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1982 — Philadelphia’s Pete Rose doubled off St. Louis pitcher John Stuper in the third inning to move into second place on the career hit list. Rose moved ahead of Hank Aaron with hit No. 3,772.
The Braves never have had a Home Run Derby winner. Perhaps it would be appropriate if that changed at Truist Park this summer.
Rays beat reporter Adam Berry conducted an AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit. You can read the full transcript here. Here are ...
A proposed deal for Pittsburgh Pirates closer David Bednar could cost the New York Yankees a future star in catching prospect Rafael Flores.
It is Manny Lee’s (yeah, I know he goes by Manuel now; I remember him/think of him as Manny) 60th birthday. Manny played ...
The Blue Jays played their first game at Skydome 36 years ago today. It opened a couple of days before, with a gala. Oscar ...
The Braves defeat the Giants 11-9 in the National League’s longest nine-inning game ever at four hours and two minutes. 1982: ...
The All-Star Village at Cobb Galleria will be the country’s baseball hub, with more than 50 interactive activities for fans Several former players, including Andruw Jones, Fred McGriff ...
Editor’s note: Scott Miller covered the Minnesota Twins for the Pioneer Press from 1994 to 1999. Before he left for CBS, he ...
2010 — Ken Griffey Jr. announces his retirement after 22 seasons in the major leagues. Hitting only .184 in part-time duty for the Mariners, he retires with 630 career home runs and six seasons of 40 ...
1912 — The New York Giants outslugged the Boston Braves 21-12 with the teams scoring a total of 17 runs in the ninth inning. The Giants scored seven runs to take a 21-2 lead and the Braves scored 10 ...