May 5, 2004: Mike Piazza hits 352nd home run, setting career mark by a catcher

Mike Piazza had come a long way since 1988 when the Dodgers drafted…
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May 7, 2004: Many contributors forge Red Sox rally, walk-off win over Royals

The Boston Red Sox held a one-game lead over the New York Yankees…
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May 8, 2004: Pokey Reese hits inside-the-park home run for Red Sox

It was still early in the 2004 season, but the teams playing…
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May 8, 2004: Rangers, Tigers combine for 31 runs as Texas overcomes 10-run deficit

Sometimes even a 10-run lead isn’t enough. This was especially…
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May 15, 2004: Bronson Arroyo shuts out Blue Jays; Kevin Youkilis homers in MLB debut

The May 15, 2004, game in Toronto saw two contributors to the…

May 18, 2004: Randy Johnson pitches a perfect game at age 40

If there was a team that needed the proverbial “shot in the…
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May 28, 2004: David Ortiz hits 100th career home run as Red Sox beat Mariners

The fifth-inning grand slam by David Ortiz put the Boston Red…
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June 11, 2004: Phillies defeat Twins in their first regular-season game at the Metrodome

The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis became…
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June 17, 2004: Derek Lowe throws seven shutout innings in his best game of the season  

Derek Lowe was struggling a bit in 2004. Primarily a relief pitcher…

June 19, 2004: Blast-Off in the Big O

It was Juan wild night in an otherwise sad and dreary 2004 season…

June 25, 2004: Manny Ramírez’s 5 RBIs help Red Sox to big win over Phillies

On the path to the 2004 World Series championship, the rain-shortened…
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July 1, 2004: Travis Blackley wins major-league debut for Seattle Mariners

After Travis Blackley won his last seven decisions for the Triple-A…
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July 6, 2004: Red Sox win their second 11-0 game of the season

Less than three weeks earlier, on June 17 at Denver’s Coors…

July 16, 2004: First-place Cardinals stun Reds with 8th-inning rally to win

In mid-July 2004, more than 600 members of SABR descended upon…
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July 20, 2004: Albert Pujols’s epic 3-homer day leads Cardinals’ stunning rally

After falling one game short of the World Series in 2003, the…
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July 23, 2004: Kevin Millar homers three times, but Red Sox lose to Yankees

Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Millar was apparently seeing…

July 24, 2004: Red Sox fired up after walk-off win over Yankees at Fenway

“This may be the worst game I’ve ever seen … the best worst…

July 29, 2004: Mets’ Eric Valent hits for the ground-rule cycle

Getting a rare start for the New York Mets, left fielder Eric…