March 21, 2014: MLB returns to Australia’s Sydney Cricket Ground for the first time in a century
Same ground, same sport — but a century apart.
In 2014 major-league…
March 22, 2014: Opening Day Down Under as Dodgers defeat Diamondbacks
In June of 2013, Major League Baseball announced that the Los…
April 4, 2014: A record, the rooftop, and a Rockies rout on Opening Day at Coors Field
Charlie Blackmon hadn’t expected to be in Denver. After a difficult…
April 19, 2014: Ryan Hanigan has 6 RBIs as Rays rout Yanks, 16-1
Sandlot sages suggest that April games mean little in the context…
May 2, 2014: Ninth-inning home runs rally Pirates past Blue Jays, spark season turnaround
Ninth-inning home runs by Pedro Alvarez and Starling Marte rallied…
May 15, 2014: Jacob deGrom makes major-league debut for Mets
In the ledger of “unlikely multiple Cy Young Award winners,”…
June 3, 2014: Jason Lane returns to majors as a pitcher
Outfielder Jason Lane had debuted with the Houston Astros in…
June 9, 2014: Lonnie Chisenhall ties Cleveland club record with nine RBIs
Lonnie Chisenhall’s 2008 season at Pitt Community College in…
June 29, 2014: Mookie Betts debuts in Red Sox outfield
Just a year after winning the World Series in 2013, the Red Sox…
July 29, 2014: J.P. Arencibia’s two home runs, career-high 7 RBIs not enough as Yankees outlast Texas
Drafted out of the University of Tennessee by the Toronto Blue…
July 30, 2014: New Cleveland ace Corey Kluber challenges King Felix for Cy Young honors
When Seattle visited Cleveland on July 29, 2014, for the start…
July 31, 2014: Clint Everts flirts with no-hit bid for Sugar Land Skeeters
In 1988 the movie Bull Durham helped popularize the image of…
August 2, 2014: Jon Singleton’s inside-the-park home run highlights Astros’ win over Blue Jays
The Houston Astros had had a rather tumultuous last few years…
August 14, 2015: After 7,444 games, Matt Kemp becomes first Padre to hit for the cycle
For the first 46 years of their history, from Opening Day in…
September 3, 2014: Nationals win in 14 innings, thanks to Adam LaRoche
It could only have happened in September.By the time the 14-inning,…
September 13, 2014: Asheville Tourists win second Sally League title in three seasons
As one of the more venerable franchises in minor-league baseball,…
September 25, 2014: Yankees bid farewell to captain Jeter with walkoff win
Thursday, September 25, 2014, was a rare day in New York. It…
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…
September 28, 2014: Jordan Zimmermann no-hits Marlins to end regular season
Meaningful and meaningless — a combination of both usually…
September 30, 2014: Royals top A’s in a wild AL Wild Card Game
From 1976 to 1985, the Kansas City Royals were one of the American…
October 3, 2014: Delmon Young’s pinch hit gives Orioles a playoff boost vs. Detroit
Want an example of a roaring crowd? Look no further than the…
October 29, 2014: Bumgarner’s heroics lift Giants to World Series win in Game 7
“World Series, Game Seven.” Words to stir the blood of any…
April 6, 2015: ‘I thought we had a roof’: Marlins all wet after Opening Day rain delay gaffe
Dee Gordon slipped as he accelerated out of the batter’s box.The…
April 6, 2015: Torii Hunter returns to Twins as Paul Molitor makes managerial debut
Anyone can look at Baseball-Reference.com and see the offensive…