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Archive for August 8th, 2010

Baseball’s Day of Tragedy: August 8, 1903 Was Day of Horror at Philadelphia’s National League Park

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August 8, 1903 started as a leisurely Saturday in Philadelphia. Over 10,000 people flocked to National League Park, more commonly know as the Huntingdon Street Baseball Grounds, to watch the hometown Phillies take on the Boston Beaneaters in an afternoon doubleheader. By the end of the day, however, several people would lay dead with hundreds […]

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Game 110: Red Sox vs. Yankees

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vs. Josh Beckett PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI Derek Jeter SS 64 0.283 0.317 0.400 2 6 Nick Swisher RF 30 0.280 0.400 0.520 2 5 Mark Teixeira 1B 35 0.143 0.314 0.143 0 2 Alex Rodriguez 3B 57 0.294 0.368 0.490 2 10 Robinson Cano 2B 57 0.346 0.404 0.654 3 12 Jorge […]

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Sabathia Dashes Red Sox’ Hopes for Series Sweep

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Maybe yesterday’s matchup against the Red Sox really wasn’t a big game. After all, the Yankees entered the game with the best record in baseball, not to mention six fewer losses than Boston. When looked at rationally, dropping a second consecutive game to the Red Sox would not have been the end of the world. […]

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