June 2, 2010: Blown call costs Tigers’ Armando Galarraga a perfect game

After a fourth-place finish in the 2008 American League Rookie…

June 8, 2010: Stephen Strasburg strikes out 14 in MLB debut

For the Washington Nationals, the drama of the 2008 season came…

June 19, 2010: Twins’ bench is twice as nice in comeback against Phillies

On the cusp of the summer equinox, the Minnesota Twins made…
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June 25, 2010: Edwin Jackson throws 149-pitch no-hitter for Diamondbacks

When the Arizona Diamondbacks visited the Tampa Bay Rays for…

July 2, 2010: Pirates’ Ross Ohlendorf wins his only game of the season

When a franchise endures two consecutive decades of sub-.500…

July 6, 2010: Altitude decides another one as Rockies rally to beat Cardinals

July 6, 2010, was a warm rainy evening in Mile High Denver when…

July 6, 2010: Ryan Zimmerman hits sixth career walk-off home run

The 14,039 fans assembling at Nationals Park would need their…

August 6, 2010: Giants beat Braves 3-2 in extra innings on Tom Glavine Night

The evening of Friday, August 6, 2010, was to be a very special…

August 7, 2010: Greenville Drive keep pace in Sally League race; Rome Braves fall behind

Going into the August 7, 2010, game between the Greenville Drive…
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September 24, 2010: Reds’ Aroldis Chapman tops 105 mph for fastest pitch ever recorded

Between 2008, when PitchF/X systems began measuring pitch speeds…

September 27, 2010: Phillies clinch NL East on Roy Halladay’s two-hitter

“Baseball is really two sports — the summer game and the…
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October 3, 2010: ‘Cinderella’ Padres come up a game short in playoff hunt

“Cinderella came up a game short” was the lead sentence in…

October 6, 2010: Phillies’ Roy Halladay throws postseason no-hitter

“It’s surreal, it really is. I just wanted to pitch here…

July 4, 2011: Major League Baseball’s ‘other’ 200,000th game

Pre-Game Notes Major League Baseball rightfully prides itself…