
April 21, 1988: Boston’s Steve Ellsworth tames Tigers for sole big-league win
Boston Red Sox manager John McNamara asked right-hander Steve…

May 2, 1988: Orioles return home for Fantastic Fan Night after snapping 21-game losing streak
The team once known as the St. Louis Browns had escaped to Baltimore…

June 12, 1988: Robin Yount hits for the cycle as Brewers blast White Sox
The Milwaukee Brewers were playing .500 baseball through the…

July 9, 1988: Joe Hauser watches hometown team beat Twins in ninth
In 1988 the Society for American Baseball Research held its convention…

July 9, 1988: Chris Speier goes for ‘Cycle-o-Rama and Batting-Go-Round’ at Candlestick Park
On July 9, the San Francisco Chronicle's Mark Camps wrote: "If…

August 3, 1988: Morgan Magic: Red Sox win 22nd straight home game
The rumors were swirling in July 1988. The Boston Red Sox were…
August 8, 1988: Nature intervenes as first Wrigley Field night game is rained out
By the time the Cubs scheduled their first home night game, they…

August 9, 1988: Cubs win first official night game at Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field at night, as pictured in 2014.
After…

August 11, 1988: Kevin McReynolds’ grand slam in ninth helps Mets beat Cubs
Kevin McReynolds and Rich “Goose” Gossage were teammates…

August 13, 1988: Red Sox win record-setting 24th consecutive home game
The Boston Red Sox’ record-setting home winning streak in 1988…

August 29, 1988: Mets beat Padres on David Cone’s one-hitter and Gregg Jefferies’ bat
David Cone took advantage of an injury to Rick Aguilera to get…

September 1, 1988: Maine town’s minor-league fling ends
Like DeLorean cars and leg warmers, minor-league baseball in…

September 14, 1988: Mike Greenwell hits for the cycle with controversial triple
With 2½ weeks left in the 1988 season, the Boston Red Sox were…

September 14, 1988: Bobby Bonilla ends homer drought with extra-inning clout for Pirates victory
The Montreal Expos hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates for a two-game…

September 16, 1988: Reds’ Tom Browning waits out rain delay and delivers perfect game
On the evening of September 16, 1988, in Cincinnati, a relatively…

September 23, 1988: Swift slugger José Canseco becomes baseball’s first 40-40 man
Baseball’s 40–40 Club is a noteworthy accomplishment, not…

October 4, 1988: Mets rally for three in ninth, steal Game 1 of NLCS
The 1988 National League Championship Series was a matchup of…

October 8, 1988: Mets beat Dodgers, weather in Game 3 to regain control of NLCS
Wet, wild, and weird — with a dash of pine tar. So went the…

October 12, 1988: Hershiser shutout on two days’ rest sends Dodgers to World Series
It all came down to this one game. The Dodgers and the Mets…

October 15, 1988: Kirk Gibson’s ‘impossible’ home run wins World Series opener for Dodgers
1988 World Series program cover. (SABR-Rucker Archive)
The…

April 3, 1989: New-look Orioles begin season on winning note
Much as the 1989 season would prove to be a refreshing change…

April 3, 1989: Ken Griffey Jr. makes major-league debut for Mariners
The Seattle Mariners’ Opening Day 1989 turned out to be a special…

April 4, 1989: Astros, Mike Scott win season opener over Braves at the Dome
The baseball season is long and grinding. In 1989, every team…

April 4, 1989: Wrigley Field welcomes the ‘Wild Thing’
With all due respect to the vernal equinox, nothing says “spring…