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July 28, 1921: Irish Meusel, Phil Douglas, Frankie Frisch lead Giants to comeback win over Pirates in series finale
Trailing the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League standings…
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July 31, 1921: Atlantic City Bacharach Giants pound the Indianapolis ABCs at Ebbets Field
Sunday games were the big games for Negro League teams, when…
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August 3, 1921: Cubs split doubleheader as manager Johnny Evers faces health questions
Chicago was saturated with rain. Newspaper boys peddled local…
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August 5, 1921: KDKA’s Harold Arlin broadcasts first baseball game over commercial radio as Pirates rally to beat Phillies
Jimmy Zinn spent 1921 as a swingman on the Pittsburgh Pirates’…
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August 5, 1921: George Mogridge, Senators win 11th game in a row
When the Washington Senators obtained left-handed pitcher George…
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August 8, 1921: Browns rookie Luke Stuart hits inside-the-park home run in first major-league at-bat
In a game characterized by lots of hits (27) and lots of errors…
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August 9, 1921: Three homers plus three errors equal one Giant defeat
The New York Giants were at the end of a grueling Western road…
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August 9, 1921: Harvey Freeman earns only career win against defending champion Cleveland
Some players are fortunate enough to play major-league baseball…
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August 9, 1921: Whistling Dixie in the nation’s capital: Browns’ Davis goes all 19 innings for ironman victory
It was a “marvelous exhibition of skill and stamina,” gushed…
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August 11, 1921: Giants win a ‘humdinger’ over Brooklyn with two late comebacks and 13th-inning rally
On the morning of August 11, 1921, the New York Giants were in…
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August 12, 1921: George Smith scatters 12 hits in record shutout victory as Phillies sweep doubleheader
Going into the 1921 season, the Philadelphia Phillies knew their…
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August 13, 1921: George Sisler becomes first American League player to hit for the cycle twice
Just four days after banging six hits against the Washington…
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August 15, 1921: Browns move above .500 as George Sisler, Dixie Davis flirt with history
A mid-August matchup between two middle-of-the-pack teams is…
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August 16, 1921: Walt Cruise’s Jury Box clout gets Braves started in see-saw affair with Cubs
Following their “Miracle” National League pennant and World…
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August 19, 1921: Ty Cobb joins the 3,000-hit club
Hall of Famer Ty Cobb said, “Baseball is a red-blooded sport…
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August 20, 1921: Cleveland’s Stan Coveleski wins 20th game for fourth consecutive season
Winning 20 games in a season was once a hallmark of excellence…
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August 21, 1921: George Mogridge, Senators get the best of depleted White Sox
The teams that met at Chicago’s Comiskey Park on August 21,…
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August 22, 1921: Cy Williams’s Baker Bowl blast breaks up pitchers’ duel in 12th inning
The Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, two teams firmly…
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August 22, 1921: Pittsburgh Pirates win 10-8 slugfest over Boston Braves, increase NL lead
August of 1921 had been a good month for the Pittsburgh Pirates,…
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August 24, 1921: Giants close gap on Pirates with 10-2 win in doubleheader opener
The New York Giants and manager John J. McGraw entered the 1921…
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August 27, 1921: Giants beat Pirates 3-1 to complete 5-game sweep
On Wednesday, August 24, 1921, the Pittsburgh Pirates and New…
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August 30, 1921: Pirates’ Dave Robertson ‘runs gamut of hits’ as first player to hit for the cycle at Ebbets Field
With a little more than a month left in the 1921 regular season,…
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August 30, 1921: George Sisler’s five hits lift St. Louis Browns into third place
“Playing like real pennant chasers, the St. Louis Browns swamped…
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September 4, 1921: Braves’ Oeschger, Southworth derail Giants’ road to the pennant
Built in 1913, the John T. Brush Stairway, a cast-iron staircase…