
July 2, 1925: A Rube Awakening: Brooklyn bats bombard Boston’s Marquard
Good-looking matchups on paper sometimes fail to deliver anywhere…

July 7, 1925: Bernie Neis’s historic clout leaves Braves Field
An ordinary doubleheader on a lazy Tuesday afternoon turned extraordinary…

July 11, 1925: Browns’ George Sisler knocks in a career-high seven runs
The Washington Senators were feeling plenty good about themselves.…

July 20, 1925: Dodgers’ Dazzy Vance ties NL record with 17 strikeouts
Hard-throwing Dazzy Vance was in agony. Brooklyn sportswriter…

July 21, 1925: Red Sox rookie Roy Carlyle completes cycle against Chief Bender
On July 21, 1925, the Chicago White Sox (47-43) hosted the Boston…

July 23, 1925: Lou Gehrig hits first of 23 career grand slams
At the end of the day on July 21, 1925, the Washington Senators…

September 11, 1925: Walter Johnson wins 20th game of season for 12th and final time
“Many base ball critics have been trying to pass [him] out…

September 12, 1925: Jackie Tavener’s three triples not enough for Tigers after Cleveland rallies in 13th
In 1925 the American League experienced a rebirth at shortstop…

September 13, 1925: Dazzy Vance tosses first no-hitter in Ebbets Field history
The Brooklyn Robins were winding down a disappointing season.…

September 19, 1925: Ted Lyons misses out on no-hit bid as White Sox thump Washington, 17-0
This blowout game is memorable in many ways, yet it was slightly…

September 22, 1925: Stanley Coveleski wins 20th game and secures AL ERA title
On August 27 the St. Louis Browns finished a sweep of Washington…

September 24, 1925: Babe Ruth beats White Sox with extra-inning walkoff grand slam
In adding to his legend, Babe Ruth drove a pitch into Yankee…

October 4, 1925: Heilmann grabs AL batting title; Cobb ‘saves’ the day
Neither George Sisler’s homestanding St. Louis Browns nor Ty…

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…

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…

October 12, 1925: Bucs’ offense wakes up as Aldridge gives Pirates hope in Game 5
The Pittsburgh Pirates “played headier baseball this afternoon…

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…

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…

December 9, 1925: Red Grange, Chicago Bears bring professional football to Boston
From the birth of the National Football League, in 1922, it took…

April 13, 1926: First Red Sox game is broadcast on Boston radio
Few baseball writers predicted big things for the 1926 Boston…

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…

April 27, 1926: Washington’s Walter Johnson records his 400th win in major leagues
Throughout time superstars in baseball perform extraordinary…

May 12, 1926: Walter Johnson records 403rd career win
Twenty-four major-league pitchers have won 300 or more games…

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…