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ARCHIVE (current month 1st)

Sept 1, 1890: 1st Tripleheader in MLB history
Sept 2, 1990: Stieb finally throws no-hitter
Sept 3, 1957: Dodgers a draw outside Brooklyn
Sept 4, 1933: One MLB at-bat
Sept 5, 1995: Ripken ties Gehrig
Sept 6, 1967: 4-way tie for 1st in AL
Aug 01, 1972: Colbert matches idol Musial
Aug 02, 1979: Yankee tragedy in Ohio
Aug 03, 1959: A 2nd all-star game
Aug 04, 1969: The origin of "Big Red Machine"
Aug 05, 1921: 1st MLB broadcast
Aug 06, 1952: Paige & Trucks in dual of the century
Aug 07, 1907: Walter Johnson wins 1st of 416
Aug 08, 1954: Dodgers stage stunning rally
Aug 09, 2007-Ankiel returns a hero
Aug 10, 1944: Hour 15 minute shutout
Aug 11, 1976: Best team ever?
Aug 12, 1936: Record crowd watches Olympic baseball
Aug 13, 1978: Weaver gets the weather on his side
Aug 14, 1958: Vic Power steals home twice!
Aug 16, 1927: Ruth clears the roof
Aug 17, 1920-Chapman dies from beaning
Aug 18, 1989: The last left-handed catcher
Aug 19, 1951: Number 1/8 comes to bat
Aug 21, 1982: Fingers reaches 300 saves
Aug 22, 1965:Dodgers-Giants rivalry turns ugly
Aug 23, 1936: Feller strikes out 15 in 1st start
Aug 24, 1989: Pete Rose banned
Aug 25, 1983: 1st minor team to draw a million
Aug 27, 1955: Teenage Koufax comes of age
Aug 28, 1990: Sandburg 1st 30 & 30
Aug 29, 2005: '05 White Sox roller coaster
Aug 30, 1865: First White House visit
Aug 31, 1950: Hodges goes downtown 4 times
July 01, 1941: DiMaggio ties Wee Willie Keeler
July 02, 1941: Dimaggio breaks hits record
July 03, 1966: 2 slams in 1 game by the pitcher!
July 04, 1939: The luckiest man says goodbye
July 05, 1998: 100 RBI by all-star break
July 06, 1974: Dick Allen's mammoth HR
July 07, 1914: A's not interested in Ruth
July 08, 1994: Valentin turns unassisted triple play
July 09, 1946: 1st all-star game since end of war
July 10, 1936: Chuck Klein hits 4 HRs
July 11, 1914: Ruth's first game
July 12, 1979: Disco demolished, game forfeited
July 13, 1896: Tragic story of Ed Delahanty
July 14, 1972: Ump & catcher siblings
July 15, 1980: Bench takes catcher HR lead
July 16, 1909: Game goes 18 inning - no runs
July 17, 1941: Dimaggio streak ends
July 18, 1948: 5th to hit 4 HR's in a game
July 19, 1946: 14 ejected!
July 20, 1858: 1,500 see game on Long Island
July 21, 1959: Last to integrate
July 22, 1962: Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6
July 23, 1974: NL dominates all-star games
July 24, 1983: HR taken away because of pine tar
July 25, 1959: Cuban revolution puts end to game
July 26, 1987: Hunter, Williams, Dandridge elected to Hall
July 27, 1927: Mel Ott's 1st HR
July 28, 1976: Two Sox pitchers no-hit A's
July 29, 2003: Red Sox Mueller 2 slams, 1 game
July 30, 1980: J.R. Richard collapses
July 31, 1954: Adcock puts 4 in orbit
June 15, 1964: Trade Cubs wish they hadn't made
June 16, 2006: Yanks 1st visit to RFK since forfeit
June 17, 1962: Brock finds bleachers at Polo Grounds
June 18, 1962: Another Polo Grounds' blast
June 19, 1846: 1st game of baseball
June 20, 1948: Biggest crowd
June 21, 2004: Junior hits his 500th HR
June 22, 1946: Bill Veeck becomes an owner
June 24, 1983: Traded player gets hero's welcome
June 25, 1968: Barry Bonds Sr. homers in 1st MLB game
June 26, 1920: A HS kid named Gehrig
June 27, 1973: David Clyde-HS to the majors
June 28, 1911: New Polo Grounds opens
June 29, 1905: Moonlight Graham gets in a game
June 30, 1959: Musial out on weird play
May 01, 1969: Reds Astros no-hit each other
MAY stories
- May 2, 1939: Not a good sign
- May 3, 1951: Gil McDougald drives in 6 in 1 inning
- May 4, 1871: Major league baseball born on this date
- May 5, 1975: Charlie Finley and the designated runner
- May 6, 1964: HR over Comiskey's roof
- May 7, 1957: Herb Score's career in jeopardy
- May 8, 1947: Alleged plot to turn back the clock
- May 9, 1984: Longest American League game finally ends
- May 10, 1967: Aaron's one & only inside-the-parker
- May 11, 1977: Ted Turner takes matters into his own hands
- May 12, 1926: Walter Johnson wins his 400th
- May 13, 1958: Stan Musial gets his 3,000th hit
- May 14, 1927: Stands collapse in Philadelphia
- May 15, 1912: Cobb charges after fan
- May 16, 1939: 1st American League night game
- May 17, 1979: 22 runs not enough
- May 18, 1957: HR beats curfew by seconds
- May 19, 1981: Jim Bibby retires everyone except #1
- May 20, 1945: Pete Gray's best day
- May 21, 1943: One of baseball's fastest games
- May 22, 1963: The longest HR of Mantle's career
- May 23, 2002: Shawn Green goes long 4 times
- May 24, 1935: First Major League night game
- May 25, 2002: Shawn Green hits 9 HRs in a week
- May 26, 1959: 12 perfect innings... and a loss
- May 27, 1960: To catch Wilhelm size matters
- May 29, 2010: In 1st on Memorial Day
- May 30th: In 1st on Memorial Day
- May 31, 1975; Legends meet in Milwaukee
APRIL stories
- April 1, 1996: Umpire dies doing what he loves
- April 2, 1908 - The myth of Abner Doubleday is born
- April 3, 1987 - Eckersley
- April 6, 1973 - The DH era begins
- April 7, 1958: Playing baseball in a football stadium
- April 8, 1974: Aaron breaks the Babe's HR record
- April 9, 1993: Bo Jackson's dramatic comeback
- April 10, 1953: MLB nixes "Budweiser" Stadium
- April 11, 1961: Expansion California Angels surprise the experts
- April 12, 1960: SF Giants first game at Candlestick
- April 13, 1914: Rebel major league begins play
- April 14, 1993: Fisk gives new fans a thrill
- April 15, 1947: Jackie Robinson plays his first MLB game
- April 16, 1929: Players who hit HRs in first at bat
- April 17, 1953: Young Mickey Mantle hits a tape measure job.
- April 18, 1923: Yankee Stadium I opens
- April 19, 1996: Texas and Baltimore score 33 runs
- April 20, 1939: Ted Williams career begins
- April 21, 1934: Moe Berg - the spy who couldn't hit
- April 22, 1876: The National League begins play
- April 23, 1952 & 1999: The tale of two HR hitters
- April 24, 1907: Numbers appear on uniforms
- April 25, 1995: MLB resumes play after a 257 day strike
- April 26, 1961: Maris hit first HR of the season on this date
- April 27, 1947: Babe Ruth day throughout baseball
- April 28, 1956: Frank Robinson hits the first of 585 HRs
- April 29, 1983: Cubs Manager Lee Elia knows tirade
- April 30, 1961: Mays hits 4 HRs in one game
AUGUST stories
JULY stories
JUNE stories
- June 1, 1925: Lou Gehrig plays game #1
- June 2, 1941: Lou Gehrig's battle ends
- June 3, 1985: One of the best amateur drafts ever
- June 4, 1974: Trouble brewing in Cleveland
- June 5, 1974: Reggie & teammate come to blows
- June 6, 1983: #1 pick hits & misses
- June 7, 1973: Three #1's straight to majors
- June 8, 1979: Elway & Marino MLB draft 1st rounders
- June 9, 1963: The first Sunday night game
- June 10, 1969: Colavito hits 4 HR's in one game
- June 11, 1938: 1st of Vander Meer's consecutive no-hitters
- June 12, 1970: Doc Ellis no-hitter drug induced?
- June 13, 1924: Yankees-Tigers brawl leads to riot
- June 14, 1949: Shooting that inspired "The Natural"
MARCH stories
- March 1, 1969: Mickey Mantle retires
- March 3, 1953: The Milwaukee-St. Louis-Baltimore Browns-Orioles-Braves
- March 10, 1995: Michael Jordan strikes out

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