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June 30, 2006: Adam Dunn’s blast caps Reds’ late inning rally
Cincinnati and Cleveland were headed in opposite directions as…
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July 27, 2007: Brewers douse the defending World Series champion Cardinals
The 2006 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals were hardly…
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August 5, 2007: Tom Glavine wins his 300th game
Before Tom Glavine joined the New York Mets in 2003, he had already…
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August 5, 2007: Phillies leave Brewers flat with payback comeback
Phillies fans would be forgiven if they had turned off the…
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August 9, 2007: Cardinals’ Rick Ankiel homers in return to major leagues as outfielder
Rick Ankiel had a short but eventful pitching career for the…
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August 22, 2007: Rangers set major league mark with 30-3 victory
It began as a game of no import whatever, the first of a doubleheader,…
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August 30, 2007: Phillies come from behind to walk off a crucial win over the Mets
It took the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets nine innings,…
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September 5, 2007: Carlos Peña’s 7 RBIs lead Rays as Orioles suffer yet another blowout loss
"This is awesome. It was a great game. It's one of the most fun…
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September 20, 2007: J.R. Towles leads Astros to 18-1 victory
In most seasons in the first decade of the 21st century, a September…
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September 23, 2007: Washington Nationals win in RFK Stadium farewell
When baseball returned to Washington in 2005 after an absence…
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September 29, 2007: Biggio dons the tools of ignorance one final time
Baseball fans, more than fans of any other sport, are lovers…
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September 29, 2007: Maine, Mets beat Marlins 13-0 to stay tied for division lead
The New York Mets’ playoff hopes hung on by a thread. They…
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September 30, 2007: Jimmy Rollins’ rousing triple sends Phillies to the playoffs
In 2006 the New York Mets ran away with the National League East…
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October 1, 2007: Holliday leads Rockies to 13-inning win in Game 163
After the full 162-game schedule had been played, the Colorado…
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October 5, 2007: Midges invade Jacobs Field, attack Yankees’ Joba Chamberlain in ALDS
Midge: Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of…
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October 21, 2007: Red Sox win Game 7 of ALCS, rally from 3-1 comeback vs. Cleveland
The Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox had some postseason…
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October 24, 2007: Rockies’ juggernaut hits a roadblock in Boston for Game 1
The Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies took wildly different…
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October 25, 2007: Curt Schilling’s final game gives Red Sox a triumph in Game 2
The Boston Red Sox had won three games in a row by spectacular…
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October 27, 2007: Boston’s bats push Rockies to the brink in Game 3
Naturally, the Rockies were glad to return home to Denver, even…
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October 28, 2007: Red Sox complete sweep of Rockies to win World Series
By the seventh-inning stretch, a feeling of doom pervaded Denver.…
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March 25, 2008: Matsuzaka, Okajima book-end Opening Day win for Red Sox at the Tokyo Dome
The reigning World Series champion Boston Red Sox played two…
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March 26, 2008: Oakland A’s even Japan Opening Series with a win over Red Sox
After playing 10 innings the night before, the Boston Red Sox…
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March 29, 2008: Record 115,300 fans see Red Sox beat Dodgers at L.A. Coliseum exhibition
The largest crowd to ever watch a baseball game was 115,300…
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March 30, 2008: Ryan Zimmerman sends D.C. fans home happy with walk-off homer in Nationals Park debut
With Washington’s new ballpark due to open, the Nationals lobbied…