April 18, 2007: Wakefield, home runs put Red Sox on top of AL East
With a 4-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on…
April 1, 2007: Glavine, Mets turn the page in Opening Day win over World Series champion Cardinals
The slice of eternity between when the heavily favored 97-win…
October 14, 2006: Magglio Ordoñez blasts Detroit Tigers into World Series
The Detroit Tigers were one win from their first World Series…
September 3, 2006: Ryan Howard’s 3 home runs power Phillies’ win over Braves
“Three homers in a game. I’ve never done that before,”…
September 22, 2006: Ryan Howard equals Philadelphia single-season records with 58th home run
In 1932 the MVP winners in both the American and National Leagues…
September 15, 2006: Carlos Villanueva collects first hit, first RBI, and first win in a thesaurus-worthy outing
“A lot of long relievers are ashamed to tell their parents…
September 13, 2006: Switch-hitter Gary Matthews Jr. completes natural cycle as Rangers rout Tigers
The Detroit Tigers were baseball’s biggest surprise of 2006.…
September 18, 2006: Dodgers hit four consecutive home runs in 9th inning, rally to beat Padres
The 2006 version of the Los Angeles Dodgers was one of the franchise’s…
September 2, 2006: Kevin Kouzmanoff blasts first big-league pitch for grand slam
Any time a young minor-league player is called up to the major…
June 6, 2007: Padres’ Trevor Hoffman closes out Dodgers for 500th career save
It took just 10 pitches. The ninth-inning play-by-play line for…
October 1, 2006: Padres win NL West again on controversial call
When the San Diego Padres defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks,…
April 6, 2007: Devil Rays score three in the ninth to beat Blue Jays in home opener
Expectations were high for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2007.…
April 10, 2007: Red Sox rebound from a humiliating implosion toward a World Series championship
"Opening Day at Fenway arrives like a secular rite of spring.…
May 17, 2007: Delgado’s walk-off lifts Mets in a fatigued comeback
The New York Mets had good reason to be tired when they took…
August 22, 2006: Beltran’s walk-off eclipses Delgado’s 400th career homer
The New York Mets outslugged the St. Louis Cardinals to win their…
May 12, 2007: Another holiday, another Ryan Zimmerman walk-off homer
In 2007, the Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins could only…
May 13, 2007: Mother’s Day Miracle lifts Boston over Baltimore
Baseball is different from most sports in the United States in…
October 1, 2006: Devern Hansack throws an ‘unofficial’ no-hitter for Red Sox
When does a pitcher throw a complete-game shutout without giving…
June 9, 2007: Battered Rule 5 draft pick Speigner bests Twins’ Santana
The 2007 Washington Nationals were plodding along a dozen games…
October 4, 2006: Delgado leads Mets to win in NLDS opener
The New York Mets finished the 2006 season with a 97-65 record,…
October 5, 2006: Glavine leads Mets to win over Dodgers in Game 2
Shea Stadium was packed for Game Two of the 2006 National League…
October 7, 2006: Mets rally to sweep Dodgers in NLDS
The Dodgers faced elimination in the National League Division…
September 2, 2006: Devil Rays turn rare triple play against Mariners
Some fans claim they’ve seen it all. Yet a crowd of only 14,503…
October 19, 2006: Cardinals beat Mets in Game 7 on Molina homer
It all came down to this one game to decide who would face the…