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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... |
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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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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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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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ROOKIE ROUTS RUFFING, YANKS:
On a shivering, grey April 20th afternoon in the Bronx, the Boston Red Sox met with... |
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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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'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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