October 26, 2013: Obstruction call at third base gives Cardinals a win in Game 3
Twice, the Cardinals took the lead in Game Three. Twice, the…
October 27, 2013: Last-minute replacement Jonny Gomes homers to win Game 4 for Red Sox
There was concern in Red Sox Nation as to whether Clay Buchholz…
October 28, 2013: Red Sox win a well-pitched Game 5 with no weirdness
The pitching matchup for Game Five of the 2013 World Series was…
October 30, 2013: Boston Strong: Red Sox go from Marathon Monday to a World Series title
The year after a last-place finish in 2012, the Boston Red Sox…
March 21, 2014: MLB returns to Australia’s Sydney Cricket Ground for the first time in a century
Same ground, same sport — but a century apart.
In 2014 major-league…
March 22, 2014: Opening Day Down Under as Dodgers defeat Diamondbacks
In June of 2013, Major League Baseball announced that the Los…
April 4, 2014: A record, the rooftop, and a Rockies rout on Opening Day at Coors Field
Charlie Blackmon hadn’t expected to be in Denver. After a difficult…
April 19, 2014: Ryan Hanigan has 6 RBIs as Rays rout Yanks, 16-1
Sandlot sages suggest that April games mean little in the context…
May 2, 2014: Ninth-inning home runs rally Pirates past Blue Jays, spark season turnaround
Ninth-inning home runs by Pedro Alvarez and Starling Marte rallied…
May 15, 2014: Jacob deGrom makes major-league debut for Mets
In the ledger of “unlikely multiple Cy Young Award winners,”…
June 3, 2014: Jason Lane returns to majors as a pitcher
Outfielder Jason Lane had debuted with the Houston Astros in…
June 9, 2014: Lonnie Chisenhall ties Cleveland club record with nine RBIs
Lonnie Chisenhall’s 2008 season at Pitt Community College in…
June 29, 2014: Mookie Betts debuts in Red Sox outfield
Just a year after winning the World Series in 2013, the Red Sox…
July 29, 2014: Cubs backup catcher John Baker records a win in Colorado
July 29, 2014, began as a normal day for the rebuilding Chicago…
July 29, 2014: J.P. Arencibia’s two home runs, career-high 7 RBIs not enough as Yankees outlast Texas
Drafted out of the University of Tennessee by the Toronto Blue…
July 30, 2014: New Cleveland ace Corey Kluber challenges King Felix for Cy Young honors
When Seattle visited Cleveland on July 29, 2014, for the start…
July 31, 2014: Clint Everts flirts with no-hit bid for Sugar Land Skeeters
In 1988 the movie Bull Durham helped popularize the image of…
August 2, 2014: Jon Singleton’s inside-the-park home run highlights Astros’ win over Blue Jays
The Houston Astros had had a rather tumultuous last few years…
August 14, 2015: After 7,444 games, Matt Kemp becomes first Padre to hit for the cycle
For the first 46 years of their history, from Opening Day in…
September 3, 2014: Nationals win in 14 innings, thanks to Adam LaRoche
It could only have happened in September.By the time the 14-inning,…
September 13, 2014: Asheville Tourists win second Sally League title in three seasons
As one of the more venerable franchises in minor-league baseball,…
September 25, 2014: Yankees bid farewell to captain Jeter with walkoff win
Thursday, September 25, 2014, was a rare day in New York. It…
September 26, 2014: Royals clinch a postseason berth to end a 29-year drought
10,561 days is a long time.
And if you reduce that number to…
September 28, 2014: Jordan Zimmermann no-hits Marlins to end regular season
Meaningful and meaningless — a combination of both usually…