
April 11, 1984: Mariners’ Alvin Davis homers off Dennis Eckersley in major-league debut
Alvin Davis expected to spend 1984 in Triple A with the Salt…

April 13, 1984: Pete Rose records his 4,000th major-league hit
As Pete Rose stood on second base, basking in the cheers of the…

April 16, 1984: Dave Kingman hits three home runs for A’s
After 11 straight games at home to start the 1984 season, the…

April 21, 1984: David Palmer throws five perfect innings in Expos’ rain-shortened win
If Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton were a sportswriter covering the…

April 27, 1984: Indians outlast sizzling Tigers in 19 innings
The Detroit Tigers, who didn’t arrive home from Texas until…

April 27, 1984: Rick Honeycutt’s near-perfect outing cut short by rain
After a sluggish five-game start in 1984, everything clicked…

April 29, 1984: Petry takes no-hitter into 8th to cap Tigers’ historic April
“Something is in the air in Detroit. It’s contagious. It’s…

April 29, 1984: Phillies make six errors, lose game and series to Mets
The Philadelphia Phillies captured the 1983 National League pennant…

May 6, 1984: Cal Ripken Jr. breaks out of slump with cycle
Believe it or not, Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr.…

May 8-9, 1984: White Sox, Brewers play for 25 innings, longest game in major-league history
George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Baseball has the great advantage…

May 16, 1984: Carlton Fisk hits for the cycle with only triple of the season
At Comiskey Park in mid-May 1984, there was a chance for “a…

May 19, 1984: Maligned Giants reliever Greg Minton makes first start in seven seasons
From 1980 to 1982, Greg Minton of the San Francisco Giants reigned…

May 27, 1984: Cey it ain’t so! Reds and Cubs brawl over disputed home run call
Cubs announcer Harry Caray began his WGN-TV broadcast on May…

June 4, 1984: The Dave Bergman Game
Ask a Tigers fan of recent vintage to associate “Blue Jays”…

June 23, 1984: The Sandberg Game
The Chicago Cubs were struggling. For the first two months of…

June 24, 1984: Bloop, blast, or blot? Twins top White Sox on Tim Teufel’s game-ending inside-the-park home run
After four straight losing seasons – including two last-place…

June 25, 1984: George Brett, Steve Balboni slam 3-run home runs in Royals rout
The 1984 Kansas City Royals were nobody’s idea of an offensive…

June 28, 1984: Boston’s Dwight Evans hits walk-off home run to complete the cycle
“I think I just hit for the cycle.”1 That’s what Dwight…

July 4, 1984: Jim Rice’s walk-off grand slam in 10th beats Athletics
It was quite a game for a holiday – or any day. It was quite…

July 8, 1984: Pawtucket Red Sox take opener of doubleheader against Rochester
On July 8, 1984, before a reported crowd of 3,846 at Pawtucket’s…

July 8, 1984: Pawtucket Red Sox sweep of Red Wings lands club in first-place tie
On July 8, 1984, before a reported crowd of 3,846 at Pawtucket’s…

July 8, 1984: SABR stages 1884 World Series re-enactment during Providence convention
In a nod to the organization's roots in historical research,…

July 10, 1984: Winning performances by two Expos lead NL to All-Star victory
A season after dropping its first All-Star Game since 1971, the…

July 15, 1984: Ashby’s walk-off single gives Astros the win in 16 innings
“My only regret is that it was not on national TV so the whole…