It was going to be a very hot day for the St. Louis Cardinals-New York Giants Sunday doubleheader at the Polo Grounds on June 15, 1952. The forecast was for temperatures in the 90s. The Giants had defeated...
On a hot and sweltering Sunday afternoon, the New York Giants played the St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of a doubleheader after blowing an 11-0 fourth-inning lead in the first game and losing 14-12 as the Cardinals orchestrated an improbable comeback.
Satchel Paige and Don Larsen earned baseball immortality in dramatically different ways. Paige became a legend for his longevity, retiring major-league hitters into middle age. Larsen, in contrast,...
The New York Giants played their first game on May 1, 1883, and their last game on September 29, 1957. On August 19, 1957, Horace Stoneham, the Giants owner since 1936, announced that the team would move to San Francisco for the 1958 season.
The best baseball players return reliably year after year until they seem as much a part of the game as bleacher seats and foul poles. But a career’s end comes to every player, no matter how beloved or talented they are.
After the 1957 season, the Dodgers left Brooklyn bound for the west coast. In June of 2001, the minor league Brooklyn Cyclones began play. Between those two years, there was no professional baseball in all of Brooklyn.
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ all-time roster boasts several home-run sluggers of historical significance, including Willie Stargell (who hit 475 home runs as a Pirate), Ralph Kiner (301), Roberto Clemente (240)...
And just like that, fans’ optimism has faded away
The 31,389 fans attending this Wednesday midday game could expect a pitcher’s duel: Two first-time All-Stars were taking the mound, both with solid 2019 performances. The White Sox and Twins had split the first two games of the series...
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From SABR member Derek Bain at Baseball Analytics on May 23, 2020:Earl Weaver Baseball II augmented numerous elements that were pioneered in the original masterwork. Although the sequel suffered from several flaws...
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From SABR member Anne R. Keene at the Lewistown Sentinel on May 23, 2020:Roughly two dozen Major League Baseball players who served in World War II survive today. They remember Civil War veterans who officiated ballgames...