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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…
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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…
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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…
In 2014 major-league baseball returned to Australia and the Sydney Cricket Ground for the first time in 100 years with an exhibition game between Team Australia and the Arizona Diamondbacks on March 21, 2014 (ROBERT LAIDLAW)

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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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June 9, 2014: Lonnie Chisenhall ties Cleveland club record with nine RBIs 

Lonnie Chisenhall’s 2008 season at Pitt Community College in…

June 18, 2014: Clayton Kershaw throws no-hitter against Rockies

Clayton Kershaw has won 210 games for the Dodgers through…
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June 18, 2014: San Diego honors Tony Gwynn as Padres beat Mariners

"A colleague and I were discussing whether there has been a modern-era…

June 29, 2014: Mookie Betts debuts in Red Sox outfield

Just a year after winning the World Series in 2013, the Red Sox…
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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…
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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…

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…