March 29, 2008: Record 115,300 fans see Red Sox beat Dodgers at L.A. Coliseum exhibition
The largest crowd to ever watch a baseball game was 115,300…
June 2, 1971: Sore-armed Jon Warden’s last gasp helps Elmira Royals beat major-league parent
By the numbers, pitcher Jon Warden’s final professional season,…
April 28, 1986: At Triple-A exhibition, Indians’ win is the Maine event
On April 28, 1986, the Biddeford (Maine) Journal-Tribune declared…
August 9, 1971: Willie Mays and Harmon Killebrew delight Twins fans in exhibition
Should a midseason exhibition be included among the greatest…
May 5, 1983: Red Wings shine in the dark, beat parent Orioles in exhibition
For a few days in May 1983, news outlets in Rochester, New York,…
June 29, 1987: AL Old-Timers vanquish the NL team at RFK Stadium
1986 Sportsco Living Legends baseball card featuring Harmon…
July 8, 1984: SABR stages 1884 World Series re-enactment during Providence convention
In a nod to the organization's roots in historical research,…
March 12, 2017: Jose Berríos pounds the curves past Italy as Puerto Rico remains undefeated in World Baseball Classic
Coming into the final day of scheduled games in the Jalisco pool…
March 11, 2017: Venezuela outlasts Italy in wild World Baseball Classic game
Both Venezuela and Italy had allowed lots of runs in their first…
April 3, 1982: Twins shut out Phillies in exhibition to open the Metrodome
It was a “perfect” Saturday night for baseball: 19 degrees…
March 4, 1994: Michael Jordan makes his baseball debut with Chicago White Sox in spring training
Months after Michael Jordan shocked the sports world by announcing…
March 21, 2014: MLB returns to Australia’s Sydney Cricket Ground for the first time in a century
Same ground, same sport — but a century apart.
In 2014 major-league…
August 8, 1974: Orioles ‘resign’ 5-run lead, lose exhibition in Rochester
What makes a memorable night at the ballpark? How about a game…
March 29, 1973: MLB experiments with Charlie Finley’s orange baseballs
In 1963 Kansas City Athletics owner Charlie Finley proposed the…
June 30, 1976: Indians’ friendly exhibition in Toledo turns into a display of fisticuffs
The Bicentennial loomed as the Cleveland Indians played a game…
September 4, 1986: Mets, Red Sox play charity game in World Series preview
Looking back on it now, it was something akin to a 1972 moviegoer…