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The first interracial handshake in American professional baseball history, Jackie Robinson and George Shuba. #42pic.twitter.com/YzZlEOofeW
Good-bye, Mr. November: Taking Stock of Derek Jeter’s Divisive Legacy
The most famous hit of Derek Jeter’s career sparked a legendary nickname.<p>Entering the 2001 playoffs, the Yankees’ shortstop had built a reputation as …
Derek JeterBurns reflects on impact of 'Baseball' after 20 years
Landmark documentary illustrates how game has mirrored societal change<p><i>Twenty years ago, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns changed the way fans of all</i> …
BaseballTwenty years after historic season cancelled, the ‘Montreal Expos’ back in first
Twenty years later on this darkest of baseball anniversaries, the Montreal Expos franchise is once again basking in the sunshine of first place.<p>A powerhouse ballclub had its record frozen in time Sept. 14, 1994, stuck forever at 74 wins, 40 losses. That’s the day the strike-shortened major-league …
MontrealRipken’s Record for Consecutive Innings Played
<i>Editor's note: This is a special preview of the Fall 2012 edition of the "Baseball Research Journal."</i> <i>SABR members receive full online and print</i> …
Sports AnalyticsBabe Ruth and the greatest World Series game ever pitched
<b>[Babe Ruth with Red Sox teammates, 1915 | Library of Congress]</b><p>A frequent refrain from supporters of Jack Morris’s Hall of Fame candidacy is that he …
Babe RuthYusmeiro Petit sets MLB record for consecutive batters retired
It started quietly on July 22, but over a month later, Giants reliever (and sometimes starter) Yusmeiro Petit has made history. The right-hander broke the record for consecutive batters retired on Thursday while facing the Rockies in San Francisco, setting down the first eight batters he faced to …
SoccerEric Wade on Twitter
1994 World Series game ball. The year of the strike. @<b>Baseball_Photos</b> #<b>noworldseries</b>pic.twitter.com/QHU1lgd2rf
Bob Motley, Last Surviving Negro League Ump, Recalls Baseball History
Bob Motley, a 91-year-old from Kansas City, Mo., has lived through remarkable times in our history.<p>His story is one of a black man in love with …
Kansas CityRockies' Michael Cuddyer Becomes 4th Player to Hit for Cycle in Both Leagues
Colorado Rockies outfielder Michael Cuddyer wasted no time re-acclimating himself to major league pitching, hitting for the cycle on his first day back from the disabled list in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader versus the Cincinnati Reds.<p>Cuddyer, who missed more than two months of action …
Hall of FameJuan Marichal on Twitter
Throwback- a couple of years ago with the amazing Willie Mayspic.twitter.com/EhfGFqHIPx
Ryan M. Spaeder on Twitter
Most HR by a LHB before age 22: Mel Ott 86 Eddie Mathews 72 Ken Griffey Jr. 60 Ted Williams 49 Bryce Harper 48* *Harper is still age 21