May 12, 1909: Reds lefty Ed Karger is wild and unhittable
Cincinnati Reds manager Clark Griffith wanted to start pitcher…
June 29, 1909: Pirates bid farewell to Exposition Park in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Pirates came home from a six-game road trip to…
June 30, 1909: Forbes Field, Pirates’ house of thrills, celebrates Opening Day
It was a brilliant day for a ballgame. The skies were clear and…
July 14, 1909: Rocky Mount pitcher Jim Thorpe defeats Wilmington in Eastern Carolina League
In 1909 there were six teams in the Class D Eastern Carolina…
July 16, 1909: Tigers-Senators game called after 18 innings in scoreless tie
Detroit’s Bennett Park hosted a four-game series between the…
July 19, 1909: Neal Ball’s unassisted triple play and homer propel Cy Young to win over former team
The first game of the doubleheader between the Cleveland Naps…
July 31, 1909: ‘Bad’ Bill Dahlen gets ejected for the 34th and final time as a player
Bill Dahlen’s ferocious temper earned him the nickname Bad…
August 24, 1909: An honest slide by Ty Cobb — or malicious intent?
In baseball’s rough-and-tumble Deadball Era, no player was…
October 2, 1909: Jack Kull records only major-league win as Athletics beat Walter Johnson
The Philadelphia Athletics spent most of 1909 battling the Detroit…
October 3, 1909: The Old Fox auditions a passel of youngsters
On October 3, 1909, when the Cincinnati Reds took the first game…
October 14, 1909: Tigers top Pirates in ‘most exciting’ Game Six
The third time was supposed to be the charm for manager Hughie…
October 16, 1909: Pirates’ hopes rest in hands of a Babe
The first postseason meeting between the champions of the American…
April 14, 1910: Red Sox, Highlanders finish Opening Day in a 14-inning tie
Opening Day 1910 was quite a day for both of Boston’s major-league…
April 14, 1910: Walter Johnson impresses President Taft on Opening Day
On Opening Day, April 14, 1910, more than 14,000 fans filled…
May 12, 1910: Charles Bender tosses first no-hitter in Shibe Park history
“Bender's control, his absolute mastery over the batters…
June 13, 1910: White Sox end three-game scoreless skid by beating Senators, Walter Johnson
Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey seemed determined to…
July 1, 1910: ‘Baseball Palace of the World’ opens with White Sox’s first game at Comiskey Park
On a sweltering summer afternoon on July 1, 1910, the ballpark…
July 3, 1910: Pirates’ Chief Wilson hits for the cycle
On July 3, 1910, the reigning world champion Pittsburgh Pirates…
July 19, 1910: Cy Young wins 500th game in major leagues thanks to late Cleveland rallies
If citizens of tiny Gilmore, Ohio, trotted past McKinzie Young’s…
July 19, 1910: Russ Ford loses no-hitter in ninth on misjudged fly ball
Russ Ford’s rookie season of 1910 was one for the ages. The…
July 31, 1910: King for a Day: Cubs’ Cole tosses abbreviated no-hitter in St. Louis
“The locals really were outclassed,” lamented the St. Louis…
August 4, 1910: Jack Coombs, Ed Walsh hook up in scoreless, 16-inning pitchers’ duel for the ages
It was an epic pitchers’ duel between the Philadelphia Athletics’…
August 25, 1910: Philadelphia native Danny Murphy cycles but Athletics fall to Browns
The league-leading Philadelphia Athletics saw their six-game…
August 26, 1910: Jack Coombs fans 14 in four-hit shutout for A’s
Jack Coombs was in the midst of one of the most spectacular…