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Luis Tiant, Sr., excellent left-handed pitcher mostly for the New York Cubans, was born #OTD in 1906. In his career of over 20 years in Latin...
2016 The Endwell Little League wins the League World Series when Ryan Harlost tosses a five-hitter in the team's 2-1 victory over South Korea....
2012 Starlin Castro agrees to a seven-year contract extension with the Cubs, including a club option for an eighth season in 2020. The...
2007 Atop his right-field foul pole perch at Yankee Stadium, a not-so-shy squirrel watches the Bronx Bombers beat the Red Sox, 5-3. The...
2000 The players' association, pleased with the November 1996 deal, exercises its option to extend the collective bargaining agreement,...
1990 Ellis Burks becomes only the second Red Sox player to hit two home runs in the same inning when he goes deep twice in Boston's eight-run...
1970 Tony Horton unexpectedly takes himself out of the lineup during the fifth inning of a doubleheader's second game against California. The...
1962 Al Jackson limits the opposing batters to three hits, going the distance in the Mets’ 2-0 victory over the Phillies at Connie Mack...
1945 A moment in American history occurs in Brooklyn when Branch Rickey meets with Jackie Robinson to share his plans to integrate the major...
This Day in Baseball History August 28th 1884 New York Gotham pitcher Mickey Welch strikes out the first nine Cleveland Blues hitters to come...
August 28 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1936 Don Denkinger umpire (World Series: 1974, 80, 85, 91; MLB All-Star Game...
Sol White, a pioneer in Black baseball as a player, manager and executive, died #OTD in 1955. Later a sportswriter, he wrote "History of Colored...
In the annual East-West Game in Chicago #OTD in 1934, Jud Wilson singled home Cool Papa Bell with the only run in the East's 1-0 victory. Slim...
