Alex Gonzalez (TRADING CARD DB)

April 5, 2003: Marlins tie team record for hits, score 22 runs in rout of Braves

The early-season matchup of the Marlins and the Braves on Saturday…

April 17, 2003: Cubs explode for 16 runs in win over Reds

“Everybody has been swinging the bat unbelievable and the pitching…
Éric Gagné (Trading Card DB)

April 30, 2003: Éric Gagné saves another Dodgers win, 4-0 over Phillies

From August 2002 through July 2004, Los Angeles Dodgers relief…

May 16, 2003: Relentless Blue Jays hitters trounce Royals, 18-1

Two teams with tired bullpens arrived in Kansas City on a cool,…
Hee-Seop Choi (TRADING CARD DB)

June 7, 2003: Hee-Seop Choi’s injury overshadows Wood-Clemens pitching duel at Wrigley

Going in, the game had the makings of one of the all-time-great…
Roy Oswalt (TRADING CARD DB)

June 11, 2003: Six Astros pitchers combine for no-hitter at Yankee Stadium

On June 11, 2003, six Houston Astros combined to pitch a record-setting…
Roger Clemens (Courtesy of Jerry Colli / Dreamstime)

June 13, 2003: Clemens reaches 300 wins and 4,000 strikeouts at Yankee Stadium

For the second time in 18 days, a sellout crowd of over 55,000…

June 24, 2003: Expos’ Brad Wilkerson rides ‘le carousel’

There was almost a poetic irony when the Montreal Expos moved…
Miguel Cabrera (TRADING CARD DB)

July 1, 2003: Marlins batter Braves, 20-1, set eyes on World Series run

Toward the end of the 2002 season, Florida Marlins general manager…
Garrett Atkins (TRADING CARD DB)

July 12, 2003: PCL all-stars Atkins, Clontz lift Sky Sox over the Stingers

Saturday dawned warm and uncharacteristically humid in the Pacific…

July 25, 2003: Expos force Braves’ Smoltz to blow a rare save

Way back in the 1930s and ’40s, radio fans listened to a horror…

August 26, 2003: Expos stay in wild-card race with wild, eight-run comeback

Major League Baseball introduced the wild card with the hope…
Trevor Hoffman (TRADING CARD DB)

September 2, 2003: Trevor Hoffman makes return to Padres from shoulder surgery

Legendary San Diego Padres closer Trevor Hoffman recorded 601…

September 14, 2003: Vlad Guerrero hits for the cycle

Baseball is a funny game; you never know what might happen, even…