Articles filed under Baseball
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This Date in BaseballJun 07, 2020 7:00 am - June 8 1914 - New York's Iron Joe McGinnity posted his 14th straight win beating Pittsburgh 2-0. With the win moved the Giants into first place over Chicago. 1927 - New ...
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This Date in BaseballJun 06, 2020 7:00 am - June 7 1885 - The American Association allowed pitchers to throw overhand. 1906 - The Chicago Cubs scored 11 runs in the first inning off New York Giants aces Christy Ma...
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White Sox, Cubs gear up for shortened draftJun 06, 2020 1:00 am - If major-league baseball plays at all this summer, it's going to be a shortened season. Minor-league baseball? Nothing is official yet, but we'll see you in 2021 with fa...
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GoFigure: Taking a look at some numbers from Sox-Cubs rivalryJun 06, 2020 1:00 am - Can you imagine the White Sox and the Cubs playing in the same division? Under a proposed realignment for a shortened 2020 season, it could happen. As fans hold out hope...
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Baseball way back: Why Wonderful Willie raised Cubs' fans' temperature in 69Jun 06, 2020 1:00 am - In 1969, Cubs fever swept through Chicago. The man who unleashed the outbreak was a 30-year-old former Negro League All-Star who stepped to home plate as a pinch hitter ...
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This Date in BaseballJun 05, 2020 7:00 am - June 6 1892 - Benjamin Harrison became the first U.S. President to attend a major league game as he watched Cincinnati and the hometown Senators in an extra innings game...
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MLB players say teams 'depriving America of baseball games'Jun 05, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Players accused teams of 'œdepriving America of baseball games'ť as part of a money fight set off by the coronavirus pandemic and raised the possibility ...
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This Date in BaseballJun 04, 2020 7:00 am - June 10 1921 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball's career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland's Jim Bagby in the third inning. The Indians...
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This Date in BaseballJun 04, 2020 7:00 am - June 6 1918 - Casey Stengel, after being traded by Brooklyn in the offseason, made his return to Ebbets Field a memorable one. In his first at-bat, Stengel called time, ...
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MLB players reaffirm pay stance, no deal with teams in sightJun 04, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball players reaffirmed their stance for full prorated pay, leaving a huge gap with teams that could scuttle plans to start the coronavirus-delayed s...