Baseball History
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Ed Abbaticchio, Major League Baseball’s first Italian-American player
The 1908 National League pennant race between the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates went down to the…
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Aaron, Clemente and Robinson: banned in Duval County, Florida
Can you think of three athletes whose stories are more inspirational than Henry Aaron, Roberto Clemente and Jackie Robinson? Me…
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Five Controversial Moments In Baseball History
Baseball is one of the world’s most widely played and popular sports. Alongside sports like the NFL, it is one…
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50 years ago: Roberto Clemente dies in plane crash
Today it would be called a “walk-off” win but that expression wasn’t in vogue on July 25, 1956. In any…
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50 years ago: Roberto Clemente’s 3,000th hit
This Friday, September 30 marks the 50th anniversary of Pittsburgh Pirates superstar Roberto Clemente‘s 3,000th hit. At the time, he…
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Searching for Pud Galvin’s grave
James “Pud” Galvin was a right-handed major-league pitcher during the years 1875 and 1879-92, mostly with the Buffalo Bisons and…
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