
August 23, 1907: Pirates’ Howie Camnitz walks his way to a 5-inning no-hitter shortened by darkness
While the Chicago Cubs were cruising to their second straight…

June 8, 1921: Yankees’ Babe Ruth goes from jail to the ballpark
When the New York Yankees took the field against the Cleveland…

June 21, 1921: A’s win epic 15-inning battle against Senators
When Clark Griffith’s Washington Senators — often called…

August 15, 1921: Browns move above .500 as George Sisler, Dixie Davis flirt with history
A mid-August matchup between two middle-of-the-pack teams is…

September 5, 1921: Cleveland’s Elmer Smith sets record with seven consecutive extra-base hits over three games
For two days in September 1921, four pitchers on two teams had…

September 5, 1921: Hilldale’s Phil Cockrell tosses no-hitter against Detroit Stars
Phil Cockrell, raved the Philadelphia Inquirer, “drew transportation…

September 26, 1921: Giants near pennant as Art Nehf wins 20th game
On Friday, September 23, 1921, the New York Giants and St. Louis…

October 7, 1921: Giants blow out Yankees in Game 3 to get back into first Subway Series
“There is no smarter man in baseball today than Miller Huggins.”…

August 2, 1936: Spectacle-filled afternoon on lakefront ends in 16-inning tie between Yankees, Indians
In the summer of 1936, the Lake Erie Shore was the place to be.
Cleveland…

September 30, 1939: Red Sox rookie Ted Williams completes quest to homer in every ballpark
The September 30 doubleheader between the New York Yankees and…

June 26, 1961: International League All-Stars buzzsaw big-league Indians with two-hitter
Official records will tell you that Tommy John made his first…

June 15, 1969: ‘One big wet blanket’ for Seattle’s Pilots on Bat Day at Yankee Stadium
Amid the rain and slop, they hopped, slid, and swung their complimentary…

September 30, 1971: Tom Seaver strikes out 13 Cardinals, wins 20th game on final day of the season
As with so many other games for the man who wore number 41 for…

April 15, 1977: After 64 years, Holyoke gets a rough welcome back to the minors
The Western Massachusetts city of Holyoke went 64 years between…

April 22, 1980: Cubs’ Bary Foote, Ivan De Jesus slug their way to wild walk-off win
On April 22, 1980, the Chicago Cubs were 5-3, and one game out…

June 22, 1985: Yankees’ Ron Guidry stifles Detroit on national TV for final career shutout
A sunny, breezy afternoon in Tiger Stadium before a crowd of…

June 8, 1989: Two-run blast by Glenn Davis propels Astros to fourth walk-off win in six games
After sweeping a six-game road trip at Pittsburgh and St. Louis,…

July 11, 1989: Bo knows All-Star heroics: Royals’ Jackson homers in debut to win MVP honors
At a news conference the evening before the 60th All-Star Game,…

August 15, 2005: Tigers rally in bottom of ninth, beat closer Curt Schilling and Red Sox
Throughout his career, Curt Schilling was known as a big-game…

July 12, 2011: National League wins first All-Star Game played in Arizona
Major League Baseball announced on April 11, 2009, that the…

September 26, 2014: Royals clinch a postseason berth to end a 29-year drought
10,561 days is a long time.
And if you reduce that number to…

June 15, 2016: Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman completes the rarest cycle
There had not been too many bright spots for either the Atlanta…

August 4, 2018: Oliver Drake sets major-league record by pitching for fifth team in one season
Whenever pitcher Oliver Drake changed teams in 2018, his hometown…

August 25, 2020: Red Sox play their first game in Buffalo after a 103-year absence
The last time the Boston Red Sox had played a game in Buffalo…