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October 6, 1917: White Sox win World Series opener at Comiskey Park
Oh, how it rained. The day before the first World Series game…
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October 7, 1917: Red Faber’s pitching, not baserunning, lead to White Sox victory in Game 2
Before his first career World Series start, Red Faber was mostly…
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October 13, 1917: White Sox’s big push brings bedlam in Game 5 comeback
Game Five of the 1917 World Series was back in Chicago and the…
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April 12, 1918: Red Faber, White Sox win exhibition game in epicenter of influenza pandemic
The Chicago White Sox are pictured on April 12, 1918,…
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April 15, 1918: Truck Hannah debuts against Walter Johnson on Opening Day
Only 17 men born in North Dakota have appeared in a major-league…
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April 16, 1918: Reds’ Pete Schneider tosses one-hitter on Opening Day
It was the “first opening game since our energies have been…
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May 5, 1918: Breaking the Sabbath: Navy Yard stars win exhibition at Braves Field
Though the crowd for the joyous May 7, 1918, Braves Field record…
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May 6, 1918: Brooklyn’s Dan Griner loses no-hitter with two outs in the ninth
Exterior view of Ebbets Field’s iconic brick and arches,…
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May 6, 1918: Boston’s Babe Ruth makes his first start as a position player
Boston Red Sox manager Ed Barrow scoffed at the very idea.…
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May 7, 1918: Boston Braves blow out Brooklyn, 16-0
Shortstop Johnny Rawlings had the game of his life leading the…
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May 8, 1918: The wildest, wobbliest, weirdest windup as Reds score nine in 9th
“The outlook wasn’t rosy for the Redland tribe that day;
The…
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May 15, 1918: Walter Johnson and Lefty Williams spar for 18 innings
Had there been room, the Griffin Stadium scoreboard would have…
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May 19, 1918: Senators’ first Sunday game draws record crowd in Washington
Paid-admission Sunday baseball came with relative ease to the…
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May 20, 1918: Four late-game comebacks result in dizzying victory for A’s
The 1918 season did not start well for either the Philadelphia…
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June 13, 1918: Cardinals rookie Cliff Heathcote hits for cycle in 19-inning tie game
A Thursday afternoon Philadelphia crowd of 3,500 fans got their…
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July 2, 1918: Burleigh Grimes blanks Braves amid pressure to ‘work or fight’
In July of 1918, during World War I, American servicemen were…
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July 17, 1918: Cubs’ Lefty Tyler outduels Phillies’ Watson in 21-inning marathon
When Chicago Cubs hurler George “Lefty” Tyler arrived at…
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July 22, 1918: Bullet Joe Bush throws his fifth 1-0 shutout of season for surging Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox played only 126 games in 1918, a season abbreviated…
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July 25, 1918: Senators’ Walter Johnson and Browns’ Allen Sothoron battle for 15 innings
Perhaps no baseball season has ever begun with more uncertainty…
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August 1, 1918: Boston Braves’ Art Nehf blanks Pirates for 20 innings, loses shutout and game in 21st
When it comes to hard-luck losses, the textbook example is Harvey…
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August 4, 1918: Ty Cobb’s single in 18th inning defeats Walter Johnson
The decision had come down barely a week before: baseball was…
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August 16, 1918: Tigers rally for six in 9th, beat Walter Johnson and Senators in 16 innings
This Friday afternoon game was the final meeting of the year…
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August 24, 1918: Cubs clinch fifth National League pennant in 13 years with doubleheader sweep
On August 24, 1918, the Chicago Cubs hosted the fifth-place Brooklyn…
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September 2, 1918: Braves, Giants finish a season cut short by war
With baseball nearing the end of its second season of play since…