 1935: The Babe returns to Boston as a Brave
May 5, 1929: Senior Circuit debuts Sunday baseball at Braves Field
October 9, 1932: NFL’s Boston Braves return pro football to Beantown
April 20, 1937: Detroit’s Gee Walker hits for the cycle on Opening Day
October 10, 1948: Bob Elliott homers twice as Braves extend World Series in Game 5
October 9, 1948: Gromek, Doby give Indians 3-1 lead in World Series
June 18, 1998: Brant Brown blasts three home runs for Cubs
September 21, 1965: Cubs’ Ron Santo is one-man show with two-homer game
May 25, 1908: Cubs beat Giants in 10th on Joe Tinker’s walkoff hit
August 11, 1926: Mutinous Pirates ousted after loss to Brooklyn
September 28, 2014: Jordan Zimmermann no-hits Marlins to end regular season