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May 6, 1963: Army Cadets make it close in exhibition against Mets

October 12, 1963: Latin American charity game is Polo Grounds’ ‘grand finale’

Hank Bauer (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

June 8, 1964: Orioles go down on the farm in Aberdeen

April 9, 1965: Astros beat Yankees in first game inside the Houston Astrodome

Tom McGraw (Trading Card DB)

May 19, 1969: White Sox hold off Class A Appleton in spirited exhibition

Mike Epstein and Ted Williams (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

June 9, 1969: Williams’s inspiration, Epstein’s power help Senators win exhibition in Buffalo

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Trading Card DB)

March 28, 1970: East-West Major League Baseball Classic honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Jon Warden (Trading Card DB)

June 2, 1971: Sore-armed Jon Warden’s last gasp helps Elmira Royals beat major-league parent

Harmon Killebrew (Trading Card DB)

August 9, 1971: Willie Mays and Harmon Killebrew delight Twins fans in exhibition

Joe Horlen (Courtesy of the Oakland Athletics)

April 17, 1972: Campus strike moves exhibition between A’s and Cal Bears to Oakland Coliseum

March 29, 1973: MLB experiments with Charlie Finley’s orange baseballs

Mel Behney (1974 Boston Red Sox Yearbook)

May 6, 1974: Career-ending injury, chilly weather mar Boston-Pawtucket exhibition

Jim Palmer (TRADING CARD DB)

August 8, 1974: Orioles ‘resign’ 5-run lead, lose exhibition in Rochester

Gary Carter (Trading Card DB)

April 1, 1976: Gary Carter cut for 16 stitches after slamming into cement outfield wall

June 30, 1976: Indians’ friendly exhibition in Toledo turns into a display of fisticuffs

Bill Atkinson (Trading Card DB)

June 29, 1978: Expos defeat Blue Jays in inaugural Pearson Cup on 10th-inning suicide squeeze

Dick Berardino (Trading Card DB)

August 3, 1981: Yankees, Red Sox minor-league affiliates meet in unique Hall of Fame Game

April 3, 1982: Twins shut out Phillies in exhibition to open the Metrodome

May 5, 1983: Red Wings shine in the dark, beat parent Orioles in exhibition

July 8, 1984: SABR stages 1884 World Series re-enactment during Providence convention

Cal Ripken Jr. (Trading Card DB)

April 11, 1985: Injured Cal Ripken Jr. sits as Orioles lose in exhibition at US Naval Academy

FrancoJulio

April 28, 1986: At Triple-A exhibition, Indians’ win is the Maine event

September 4, 1986: Mets, Red Sox play charity game in World Series preview

1986 Sportsco Living Legends baseball card featuring Harmon Killebrew, Al Kaline, Warren Spahn, and Hoyt Wilhelm (Trading Card Database)

June 29, 1987: AL Old-Timers vanquish the NL team at RFK Stadium

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