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October 10, 1925: Senators’ Sam Rice makes dazzling catch to preserve victory in Game 3 — or did he?
The play sparked immediate controversy and remains one of the…
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October 11, 1925: Walter Johnson tosses shutout in Game 4 to put Senators on cusp of second straight title
The accolades came pouring in after Walter Johnson’s resounding…
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October 12, 1925: Bucs’ offense wakes up as Aldridge gives Pirates hope in Game 5
The Pittsburgh Pirates “played headier baseball this afternoon…
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October 15, 1925: Pirates come from behind to beat Senators, Walter Johnson in muddy Game 7
More than 40,000 fans filled Forbes Field on a cloudy, wet…
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October 18, 1925: Oscar Charleston’s Lincoln Giants fall to Lou Gehrig and the Bronx Giants in an avalanche of runs
For the two major-league baseball teams that called the Bronx…
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December 9, 1925: Red Grange, Chicago Bears bring professional football to Boston
From the birth of the National Football League, in 1922, it took…
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April 13, 1926: First Red Sox game is broadcast on Boston radio
Few baseball writers predicted big things for the 1926 Boston…
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April 13, 1926: Big Train takes a long journey to defeat Connie Mack’s Athletics
Opening Day, at least as far as the Washington Senators were…
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April 27, 1926: Washington’s Walter Johnson records his 400th win in major leagues
Throughout time superstars in baseball perform extraordinary…
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May 12, 1926: Walter Johnson records 403rd career win
Twenty-four major-league pitchers have won 300 or more games…
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June 21, 1926: Reds’ Wally Pipp ends the longest day of 1926 in 16th inning
It began just after 3:00 in the afternoon when Cincinnati’s…
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July 10, 1926: Violent vicissitudes as A’s rally to beat White Sox, 17-14
Philadelphia is not known the to be coolest place to summer…
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July 10, 1926: Senators explode for 12 runs in eighth inning
On Saturday, July 10, 1926, the temperature in Washington reached…
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August 11, 1926: Mutinous Pirates ousted after loss to Brooklyn
The defending world champion Pittsburgh Pirates were in first…
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September 16, 1926: Cardinals keep first pennant in sight with 23-3 rout of Phillies
The St. Louis Cardinals were in a fight for the National League…
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September 17, 1926: Frankie Frisch, Giants derail Reds’ pennant drive
On the eve of the 1926 season, the venerated New York Giants…
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September 26, 1926: Tigers’ Bob Fothergill hits for natural cycle on last day of season
With one day left in the American League schedule, Detroit’s…
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October 3, 1926: Red Grier throws a no-hitter in Negro League World Series
Red Grier wouldn’t have had the chance to pitch one of the…
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October 5, 1926: Cardinals’ Jesse Haines tosses shutout and homers in first World Series game in St. Louis
“Screams, shrieks, whoops, bawls, howls, hollers, roars swept…
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October 6, 1926: Babe Ruth becomes first player to hit three homers in World Series game
The American League home-run leader with 47 in 1926, Babe…
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October 7, 1926: Tony Lazzeri’s sacrifice fly wins Game 5 for Yankees in extra innings
A crowd of 39,552, the largest of the three games at Sportsman’s…
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October 9, 1926: Red Grange returns to Boston with upstart pro football league
Less than a year after Red Grange and the Chicago Bears debuted…
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October 10, 1926: Pete Alexander saves the day
The seventh game of the 1926 World Series between the St. Louis…
April 12, 1927: Cubs wallop defending champion Cardinals on Opening Day
In the early part of 1927, the Midwest was bursting with anticipation…