August 22, 1917: ‘Some Game!’ Brooklyn wins after 22 innings
On a sultry Wednesday afternoon at Ebbets Field, the Robins…
September 12, 1917: Trench warfare, Deadball style, as Senators and Red Sox tie after 16 innings
Having won the World Series in both 1915 and 1916, the Boston…
September 27, 1917: All-stars turn out for Tim Murnane benefit
Baseball’s modern business model has turned major league benefit…
October 3, 1917: Senators’ Walter Johnson earns first career win against Babe Ruth with arm, bat
As the 1917 season reached its next-to-last day on October 3,…
October 6, 1917: White Sox win World Series opener at Comiskey Park
Oh, how it rained. The day before the first World Series game…
October 7, 1917: Red Faber’s pitching, not baserunning, lead to White Sox victory in Game 2
Before his first career World Series start, Red Faber was mostly…
October 13, 1917: White Sox’s big push brings bedlam in Game 5 comeback
Game Five of the 1917 World Series was back in Chicago and the…
April 12, 1918: Red Faber, White Sox win exhibition game in epicenter of influenza pandemic
The Chicago White Sox are pictured on April 12, 1918,…
April 15, 1918: Truck Hannah debuts against Walter Johnson on Opening Day
Only 17 men born in North Dakota have appeared in a major-league…
April 16, 1918: Reds’ Pete Schneider tosses one-hitter on Opening Day
It was the “first opening game since our energies have been…
May 5, 1918: Breaking the Sabbath: Navy Yard stars win exhibition at Braves Field
Though the crowd for the joyous May 7, 1918, Braves Field record…
May 6, 1918: Brooklyn’s Dan Griner loses no-hitter with two outs in the ninth
Exterior view of Ebbets Field’s iconic brick and arches,…
May 6, 1918: Boston’s Babe Ruth makes his first start as a position player
Boston Red Sox manager Ed Barrow scoffed at the very idea.…
May 7, 1918: Boston Braves blow out Brooklyn, 16-0
Shortstop Johnny Rawlings had the game of his life leading the…
May 8, 1918: The wildest, wobbliest, weirdest windup as Reds score nine in 9th
“The outlook wasn’t rosy for the Redland tribe that day;
The…
May 15, 1918: Walter Johnson and Lefty Williams spar for 18 innings
Had there been room, the Griffin Stadium scoreboard would have…
May 19, 1918: Senators’ first Sunday game draws record crowd in Washington
Paid-admission Sunday baseball came with relative ease to the…
May 20, 1918: Four late-game comebacks result in dizzying victory for A’s
The 1918 season did not start well for either the Philadelphia…
June 13, 1918: Cardinals rookie Cliff Heathcote hits for cycle in 19-inning tie game
A Thursday afternoon Philadelphia crowd of 3,500 fans got their…
July 2, 1918: Burleigh Grimes blanks Braves amid pressure to ‘work or fight’
In July of 1918, during World War I, American servicemen were…
July 17, 1918: Cubs’ Lefty Tyler outduels Phillies’ Watson in 21-inning marathon
When Chicago Cubs hurler George “Lefty” Tyler arrived at…
July 22, 1918: Bullet Joe Bush throws his fifth 1-0 shutout of season for surging Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox played only 126 games in 1918, a season abbreviated…
July 25, 1918: Senators’ Walter Johnson and Browns’ Allen Sothoron battle for 15 innings
Perhaps no baseball season has ever begun with more uncertainty…
August 1, 1918: Boston Braves’ Art Nehf blanks Pirates for 20 innings, loses shutout and game in 21st
When it comes to hard-luck losses, the textbook example is Harvey…