
October 9, 1928: Sultan of Swat smacks three homers to sink the Cardinals in World Series sweep
Not even the all-powerful Kenesaw Mountain Landis could predict…

October 14, 1928: Baltimore Black Sox beat Lefty Grove and all-star team
Future Hall of Famer Lefty Grove was coming off a 1928 season…

October 29, 1928: Young Bob Feller catches glimpse of his future as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig barnstorm into Iowa
After the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals to win…

April 14, 1929: Sunday baseball in Boston for the first time
The weather turned unseasonably cold, rainy, and windy in Boston…

April 16, 1929: Earl Averill homers in first plate appearance during Indians’ debut
Only two players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as of…

April 17, 1929: Athletics open season by setting tone for dynasty to come
The 1929 season was expected to be the latest installment of…

April 18, 1929: Rain delays Opening Day; Robins grounded in Boston hotel
Moping about the lobby of Boston’s luxurious Hotel Statler,…

April 18, 1929: Babe Ruth celebrates ‘honeymoon’ with a home run
The Babe settled in the batter’s box on the port side of home…

April 28, 1929: Red Sox fall in first official Sunday game in Boston
By the late 1920s, the longstanding prohibition against playing…

May 5, 1929: Senior Circuit debuts Sunday baseball at Braves Field
Playing the national pastime on a Sunday was officially illegal…

May 8, 1929: Carl Hubbell tosses no-hitter in 18th career start
Not yet known as “King Carl” or “Meal Ticket,” the New…

May 16, 1929: New York’s Mel Ott hits for the cycle but Giants lose to Braves
“The Giants became tired of losing games one at a time.”1…

May 19, 1929: Death at Yankee Stadium: Two fans die after rain stampede
It began with a clap of thunder and a sudden deluge of rain,…

May 23, 1929: Browns’ Ski Melillo, ‘weak sister with the stick,’ hits for the cycle
The St. Louis Browns ran off to a fast start to the 1929 season,…

May 24, 1929: Ted Lyons hurls 21-inning complete game in epic struggle
The staggering, awe-inspiring numbers point to an era in baseball…

June 3, 1929: Lefty Grove, George Uhle battle into extra innings
Something had to give as the league-leading Philadelphia Athletics…
June 9, 1929: Cubs’ Art Nehf hurls four-hitter to win duel over Ben Cantwell, Braves
National League teams set new records by averaging 5.36 runs…
June 15, 1929: Riggs Stephenson’s walkoff pop foul wins it in the 10th
After losing their first five extra-inning games of the 1929…

June 18, 1929: Hack Wilson’s two homers lift Cubs past Cardinals
“Part of [Hack] Wilson’s legend was his physical appearance.…

June 25, 1929: Robins stun Giants with 5 ninth-inning runs to tie game, then win in 10th
The Brooklyn Robins and New York Giants were seemingly participating…

July 4, 1929: Wilson-Kolp brawl in dugout mars Independence Day at Wrigley Field
On the day that Chicagoans were celebrating their country’s…

July 6, 1929: Cardinals break 11-game losing streak with 28-hit, 28-run mauling of Phillies
The St. Louis Cardinals were in a disastrous midseason slump…

July 12, 1929: A new ‘dead’ ball? Brooklyn wins after wild 9th inning
When Ebbets Field locker-room attendant Dan Comerford arrived…

July 25, 1929: Foxx and Grove lead resurgent A’s to 21-3 rout
Connie Mack's Philadelphia A's hadn't won an American League…