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April 15, 1971: Bobby Cox’s Hall of Fame managing career begins with last-play loss in minor leagues
Managing a baseball team is a roller-coaster experience, and…
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April 16, 1971: Tom Seaver strikes out 14 Pirates batters
Pirates are swashbuckling types, commanding submission from those…
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April 18, 1971: Gary Gentry pitches his second career 1-hitter for Mets
The Pirates were in New York for their first series against the…
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April 22, 1971: Castoff Luis Tiant loses frigid Triple-A home opener
The Triple-A Rochester Red Wings’ home opener against the Richmond…
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April 27, 1971: Hank Aaron hammers 600th career home run
Hank Aaron quietly and unassumingly approached another significant…
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May 1, 1971: Bob Gibson, Steve Renko stranded with no-decisions in only tie of season
“He didn’t like to lose to anyone in anything,” catcher…
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May 24, 1971: Vermont Catamounts win final game, go extinct after 79 seasons
The first years of the 1970s were turbulent ones on American…
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May 28, 1971: Sonny Siebert outduels Vida Blue
“So baseball is dead, like watching grass grow,” wrote Clif…
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May 29, 1971: Tom Seaver strikes out 10 Padres to win opener for Mets
Tom Seaver maneuvered his way through National League lineups…
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May 29, 1971: Mets’ Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in second game of doubleheader
When Nolan Ryan struck out 16 batters in the second game of a…
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June 2, 1971: Sore-armed Jon Warden’s last gasp helps Elmira Royals beat major-league parent
By the numbers, pitcher Jon Warden’s final professional season,…
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June 4, 1971: Tornadoes don’t twist Twins’ fortunes
The Minnesota Twins were competing with the Kansas City Royals…
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June 5, 1971: Tom Murphy outduels Jim Lonborg, pitches Angels to Fenway win
“As I grew up, I knew that as a building (Fenway Park) was…
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June 21, 1971: Blue’s 13 strikeouts, Mitterwald’s errant throw spark Oakland win
Vida Blue set the baseball world ablaze during the first half…
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June 23, 1971: Have a day, Rick Wise: two home runs and a no-hitter!
The Cincinnati Reds, defending National League champions, were…
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June 23, 1971: Geneva’s Ken Flowers nabs only professional win on Opening Day
One professional season, one professional win.
In the pros,…
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June 24, 1971: Rookie John Caruso’s only pro home run wins Class A Opening Day game
John Caruso’s short-lived professional career was not packed…
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June 27, 1971: Roberto Clemente shines late in Pirates win over Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies opened newly built Veterans Stadium…
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July 9, 1971: ‘Little Man makes a big difference’: Freddie Patek completes cycle with game-winning homer in ninth
“The Little Man makes a big difference. He can do a lot of…
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July 9, 1971: A’s Angel Mangual ends AL’s longest scoreless game with 20th-inning walk-off single
As Roberto Clemente’s career was entering its twilight period,…
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July 13, 1971: Reggie Jackson hits the light tower at All-Star Game in Detroit
By the end of the 1960s, it seemed that the Major League Baseball…
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July 22, 1971: Tommie Agee homers twice in Mets’ 5-1 victory
When Tommie Agee stepped in the batter’s box, Mets fans attended…
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July 26, 1971: Phillies’ Mike Ryan shows ‘great courage’ by playing 15 innings after freak injury
“I’ve played in pain before, but this hurt me just to blink.”1
That…
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July 29, 1971: Jack Maloof’s 6-for-6 day leads to .402 season in New York-Penn League
When Jack Maloof walked down the street in Auburn, New York,…