The 1953 Dodgers enjoyed so much success against the St. Louis…
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Jean Faut was having another outstanding season for the South…
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It was all over but the shouting. The pennant race in the American…
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“How good a hitter was Mize? He was Lou Gehrig good. He was…
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“Bob Trice has richly earned this reward,” proclaimed Ottawa…
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Satchel Paige and Don Larsen earned baseball immortality in dramatically…
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The 1953 season was a tough one for both the Pittsburgh Pirates…
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When Duane Pillette took the mound for the woeful St. Louis Browns…
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When Game Three of the 1953 World Series began, Carl Erskine…
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There were other events, including the meanderings of a runaway…
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Roy Campanella with a mighty swing during spring training…
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The New York Yankees entered Game Six of the 1953 World Series…
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With the start of the 1954 season, beer magnate August A. Busch…
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When the 1954 spring training began, the New York Giants had…
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No one knew it was the Athletics' last home opener in Philadelphia,…
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The Pittsburgh Pirates were eager to open the 1954 season following…
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The streets of Baltimore were jam-packed with an estimated 350,000…
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It was a season when Jackie Robinson was supposed to be slowing…
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Unlike the gentleman who preceded him as baseball’s home-run…
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Early on Sunday morning, May 2, 1954, a group of 37 people from…
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