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Steve Ginader2022-06-06 16:00:512022-06-06 16:00:51June 16, 1940: Ted Lyons pitches 12 innings; Ted Williams hits a game-winning homer
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Jacob Pomrenke
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Jacob Pomrenke2025-03-10 10:41:002025-03-10 10:41:00July 3, 1940: Athletics’ lead goes for naught as Red Sox come from behind with a storybook ninth
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Jacob Pomrenke
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Jacob Pomrenke2024-08-21 11:20:312024-08-21 11:20:31July 4, 1940: Ab Wright’s bombastic Independence Day leads Millers over Saints
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wpadmin2025-07-02 09:22:392025-07-02 09:22:39July 5, 1940: Ted Williams gets a grip and homers to beat the Nationals
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Jacob Pomrenke
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Jacob Pomrenke2022-06-26 21:41:072022-06-26 21:41:07July 5, 1940: Another Brooklyn-Boston marathon ends in 20-inning Dodger win
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Thomas Brown
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Thomas Brown2023-08-14 13:58:412023-08-14 13:58:41July 5, 1940: Surging Reds score 3 in the ninth to sweep Pirates
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admin2018-11-08 15:12:242020-04-17 10:23:48July 9, 1940: Five NL pitchers combine for first All-Star shutout at Sportsman’s Park
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admin2018-11-08 15:24:442020-04-17 10:23:48July 13, 1940: Johnny Mize’s cycle boosts Cardinals in walk-off win over Giants
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Jacob Pomrenke
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Jacob Pomrenke2023-10-24 10:04:372023-10-24 10:04:37July 19, 1940: Yankees’ backup backstop Buddy Rosar hits for the cycle
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admin2018-03-06 13:30:352020-04-17 10:24:53July 28, 1940: Bobo Newsom finally loses after 13-game winning streak
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admin2018-09-06 19:02:172020-04-17 10:24:41August 2, 1940: Joe Cronin hits for second career cycle in Red Sox-Tigers slugfest
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admin2018-11-13 14:44:302020-04-17 10:23:47August 5, 1940: John Whitehead tosses abbreviated no-hitter for last big-league victory
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Jacob Pomrenke
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Jacob Pomrenke2021-04-20 13:56:012021-04-20 13:56:01August 5, 1940: Bound for majors, Fred Caligiuri, Phil McCullough square off in Class D gem
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admin
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admin2022-03-31 05:50:272022-04-01 12:21:46September 2, 1940: Rookie sensation Sid Hudson outduels Lefty Grove in marathon thriller
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Jacob Pomrenke
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Jacob Pomrenke2022-01-13 16:14:142022-01-13 16:14:14September 8, 1940: Joe Gordon’s cycle leads Yankees over Red Sox in packed Fenway Park
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admin2023-06-12 00:14:022023-06-05 00:15:34September 24, 1940: Jimmie Foxx finally hits 500th home run
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admin2021-10-17 20:43:052021-10-28 01:31:03September 27, 1940: Frustrated Red Sox, out of pennant race, crush Senators 24-4
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admin2017-09-27 17:01:192020-04-17 10:25:43September 27, 1940: Tigers clinch American League pennant behind Floyd Giebell
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admin2019-09-24 13:42:392020-04-17 13:33:57October 2, 1940: Jittery Reds lose World Series opener to Bobo Newsom and the Tigers
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admin2019-09-24 13:29:592020-04-17 13:33:57October 3, 1940: Jimmy Ripple’s homer vaults Reds to Win in Game 2
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admin2018-01-12 00:59:102020-04-17 13:34:04October 6, 1940: Bobo Newsom honors father with World Series win
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admin2019-09-24 14:27:402020-04-17 13:33:57October 7, 1940: Reds’ Bucky Walters hurls World Series shutout to force deciding Game 7
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admin2019-09-24 13:50:102020-04-17 13:33:57October 8, 1940: Reds pitching prevails and Cincinnati celebrates first World Series title in two decades
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admin2022-04-03 00:39:342022-04-04 13:44:57April 14, 1941: FDR deals and Phil Rizzuto debuts for Yankees as the drumbeats of war grow louder