1. materials characteristic of baseball and the culture of baseball; 2. collectible baseball Americana
1958
Dick Stuart’s two-run, tie-breaking 450-foot homer puts Pittsburgh over the Chicago #Cubs, 4 – 2. Stuart’s clout, along with an earlier two-run blast by Bill Mazeroski, takes the surging #Pirates to their 20th win in 28 games, moving them from last place on July 22nd to third place.
1954
In a throwing contest between Jimmy Piersall and Willie Mays before a #RedSox-#Giants charity game, Piersall hurts his arm. He leaves the game midway. He wakes up the next day with a sore arm that stays with him a year, and he will never throw quite as well again.
1964
In a battle of MLB teenagers, 19-year-old #Mets first baseman Ed Kranepool knocks two homers off 18-year-old Phillies hurler Rick Wise.
1936
The #Cardinals are back in first place, beating the #Cubs in a game interrupted by a fight between former teammates Dizzy Dean and Tex Carleton. Both were fined $25 by Ford Frick, the National League president.
1971
Vida Blue of the Oakland #A’s becomes the first 20-game winner in MLB this season with a 1 – 0, three-hit gem over the #WhiteSox. The Chicago hurler, Joel Horlen, balks in the game’s only run.
1939
Mike Kreevich of the Chicago #WhiteSox equals the MLB record by grounding into four successive double plays against the Washington #Senators. It is a rare game for Kreevich who will hit .323 for the season.
1933
Carl Hubbell holds the #Braves scoreless through 5 innings to break the National League record for consecutive scoreless innings, set in 1908. But the #Braves score twice in the 6th and the #Giants lose, 3 – 1, as the streak stops at 45 innings.
