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This Week In Baseball History

Apr 28, 2023

Losing streaks are no fun. So are slow starts. And when you combine them, and the go on for nearly a month? Well, that's about the worst thing ever, as the Baltimore Orioles discovered 35 years ago this week, when they completed their record-settingly pathetic 21 game losing streak to open the 1988 season. Just how can...


Apr 21, 2023

When picking what milestone to celebrate this week, Mike and Bill were torn between Mike Schmidt's 4 homer game 47 years ago and Mike Schmidt's 500th homer 36 years ago this week. So they just decided to do both, and look back at the life and career of the man who is indisputedly the greatest third baseman in...


Apr 14, 2023

Yogi Berra had many fine qualities, but acting was not really one of them, as fans of General Hospital found out 60 years ago this week, when the Yankee great cameoed as Dr. Lawrence Berra, brain surgeon. Still, it made Mike and Bill wonder about the unexpected pop culture drop ins by ballplayers. Among their...


Apr 7, 2023

This year is the 100th anniversary of the opening of Yankee Stadium, which Babe Ruth did not build, but absolutely helped fund with his mammoth home runs. While it's been gone since 2008, CBS Sports's Dayn Perry (@daynperry) took the opportunity to remember, with impressive detail in his article "Old Yankee Stadium's...