May 24, 1942: Paige, Monarchs get the best of Dizzy Dean All-Stars at Wrigley Field

On this crisp afternoon, the sky was a vivid blue, the grass…
Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

May 29, 1942: Ted Williams’ grand slam was just the icing on the cake

Ted Williams ended his 1941 season, the one in which he was the…
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June 5, 1942: Dick Fowler goes the distance for A’s in tough-luck marathon

The nation's eyes were turned westward on a June Friday morning,…
Paul Waner (TRADING CARD DB)

June 19, 1942: Braves’ Paul Waner joins 3,000-hit club against his former team

Boston Braves outfielder Paul Waner collected his 3,000th career…

June 28, 1942: Tommy Hughes’ marathon

During the 1942 season, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia…

July 6, 1942: Boudreau, York homers lead AL stars to victory

Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field had been scheduled as the site of the…

August 7, 1942: First Negro League baseball game is broadcast on radio

While we take radio for granted today, when it came onto the…

August 25, 1942: Marty Marion’s dash preserves Mort Cooper’s 14-inning gem

Described as “the largest throng to see a night game in the…
Paul Gillespie (Courtesy of Chicago Cubs Archives)

September 11, 1942: Paul Gillespie cheers war-weary Cubs fans by hitting home run in first at-bat

September 11, 1942: While World War II had not reached the United…

September 13, 1942: Cubs’ Lennie Merullo boots four on day his son is born

Many fathers refer to the birth of a child as one of their most…