
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…

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…

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 15, 2003: Steve Trachsel’s one-hitter, José Reyes’ first home run lead Mets over Angels
The New York Mets took a road trip to play two interleague series…

June 20, 2003: Miguel Cabrera hits walk-off home run for Marlins in his major-league debut
The Florida Marlins started the 2003 season slowly. At 16-22…

June 24, 2003: Expos’ Brad Wilkerson rides ‘le carousel’
There was almost a poetic irony when the Montreal Expos moved…

June 27, 2003: Dave Matranga’s home run, only career hit, ‘affected my entire life’
Dave Matranga progressed through the Houston Astros farm system…

June 28, 2003: Marlins redeem themselves from blowout with late rally against Red Sox
This was a battle between two ballclubs that both played deep…

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…

July 11, 2003: Rockies’ good hitting edges out Dodgers’ good pitching for one night
With the best pitching in the National League taking on the league’s…

July 12, 2003: PCL all-stars Atkins, Clontz lift Sky Sox over the Stingers
Saturday dawned warm and uncharacteristically humid in the Pacific…

July 15, 2003: Hank Blalock’s blast gives AL 9-7 win in the All-Star Game ‘that counts’
After the 2002 All-Star Snafu in Milwaukee — which ended in…

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…

July 29, 2003: Boston’s Bill Mueller hits two grand slams from opposite sides of the plate
On July 29, 2003, a pair of knuckleballers faced off in the 97–degree…

August 10, 2003: Rafael Furcal turns unassisted triple play, but Cardinals rally to beat Braves
Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal’s defense had been maligned…

August 14, 2003: Power outage pulls plug on 55 million, but Travis Hafner generates surge with his cycle
The Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland does not often miss…

August 26, 2003: Expos stay in wild-card race with wild, eight-run comeback
Major League Baseball introduced the wild card with the hope…

September 1, 2003: ‘Mr. Marlin’ Jeff Conine returns to Florida, helps lead sweep of Expos
On August 31, 2003, Florida Marlins general manager Larry Beinfest…

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…

September 25, 2003: Carlos Delgado hits four home runs in one game
With the 2003 regular season just days away from being over,…

October 1, 2003: Bullpen woes doom Red Sox as they lose to A’s in ALDS opener
In 2003 the Boston Red Sox were in the postseason for the first…

October 4, 2003: Marlins advance to NLCS as Iván Rodríguez holds on in game-ending collision at home plate
Playoff baseball in the wild-card era is unpredictable. Teams…

October 7, 2003: Mike Lowell’s 11th-inning blast gives Marlins 1-0 lead in NLCS
A week before the 1999 spring-training season was to begin, Mike…