The year 1959 was one Ted Williams may have wished he could forget.…
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In December 1957 the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians…
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“He was everything a ballplayer should be: dark, handsome eyes,…
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The Philadelphia Phillies were finally mounting a rally against…
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Only two of Murray Wall’s 91 major-league games were played…
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By 1959, after the Dodgers had been spirited off to Los Angeles,…
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Facing the Milwaukee Braves in the late 1950s was a proposition…
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Sandy Koufax was a 23-year-old hurler in his fifth season…
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It was a Saturday afternoon game at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland…
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The Chicago Cubs-St. Louis Cardinals rivalry has provided many…
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The New York Yankees had won the American League pennant each…
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The Boston Red Sox had the opportunity to sign Jackie Robinson…
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When one thinks of baseball’s hardest-throwing starting pitchers…
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In 1959, it had been 40 years since the Chicago White Sox had…
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As the 1950s drew to their conclusion, the American League had…
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The Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox had a tendency to…
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