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July 13, 1934: The Babe bashes 700th career home run
Babe Ruth spent 15 years of his 22-year major-league career with…
July 14, 1934: Tigers’ ‘G-Men’ pull off a miracle against Yankees
The 1934 season began with minimal fanfare for the Detroit Tigers…
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August 17, 1934: Ed Coleman’s three bombs help A’s overcome White Sox
Fans of the Philadelphia Athletics could be excused for being…
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August 19, 1934: Red Sox rookie Moose Solters hits for the cycle before a record Fenway crowd of 46,995
“Boston went baseball crazy again yesterday,” exclaimed the…
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August 21, 1934: Cleveland scores nine runs in 9th to rally past A’s
The Philadelphia Athletics hosted the Cleveland Indians to complete…
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August 26, 1934: The Hottest Show in Town: Satchel Paige mows ’em down in Negro Leagues all-star game
The summer of 1934 was one of the hottest on record in Chicago.…
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September 9, 1934: Satchel Paige and Slim Jones throw head-to-head pitching gems at Yankee Stadium
Of the more than 200 Negro League games played at Yankee Stadium…
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September 10, 1934: Happy New Year, Hank Greenberg!
At the end of the day on September 8, 1934, the Detroit Tigers,…
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September 11-October 2, 1934: Philadelphia Stars win first and only Negro National League championship
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September 12, 1934: Stengel’s Dodgers squeak by Reds with help from Mickey Mouse
Brooklyn Dodgers manager Casey Stengel released 34-year-old Hack…
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September 17, 1934: From sandlots to big leagues, Reese Diggs earns first win in Senators blowout
The 1933 Washington Senators won 99 games and captured the American…
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September 18, 1934: Browns’ Bobo Newsom tosses no-no through nine, loses in 10th
“Buck Newsom pitched a no-hit gameBut gets no credit for the…
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September 21, 1934: Daffy Dean dazzles with no-hitter against Brooklyn
“We’re just a couple of natural born pitchers from down…
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September 25, 1934: Ferrell brothers propel Red Sox past Senators
On September 25, 1934, the Boston Red Sox – appearing at Fenway…
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September 30, 1934: 58-year-old Charley O’Leary becomes oldest AL/NL player credited with a hit
When St. Louis Browns coach Charley O’Leary pinch-hit in the…
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September 30, 1934: Dizzy Dean wins 30th game as Cardinals clinch NL pennant
“If a showman had arranged it,” opined the AP’s Paul Mickelson,…
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October 3, 1934: All eyes on Dizzy Dean as Cardinals take World Series opener
The train hissed to a stop, the doors swung open, and 300 Detroit…
October 4, 1934: Tigers’ Rowe takes Cardinals to ‘School’ in Game 2
Detroit Tigers right-hander Lynwood Thomas “Schoolboy” Rowe…
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October 5, 1934: Paul Dean impresses brother Dizzy in Cardinals’ Game 3 win
After the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals split two contests…
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October 6, 1934: Tigers even World Series in Game 4; Dizzy Dean knocked out cold
Down two games to one in the 1934 World Series, the Detroit Tigers…
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October 7, 1934: Tommy Bridges outduels Dizzy Dean as Tigers take 3-2 lead in World Series
The St. Louis Cardinals had been favored to win the 1934 World…
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October 9, 1934: ‘A case for Judge Landis’: Medwick tossed in World Series melee as Cardinals win Game 7
The Detroit Tigers’ dreams of their first World Series title…
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October 16, 1934: Philadelphia Stars defeat Dizzy and Daffy all-stars in double bill
The 1934 season was an exceptional one for Dizzy Dean. At the…
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April 16, 1935: Wes Ferrell two-hits ‘Ruth-less’ Yankees on Opening Day, wins on Gehrig error
Opening Day is always about new beginnings; the hope associated…