
May 1, 1890: Detroit Wolverines top Toronto in ragged season opener
After losing the Syracuse, Rochester, and Toledo franchises to…

April 19, 1900: A “Basket of Fresh Goose Eggs”
On April 19, 1900, hundreds of baseball fans gathered outside…

May 14, 1906: 'Humpy' Badel leads Buffalo Bisons to victory in home opener
Under the leadership of manager George Stallings, the Buffalo…

June 12, 1908: Joe Jackson slugs the ball for his hometown team
On June 11, 1908, the Greenville (South Carolina) Spinners won…

July 16, 1913: Oh, you Brewers! Squeeze play ends 19-inning battle
“This year Columbus is fighting desperately for the lead with…

September 12, 1915: Nashville fans start a riot and players get punished
As more major- and minor-league ballparks increase protective…

June 4, 1927: Umpire Gerald Hayes halts tie game, infuriates Syracuse crowd
The Syracuse (New York) Stars, managed by Burt Shotton, were…

October 5, 1932: Minneapolis Millers come up short on 'play of six decisions'
The Little World Series had been played on and off between the…

June 27, 1933: L.A. Angels overcome Joe DiMaggio's home run; Win Ballou earns win
Noble Winfred “Win” Ballou (pronounced buh-LOO) was “one…

July 18, 1933: Night baseball makes its debut in Montreal
When it opened in 1928, Montreal’s De Lorimier Stadium was…

September 18, 1946: Jackie Robinson's Montreal Royals get the best of Yogi Berra's Newark Bears in playoffs
With a 100-54 won-lost record, the Montreal Royals finished the…

April 26, 1951: Ottawa Giants bring Triple-A baseball back to Canada's capital
“We have jumped from the Class C Border League to Triple-A…

September 7, 1952: Hartford goes out a winner before 64-year break from Organized Baseball
Hartford, Connecticut, is among the baseball markets that has…

September 1, 1954: Herb Score hurls one-hitter, surpasses 300 strikeouts for Indianapolis Indians
They didn’t know it at the time, but the Indianapolis Indians…

September 17, 1955: Millers' Bob Lennon breaks up no-hitter – twice in same game
The Minneapolis Millers produced a rich history in the American…

September 28, 1955: Minneapolis Millers win first Junior World Series in final game at Nicollet Park
For 60 seasons, the Minneapolis Millers made their home at a…

June 25, 1957: George 'Babe' Ruth wins minor-league game with homer
Of course they called him Babe.
George Ernest Ruth had the fortune,…

September 3, 1960: Baseball bids farewell to Allentown — for 47 years
Upon their debut in 2008, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs quickly…

September 7, 1960: Lombardi 1, Baseball 0: Green Bay says goodbye to minor leagues
In early September 1960, the Green Bay Packers football dynasty…

July 30, 1964: Snakebitten Dick Voss puts it all together for minor-league one-hitter
Pitcher Dick Voss1 had a horrible year in 1964. In fact, he struggled…

May 23, 1967: Dave Vineyard earns posterity, and revenge, with no-hitter for Toronto Maple Leafs
On June 29, 1990, Toronto baseball fans got to witness a bit…

September 5, 1967: Triumph and heartbreak mark International League playoff
Every once in a while, a marathon — 26.2 grueling miles of…

August 3, 1969: Fan favorite Chico Fernandez survives near-fatal beaning in minors
Ray Chapman, Tony Conigliaro, Dickie Thon, Adam Greenberg: We…

August 4, 1969: When Waterbury and Elmira played a minor-league game by mistake
This is a true baseball story. In 1969 two minor-league teams…