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At Comiskey Park in mid-May 1984, there was a chance for “a miraculous happening,”1 an opportunity for something that had not happened since between July 1 and August 6 of 1977, when both Chicago teams were in first place for more than a month. Six weeks into the season, as May 16 arrived, the Cubs […]

From time to time you’ll see a catcher involved in a double play.1 They take part in “strike ’em out, throw ’em out” double plays, in which the batter strikes out and the catcher nails a baserunner attempting to steal a base on the same pitch. They are the second half of double plays in […]