
August 31, 1999: Cleveland rallies from 8 runs down in eighth inning to beat Angels
Two teams going in opposite directions met on a beautiful summer…

September 11, 1999: ‘It’s Lima time, baby’: Astros ace wins 20th game of season
José Lima made a bold prediction during spring training in 1999.The…

September 11, 1999: Eric Milton no-hits the Angels
Late in the Minnesota Twins’ inaugural season of 1961, the…

September 27, 1999: Tears and cheers: Tiger Stadium hosts final game
“Tonight we must say goodbye. So long old friend. We will miss…

October 2, 1999: Vlad Guerrero impales his 40th home run of season
He was nicknamed Vlad the Impaler, and while he isn’t a bad…

October 3, 1999: ‘This was the whole zoo’: Braves end regular season with 18-0 whitewash of Marlins
The Atlanta Braves recorded a major-league-best 925 victories…

October 3, 1999: Astros clinch third consecutive NL Central title in Astrodome’s last regular-season game
A sellout crowd of 52,033 fans turned out for the Houston Astros’…

October 3, 1999: Win or go home: Mets stay alive for NL wild card
As September 1999 ended, Bobby Valentine’s New York Mets saw…

October 4, 1999: Al Leiter, Mets blank Reds in NL wild-card tiebreaker
The New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds finished the 1999 regular…

October 5, 1999: Back from the brink, resourceful Mets win Game 1 of NLDS
Even though they were making their first postseason appearance…

October 9, 1999: Astros send the Dome out with a whimper, not a bang, in NLDS loss
Elements and mosquitoes could not defeat the Houston Astrodome.…

October 9, 1999: Journeyman Todd Pratt slams Mets into NLCS
On January 26, 1997, the New England Patriots and the Green Bay…

October 10, 1999: Red Sox score postseason record 23 runs to smash Cleveland in ALDS Game 4
It was the 1999 American League Division Series, pitting the…

October 11, 1999: Pedro Martinez’s six no-hit innings in relief lifts Red Sox to ALDS comeback
The 1999 American League Division Series shifted back to a sold-out…

October 17, 1999: Robin Ventura’s ‘grand slam single’ sends Mets to win in Game 5
They spent nearly three weeks walking a tightrope.
By losing…

October 19, 1999: Braves win NL pennant as Mets’ Rogers walks in winning run
The Atlanta Braves returned to Turner Field still needing a win…

October 26, 1999: Chad Curtis whacks a World Series walk-off home run for Yankees
The third game of the 1999 World Series was a critical moment…

October 27, 1999: Clemens, Rivera shut down Braves to sweep World Series
“We’re just like everyone else. When good things are happening,…

November 14, 1999: Australia’s baseball dreams become reality by winning gold medal in Intercontinental Cup
Gary White, a catcher recently battling cancer, collected the…

March 29, 2000: Cubs top Mets in season opener at Japan’s Tokyo Dome
The Chicago Cubs and New York Mets traveled halfway around the…

April 10, 2000: Ken Griffey Jr. becomes youngest player to hit 400 home runs
What do you give as a birthday present to a person who already…

April 15, 2000: Cal Ripken Jr. collects his 3,000th hit
In addition to his seemingly unbreakable streak of 2,632 consecutive…

April 27, 2000: José Valentin wins a Big Wheel with natural cycle
On April 27, 2000, the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox…

May 5, 2000: Darrin Fletcher scores walk-off run for Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays in early May were hovering near .500, five…