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The Giants and the First All-Star Game
The first All-Star game was played in 1933 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. It is remembered largely because Babe Ruth, fat, stiff, and heading rapidly for obsolescence, hit a home run in the American League’s 4-2 triumph. National League manager … Continue reading
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The 100: Stu Miller (96)
One way to appreciate Stu Miller is to use Baseball Prospectus’s stat WXRL. WXRL attempts to tell us the number of expected wins a relief pitcher produced, above what a replacement-level pitcher would produce, adjusted for the quality of … Continue reading
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This Day in Giants History: February 22, 1945
At the major league meetings, the owners, due to wartime travel restrictions, cancel the 1945 All-Star Game, scheduled to be played at Boston’s Fenway Park on Tuesday, July 10. In place of the All-Star Game, eight simultaneous games pitting NL … Continue reading
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