
June 24, 2000: SABR and Sammy Sosa circus come to town
As members of the Society for American Baseball Research descended…

June 24, 2000: Announcers accidentally expose plot, but Maddux and Braves still lose to Brewers
It is safe to say that most of the 49,802 people at Turner Field…

June 30, 2000: Mets score 10 runs in 8th inning to beat Braves
The Mets and the Braves had become intense rivals towards the…

July 8, 2000: Yankees defeat Mets twice in rare twin bill in separate ballparks
Mets manager Bobby Valentine and Yankees manager Joe Torre.…

July 9, 2000: Tyler Houston’s three home runs upstage Hideo Nomo’s triumph in Milwaukee Sausage Race
Between 1901 and 2000, there were 165 major leaguers who both…

August 1, 2000: Orioles’ Mike Mussina pitches 1-hitter and strikes out 15 Twins
On August 1, the 2000 trade deadline had come and gone, but in…

August 18, 2000: Yankees and Rivera stumble as Angels rally to win in 11
“One of the toughest losses I’ve had to deal with in a while.”…

August 22, 2000: In Rockies’ exciting rally, the winning pitcher was the catcher
The game between the Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies was…

August 22, 2000: Padres trounce the Mets, 16-1
It was another beautiful, sunny afternoon in San Diego as the…

September 20, 2000: Rockies’ Ben Petrick sets record by going hitless, driving in four runs
In many ways, it was a typical Coors Field contest. On September…

September 28, 2000: ‘They should have a mercy rule’: Orioles score record 23 runs in blowout of Blue Jays
With four games left in the 2000 season, the only role available…

September 28, 2000: Milwaukee County Stadium hosts its final game
The Milwaukee Brewers’ last home game in 2000 was played on…

September 30, 2000: Athletics inch closer to playoffs in 23-2 rout of Rangers
Inconsistency is not usually a recipe for success in baseball,…

October 1, 2000: Shane Halter plays all nine positions for Tigers
Late-season games involving two teams out of playoff contention…

October 3, 2000: Cardinals’ Rick Ankiel ties record with five wild pitches in his playoff debut
Heading into the game that came to define his career, 21-year-old…

October 4, 2000: Giants’ Livan Hernandez shuts down Mets in NLDS opener
When the New York Mets played the San Francisco Giants in the…

October 5, 2000: John Franco saves the day, Mets even Division Series vs. Giants
The 2000 National League Division Series against the NL West…

October 7, 2000: Benny Agbayani’s blast ends playoff drama in 13th inning
This game started at 4:20 on a crisp fall afternoon.1 It ended…

October 8, 2000: Bobby Jones pitches ‘game of his life’ to send Mets to NLCS
Per Bobby Valentine, on the eve of what was to be the most important…

October 11, 2000: Mets’ pitching powers them to win in NLCS opener vs. Cardinals
The New York Mets believed that they would be playing their division…

October 12, 2000: Ninth-inning rally leads Mets to win in NLCS Game 2
After losing the first game of the NLCS, the St. Louis Cardinals…

October 14, 2000: Andy Benes, Cardinals shut down Mets in Game 3
After losing two games at home, the St. Louis Cardinals headed…

October 15, 2000: Mets close in on NL pennant with win in Game 4
With their 8-2 win in the third game of the National League Championship…

October 16, 2000: Mets punch their ticket to a Subway Series
The New York Mets came into the 2000 National League Championship…