April 17, 1929: Athletics open season by setting tone for dynasty to come
The 1929 season was expected to be the latest installment of…
April 18, 1929: Rain delays Opening Day; Robins grounded in Boston hotel
Moping about the lobby of Boston’s luxurious Hotel Statler,…
April 18, 1929: Babe Ruth celebrates ‘honeymoon’ with a home run
The Babe settled in the batter’s box on the port side of home…
April 28, 1929: Red Sox fall in first official Sunday game in Boston
By the late 1920s, the longstanding prohibition against playing…
May 5, 1929: Senior Circuit debuts Sunday baseball at Braves Field
Playing the national pastime on a Sunday was officially illegal…
May 8, 1929: Carl Hubbell tosses no-hitter in 18th career start
Not yet known as “King Carl” or “Meal Ticket,” the New…
May 16, 1929: New York’s Mel Ott hits for the cycle but Giants lose to Braves
“The Giants became tired of losing games one at a time.”1…
May 19, 1929: Death at Yankee Stadium: Two fans die after rain stampede
It began with a clap of thunder and a sudden deluge of rain,…
May 23, 1929: Browns’ Ski Melillo, ‘weak sister with the stick,’ hits for the cycle
The St. Louis Browns ran off to a fast start to the 1929 season,…
May 24, 1929: Ted Lyons hurls 21-inning complete game in epic struggle
The staggering, awe-inspiring numbers point to an era in baseball…
June 3, 1929: Lefty Grove, George Uhle battle into extra innings
Something had to give as the league-leading Philadelphia Athletics…
June 9, 1929: Cubs’ Art Nehf hurls four-hitter to win duel over Ben Cantwell, Braves
National League teams set new records by averaging 5.36 runs…
June 15, 1929: Riggs Stephenson’s walkoff pop foul wins it in the 10th
After losing their first five extra-inning games of the 1929…
June 18, 1929: Hack Wilson’s two homers lift Cubs past Cardinals
“Part of [Hack] Wilson’s legend was his physical appearance.…
June 25, 1929: Robins stun Giants with 5 ninth-inning runs to tie game, then win in 10th
The Brooklyn Robins and New York Giants were seemingly participating…
July 4, 1929: Wilson-Kolp brawl in dugout mars Independence Day at Wrigley Field
On the day that Chicagoans were celebrating their country’s…
July 6, 1929: Cardinals break 11-game losing streak with 28-hit, 28-run mauling of Phillies
The St. Louis Cardinals were in a disastrous midseason slump…
July 12, 1929: A new ‘dead’ ball? Brooklyn wins after wild 9th inning
When Ebbets Field locker-room attendant Dan Comerford arrived…
July 25, 1929: Foxx and Grove lead resurgent A’s to 21-3 rout
Connie Mack's Philadelphia A's hadn't won an American League…
August 1, 1929: Guy Bush hurls shutout to win 10th consecutive decision
“Those among baseball fans who insist that pitching is a lost…
August 5, 1929: Nationals supply fireworks in record-setting game in Washington
Before the season the consensus among sportswriters was that…
August 7, 1929: Babe Ruth goes deep as Yankees split with A’s at Shibe Park
In this first game of a twin bill in the dog days of August 1929,…
August 11, 1929: Babe Ruth hits 500th career home run
A solid klop must have filled Jake Geiser’s ears when a baseball…
September 2, 1929: Joe Cronin hits for first career cycle in win over Red Sox at Braves Field
From 1929 to 1932, the Boston Red Sox played their home games…