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1893: The Making of a Team
1887: Hitting Streak No One Knew About
1897-1909: Stick to Boxing,
Tim
– Umpire
Hurst
1899:
Rube
Returns to
Louisville
1900:
Mugsy
&
Mattie
1901-1998: Intentional Walks with Bases Loaded
1902-5: Wacky
Waddell
Hidden Ball Tricks
1905: World Series Lost by a Hat -
A's
Miss
Rube
1908: Three Shutouts in Four Days
–
Walter Johnson
1908:
Cubs
-
Giants
1908: "Bonehead"
Merkle
Game
Parts I and II
1909: Worst Hitter Ever -
Bill Bergen
1910: Don't Let
Ty
Get That Title!
1911:
Home Run Baker
– How He Got the Name
1912:
Rube
's Great Season
–
Marquard
, not
Waddell
1913: A. "SPLIT" CENTURY -
Zimmerman
Behaves Himself
1918/1965: Lost Home Runs
– Rules Cost
Ruth
and
Aaron
1918: Everyday
Babe
–
Ruth
Plays 1B
1918: The Colossus Prevails
–
Ruth
's Great Stretch
1918-1939
–
Waite Hoyt
1919
: The Saga of
Ray Caldwell
– I & II
1920: Tragedy at the Polo Grounds
–
Mays
Beans
Chapman
1920: Last Tripleheader
1921: Whose Record Did
Babe
Break?
1923: Major League Beaver
-
Wes Schulmerich
1920s: Exhibition Games
1924: A Pebble Helps a Rock
– 1924 World Series Game 7
1925: Did He or Didn't He?
– 1925 World Series Game 3
1927:
Babe Ruth
's 1927 Seaso
n
1930-1950: You Put
Luke
in a Foul Mood
1930:
Babe
's Final Turn on the Mound
1931: Spectator Interference?
1931-1947:
Mahatma
,
Larry
, and
The Lip
(Parts I-V)
1932: Did
Babe
Call His Shot? 1932 World Series
1933: Almost Five HRs in One Game -
Lou Gehrig
at Shibe Park
1934: Unsung Star of '34 All-Star Game
1934: Be Careful What You Say
–
Dodgers
Bite
Giants
1934:
Dizzy Dean
– I
– 7th Game of World Series
1935: The Fuzz over
Feller
- I
1937:
Dizzy Dean
– II
– Bad Break in the All Star Game
1938:
Dizzy Dean
– III
–
Diz
Tames the
Yanks
through Seven
1938:
Jake Powell
, Racist
1938:
Hank
Stuck on 58
1930s: The AL's
Dizzy Dean
–
Lefty Gomez
1943: "Only Time I Saw
Durocher
Backed Down"
1944: Quick Work
–
Barrett
Shuts Out
Reds
1944: No Foot? No Problem!
–
Bert Shepard
with the
Senators
1944: The "Real" 1944 World Series
1945, 1953: Scorer Shenanigans
1945-47:
"Lucky" Lohrke
1946:
MacPhail
's Flying Circus
– New GM Rattles
Yankees
' Cage
1947: Louisiana War Hero Returns
-
Jake Jones
1947: Almost Another
Red
Double No-Hitter
–
Blackwell
Comes Close
1947: Most Watched Event in History
– First Televised World Series
1948:
Joe Early
Night
–
Veeck
Honors the Fans
1948: Greatest Year by a Hitter?
-
Stan Musial
1950:
Seminick
vs
Giants
1951:
Mickey Mantle
- "Go west, young man."
1951:
Durocher
on
Mays
1951:
Scooter
Comes Through
–
Rizzuto
Lays It Down
1951:
Scooter
's Biggest Embarrassment
– World Series Goof
1952:
Jimmy
Was Certifiable
–
Jimmy Piersall
1952: Five Wins, Two No-Hitters
–
Virgil Trucks
1953: How
Ernie Banks
Became a
Cub
1954: Meteoric Rise and Fall of
Karl Spooner
1954:
Durocher
on
Rhodes
1957: Anything to Stop a Double Play
–
Hoak
Exploits the Rules
1957:
Ted
's Remarkable Streak
–
Williams
Returns from Illness
1957: The End at
Ebbets
Field and Polo Grounds
1957:
Herb
and
St. Jude
–
Score
's Devotion Pays Off
1957-1966: Fastest Pitcher Ever
–
Dalkowski
Scares
Williams
1958:
Stan
's 3,000
–
Musial
's Big Day
1959:
Castro
Hosts the World Series
1960:
Piersall
's Month
1961: What's He Clapping About?
Mantle
Enjoys
Ford
K
1962: Another
Giants
-
Dodgers
Playoff
1965: $50 in Pennies
-
Wills
Protests
1965:
Juan
Mad Dude
–
Marichal
Wields a Bat
1965-1969: The Spaceman
–
Bill Lee
Parts I and II
1966: Excitement in Chicago
-
The Lip
and
The Brat
Take Over
1969-1982
- The One and Only
Earl Weaver
1969: Deference to a Hitting Streak - II
1969: Another
Met
Miracle
–
Earl
Would Have Protested
1970: Ugly No-Hitter: Stoned
Ellis
1971: He Shoulda Got the Flu before Every Start
–
Rick Wise
1977-2000: Yips Can Strike Anyone
1978:
Reggie
Was Hip That Night
–
Jackson
Vexes
Tommy
1983: The Pine Tar Game
–
Brett
Goes
Crazy
1986: Never the Same
– The Sad Tale of
Donnie Moore
1987: Deference to a Hitting Streak - I
2007: Brought Together by Tragedy -
Mike Coolbaugh
2008: "Best I Ever Saw"
–
Joe Gordon
Inducted into HOF
2009:
Rickey
Being
Rickey
–
Henderson
in HOF
2009: "Curse of the Colonel"
2009:
Tim Linecum