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NAVIN'S NOMINAL STAR:
In the off-season before the 1908 campaign, it was clear that Ty Cobb was a man confident in his own abilities... |
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THE CARACOLING ELEPHANT:
Sportswriter Hugh Fullerton once wrote, “If a man with a voice loud enough to make himself heard all over the United States... |
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FORD'S EFFORT FOR NAUGHT:
The Detroit Tigers captured their third consecutive American League title in 1909, hoping to find themselves atop... |
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THE CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN:
In 1911, the Giants reestablished themselves as the preeminent baseball club in the National League. Manager ‘Mugsy’ McGraw’s youngsters were... |
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MENACING MATHEWSON AND MARQUARD:
“If you desire one truth that is self-evident and beyond all rebuttal”, sportswriter Grantland Rice... |
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IDOL:
The grand title of ‘the greatest natural hitter’ was in sole possession of the young Joe Jackson in 1913. The former owner of that moniker, Cleveland... |
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YOUNG RUTH THRILLS CROWD:
In January of 1920, the course of two baseball franchises would be forever changed. The Boston Red Sox sold their star... |
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POSSIBLE PENNANT DREAMS:
On September 7, 1921, the 1:30 Wednesday start time drew more than 26,000 fans to the Polo Grounds to see the Yankees play a double bill... |
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THE NEW GAME:
Sportswriter Paul Gallico once wrote that “it was impossible to watch Ruth swing his bat without experiencing a powerful emotion.” |
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A TOUGH EPOCH FOR KINGS:
With the addition of infielder Everett Scott, and pitchers Joe Bush and ‘Sad’ Sam Jones, the Yankees were primed for another run at the World Series... |
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NEW BLOOD :
The Yankees were in trouble. Their 1925 season was only two months old, and the team seemed to be giving up already... |
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THE SAN FRANCISCO KID:
It all started with a barnstorming tour of the Hawaiian Islands. Well, for shortstop Augie Galan, that is. In late 1932, Galan asked San Francisco Seals owner... |
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BEAST BANGS GOMEZ, YANKS:
In the late 1920s and 1930s, the general consensus around baseball was that Jimmie Foxx of the Philadelphia A's was... |
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THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER:
Lou Gehrig was not great copy. Though one of the giants of the game, he never felt at ease with his fame. This is part of the reason that he was never... |
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HUBBELL BLANKS BEES:
It was the New York Giants' ‘Meal Ticket', Carl Hubbell, who got the start for the men in blue and white on opening day in 1937. |
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DIMAG' TOPS YANKEE HEAP:
Joe DiMaggio didn’t start the 1938 season quite the way he wanted to. Due to a contract squabble with management... |
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GEHRIG, GORDON AND GLENN BACK GOMEZ:
The Yankees rolled into the last week of the 1938 season in good form... |
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MARSE JOE'S JUBILEE:
These are the New York Yankees who took the American League by storm during the 1938 season. Leading the league in... |
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TOOTHPICK TED:
In the early morning, both the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees came to the south Bronx under a sunshine-filled sky... |
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PITCHERS ONCE FEARED HIS BAT:
When Lou Gehrig left the visiting Yankee dugout at Briggs Stadium to make his way over the home plate, he did not have a bat in his hand. |
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ROOKIE ROUTS RUFFING, YANKS:
On a shivering, grey April 20th afternoon in the Bronx, the Boston Red Sox met with the rival New York Yankees to open the 1939 baseball season.... |
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GEHRIG'S FAREWELL:
The first sacker had been the symbol of durability for the Yankee dynasties of the late 1920s and 1930s, amassing an astonishing record... |
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THE HEATER MAKES HISTORY:
When Bill, Lena, and Marguerite Feller filed into Comiskey Park on April 16, 1940, little did they know that they would witness history... |
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.429 FOR WILLIAMS:
It is generally thought that no one ever cared about hitting as much as Ted Williams did. It can also be said with much certainty...
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CROWD, DIMAGGIO STAYS HOT:
On June 29, 31,000 spectators found themselves in Washington’s Griffith Stadium not to suntan, but to watch history unfold... |
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DIMAGGIO TIES KEELER:
This was no ordinary mid-week doubleheader in 1941 for Joe McCarthy's boys. Certainly, the fact that the Boston... |
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WAX AND WANE AT WRIGLEY:
Baseball had found itself dragged into World War II after the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor in December of 1941... |
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RAPID ROBERT ROLLS:
Bobby Doerr struck again. In the second inning of the July 31, 1946 contest between the Red Sox and Indians... |
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'BABE RUTH DAY' CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT MAJORS:
‘The only real game, I think in the world, baseball”. These words echoed... |
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THE ROOKIE PHENOM:
Yankee manager Casey Stengel claimed that the young Mickey Mantle could “hit balls over buildings” and “run as fast as... |
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ON DECK FOR THE TRIPLE CROWN:
It was in the beginning of 1956 that Mickey Mantle started to fulfill his promise... |
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REDEMPTION FOR LARSEN?:
Once again, the eyes of baseball-loving America were focused on New York, as the Brooklyn Dodgers faced the... |
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PERFECT:
The creeping shadows cast by the copper facade of the triple-decked stadium engulfed the field of play... |
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PODRES PRESERVES, NABS WIN:
Though the Bums had not been playing wonderful ball in 1957, they were still in the thick of a playoff race... |
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FICKLE FATE AT FORBES:
The Pittsburgh Pirates had not faced the Yankees since the 1927 World Series, a one-sided match up by all accounts... |
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SANDY'S NO-NO:
If Sandy Koufax's arm injury during his third start of the 1964 season was an omen of bad things to come for the left-hander... |
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DODGER'S TAKE SEVENTH GAME, SERIES:
Amazingly, for a series in which the nation discovered how deep the religious... |
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BIRDS SWEEP SERIES:
From the outset of the 1966 World Series, it was fair to say that not too many people gave the Baltimore Orioles much of a fighting... |
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FAR FROM ALBUQUERQUE:
Ernie Banks will forever be remembered as one of the best baseball players to never get into postseason play. However, he will forever... |
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CURSE IS FOILED:
At first, it seemed that after David Ortiz's homerun into the right field bullpen of Fenway Park, that the Boston Red Sox were... |
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CHAVEZ STEALS SHOW:
After crushing the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2006 playoffs, the heavily favored New York Mets were... |
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