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October 16, 1971: Pirates wish for Clemente clones as Orioles extend Series to Game 7
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996. KANSAS CITY MONARCHS VS NEWARK EAGLES NEGRO LEAGUE WORLD SERIES, GAME 7 SEPTEMBER 29, 1946 RUPPERT STADIUM “AUTUMN FOR THE COLOR LINE” QUALITY OF PLAY 6.41 DRAMA 8.64 STAR POWER 8.75 CONTEMPORARY IMPORT 5.75 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE 6.77 LOCAL IMPACT 5.46 TOTAL: 41.78 The 1946 Negro League World Series was elegiac.
July 26, 1942: Monarchs’ Satchel Paige garners the victory on day in his honor at Wrigley Field
Negro League historian James A. Riley wrote about Satchel Paige, “A mixture of fact and embellishment, Satchel’s stories are legion and form a rich array of often-repeated folklore.”1 There is truth in the assertion that a lot of myth-making has been involved in constructing Paige’s life story: however, as Riley also noted, “The stories are endless. But the facts are also impressive.”2 Such was the case on the occasion of Satchel Paige Day at Chicago’s Wrigley Field on Sunday, July 26, 1942.
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September 6, 1976: Dodgers’ Steve Yeager suffers near-fatal on-field accident
A crowd of 31,010 gathered at San Diego Stadium on September 6, 1976, for a Labor Day game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the hometown Padres. Although the stakes were low, since neither team was playoff-bound, the pitching matchup between Don Sutton and the Padres’ Randy Jones promised to be a good one as both hurlers were top candidates for the NL Cy Young Award. A holiday and a pitching duel certainly made for a good combination, which may account for the game being nationally televised.
August 18, 1946: Artie Wilson turns in a star performance in Negro Leagues East-West Classic
After the East defeated the West, 6-3, in Washington, D.C., on August 15, the two All-Star squads went west to Chicago for the annual game that had originated in 1933 and had been played at Comiskey Park every season since then.1 The Pittsburgh Courier’s Wendell Smith reported that, since its inception, “spectators have paid out $383,000 and 434,000 have witnessed the classics” and asserted, “No other sports event attracts such a crowd.
October 17, 1979: 'Pops' Stargell named MVP as Pirates complete World Series comeback
October 17, 1979: 'Pops' Stargell named MVP as Pirates complete World Series comeback Corrections? Additions? If you can help us improve this game story, contact us. As the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles prepared to meet in the winner-take-all Game Seven of the 76th World Series, there arose a commotion over a column written by Baltimore Sun sports editor John Steadman.
September 30, 1967: Yaz brings Red Sox to verge of AL pennant
September 30, 1967: Yaz brings Red Sox to verge of AL pennant Corrections? Additions? If you can help us improve this game story, contact us.
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In November 1990, Texas Rangers general manager Tom Grieve released pitcher Jamie Moyer six days prior to his 28th birthday, telling him, “We don’t see you helping us.”1 St. Louis Cardinals manager Joe Torre echoed those words in 1991 when he informed Moyer, whose record was 0-5 at the time, that he was being sent to the minors and told him, “We don’t win when you pitch.”2 After rejoining the Chicago Cubs, his original team, for spring training in 1992, Moyer was released again.
September 29, 1963: Fleeting fame and enduring memories for Houston's John Paciorek, Jim Umbricht
September 29, 1963: Fleeting fame and enduring memories for Houston's John Paciorek, Jim Umbricht Corrections? Additions? If you can help us improve this game story, contact us.
June 4, 1974: 10-cent beer riot at Cleveland Stadium leads to forfeit
June 4, 1974: 10-cent beer riot at Cleveland Stadium leads to forfeit Texas Rangers 5 Cleveland Indians 5 (game forfeited to Rangers due to on-field riot) Cleveland Stadium Cleveland, OH Box Score + PBP: Retrosheet Baseball-Reference Corrections? Additions? If you can help us improve this game story, contact us.
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When the Chicago Cubs finally won a World Series again in 2016, after 108 years of futility, they also shed their standing as “lovable losers,” ceding that title back to the squad to whom it truly belonged: Charlie Brown and his ragtag neighborhood team of Peanuts fame.
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Charlie Brown When the Chicago Cubs finally won a World Series again in 2016, after 108 years of futility, they also shed their standing as “lovable losers,” ceding that title back to the squad to whom it truly belonged: Charlie Brown and his ragtag neighborhood team of Peanuts fame.
October 10, 1982: Milwaukee Brewers rally in Game Five to reach World Series
Game Five of the 1982 American League Championship Series on Sunday, October 10, 1982, was the most important contest fans at Milwaukee County Stadium had been treated to since its former occupants, the Braves, fell to the New York Yankees, 6-2, in Game Seven of the 1958 World Series. While the Brewers had made the postseason for the first time in strike-shortened 1981 after winning the second-half AL East Division title, they had been eliminated in the first round.
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Roger Clemens’ last major-league start, on October 7, 2007 — for the New York Yankees against the Cleveland Indians, the very team against which he had made his major-league debut in May 1984 — ended with him limping off the mound after only 2? innings with a hamstring injury. Clemens had already allowed the Indians one run in each of the first and second innings, and, after facing two batters in the top of the third, he could pitch no more.
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In November 1990, Texas Rangers general manager Tom Grieve released pitcher Jamie Moyer six days prior to his 28th birthday, telling him, “We don’t see you helping us.”1 St. Louis Cardinals manager Joe Torre echoed those words in 1991 when he informed Moyer, whose record was 0-5 at the time, that he was being sent to the minors and told him, “We don’t win when you pitch.”2 After rejoining the Chicago Cubs, his original team, for spring training in 1992, Moyer was released again.
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Lloyd Pepper Bassett made his name in Negro League baseball as the “Rocking-Chair Catcher.” If calling a game and receiving pitches while sitting in a rocking chair seems like a gimmick, the reason is that it was one. Bassett began his professional career with the New Orleans Crescent Stars, and low attendance led him to suggest to the team’s owner that he catch from a rocking chair.
May 6, 1998: Kerry Wood ties major league record with 20 strikeouts
One of the great things about baseball is that fans never know when a game they attend might turn into a historic occasion. This fact was borne out in an early-season, afternoon game between the defending NL Central champion and front-running Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs on a rainy day at Wrigley Field in 1998.
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Max Manning was a man of many nicknames. Newark Eagles teammate Jimmy Hill gave him the moniker Dr. Cyclops, by which he became best-known in baseball circles.
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While a catcher for the Seton Hall University Pirates in 1987, Craig Biggio and two teammates – future MLB slugger Mo Vaughn and 1987 NCAA batting leader Marteese Robinson – were dubbed “The Hit Men.” After a brief time in the minor leagues through the first half of 1988, Biggio spent the next 20 years playing catcher, second base, and outfield for the Houston Astros.
September 29, 2007: Biggio dons the tools of ignorance one final time
Baseball fans, more than fans of any other sport, are lovers of nostalgia, and the end of a star player’s long career evokes fond memories, even more so when that player has spent his entire career with one team. Craig Biggio made it to the major leagues as a catcher with the Houston Astros in 1988 but made a shift to second base in 1992, where – with the exception of the 2003 and 2004 seasons in the outfield – he spent the majority of his career.
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