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Mr. October homers on three straight pitches
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...gives a performance that solidifies his place in baseball lore. The Yankees' slugger hits three home runs...on four pitches in his first plate appearance tonight before becoming the first player to hit three...
Page | ConversationHershiser breaks Drysdale's scoreless inning streak
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...of 49 consecutive scoreless innings into tonight's game. The record is 58 innings by Don Drysdale, though the former Dodger actually went 58-2/3. (Major League Baseball officials threw out the fraction.) In...
Page | ConversationRemove the asterisk, Maris will set HR mark
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...in order to break Babe Ruth's record. Tonight is the Yankees' 154th game to a decision...season. However, later in the century, Major League Baseball will remove the asterisk and Maris will be...
Page | ConversationPerry ejected for throwing doctored baseball
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...major league season, has been accused of throwing a doctored baseball for years, but he's never been ejected for the act. Until tonight. In the fifth inning of a game against the Boston...
Page | ConversationBabe Ruth, 53, succumbs to throat cancer
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...16, 1948 Babe Ruth, the man who transformed baseball with his powerful swing, dies of cancer of...five days at Memorial Hospital in New York. Tonight, he slips into a partial coma. Ruth's...
Page | ConversationNecciai first pro to get 27 K's in 9-inning game
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...Twins in the Class D Appalachian League this year, Necciai struck out 20 and 19. Tonight, he makes baseball history. The 19-year-old, 6-foot-5, 185-pound right-hander is the first...
Page | ConversationFirst indoor baseball game played at Astrodome
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...Astros' opponent in tonight's exhibition game, are impressed. "Fantastic," says pitcher Jim Bouton. "No, indescribable. No, science fiction." Because of the glare from the dome, the teams experiment with orange baseballs before a crowd...
Page | ConversationWilliams left a legacy of greatness
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...t happen for a while, though. Williams won't be called to active duty until after the baseball ends. He will win the Triple Crown, leading the American League with a .356 average, 36 homers...
Page | ConversationJustice served as Braves win first World Series
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...County Stadium, Glavine tommy-hawked the Indians, holding baseball's most potent lineup to just one hit...for their lack of support. Behind the plate tonight, a fan holds a sign that reads: "Justice...
Page | ConversationGreat World Series moments
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN Classic...singles followed by two doubles. In 1921, Williams will be one of eight Black Sox banned from baseball by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis for throwing the Series. The Reds score four runs in the first...
Page | ConversationGreat Series moments involving New York teams
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN Classic...of Famer, the nickname "Home Run." Oct. 9, 1916: Before Babe Ruth became the greatest slugger in baseball, he was one of the game's top pitchers. The Boston Red Sox southpaw was 23-12...
Page | ConversationThe Drive for Five
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comSignature game Dec. 30, 1981 - Hours before tonight's game, Wayne Gretzky, who had scored 45...fundraising game because he had wanted to play baseball that day. His father Walter admonished him: "I...
Page | ConversationFrom rags to sport riches
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...with the help of a local businessman. At Kingsburg High School, Johnson won varsity letters in football, baseball, football and track. He averaged nine yards a carry as a halfback in leading the team to...
Page | ConversationHank Passes the Babe
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...season, he tied Babe's record in Cincinnati. Tonight at Atlanta Stadium, 53,775 fans - the largest...by his teammates when he reached home plate. Baseball had a new home-run king. Hank by...
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