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Today in Sports History: August 3rd
8/03/1959 - Baseball plays second All-Star Game From 1959 to 1962, Major League Baseball did something very odd: they played two All-Star games. On this day in 1959, the American League defeated the N...
Today in Sports History: July 23rd
(The famous photo of Cobb. Photo courtesy of Charley Conlon, The Sporting News) 7/23/1910 - Cobb slides into third base It was on this day in 1910 that Charles M. Conlon snapped one of the most famou...
Today in Sports History: June 28th
(Fidrych pads the mound. Photo by William T. Anderson, The Detroit News) 6/28/1976 - Fidrych comes on the scene Tigers pitcher Mark Fidrych was a character if baseball ever had one. He padded the pit...
7/12/1979 - Disco Demolition Night
(7,000 fans ruined the twi-night doubleheader. Photo cortesy of AP Photos) Of all the wacky, out-of-control promotions that have been pulled at baseball games -- and there have been a few -- none is ...
8/19/1951 - Eddie Gaedel walks into history
Eddie Gaedel's one-game stint in Major League Baseball produced nothing of statistical importance: 0-0, 1 walk. Yet the conditions surrounding his at-bat were so preposterous that his appearance in th...
Today in Sports History: August 19th
8/19/1921 - Cobb reaches 3KTy Cobb gets a base hit off Red Sox pitcher Elmer Myers, giving him 3,000 for his career. Cobb, who was 34 at the time, would become the first player to also tally 4,000 hit...
Today in Sports History: May 15th
(The Clippers moved to L.A. on this day in '84. Photo by Noah Graham, Getty Images) 5/15/1912 - Cobb beats up hecklerTy Cobb left the game of baseball as the most respected player in the sport. He re...
Today in Sports History: May 18th
(Pippen and Davis. Photo by Bill Kostroun, AP Photos) 5/18/1912 - Substitute Tigers lose to A'sThe Detroit Tigers of the American League stage the first players strike in baseball history. They were ...
Off Topic All Stars: The Life and Times of Inge
I have, over the course of moving from baseball deprived Indiana to baseball batshitcrazyinsane Boston, become a fan of the game. I, like the vast majority of American boys, played little league...
Quick Hits: McClain, Williamson, Takahashi, Gaudin
Quick Hits:Minor league veteran Scott McClain agreed to a one year deal with the Hiroshima Carp. McClain, 37, is a career .262 hitter with 404 career minor league homeruns in over 2200 games. He never...
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