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Wally Pipp's Career-Ending 'Headache'
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David Mikkelson
Aug. 3, 2003
Baseball folklore holds that Lou Gehrig's famous consecutive game streak began when the Yankees' ...
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Was Cal Abrams Tricked Into Insulting His Future Manager?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug. 2, 2003
Some of the national pastime's best revenge tales are those that never happened.
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Did Joe Gordon Strike Out to Keep Larry Doby from Looking Bad?
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David Mikkelson
June 19, 2003
Revising the past to make it look better to the present is an age-old phenomenon.
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Did Dock Ellis Pitch a No-Hitter on LSD?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 9, 2003
"I can only remember bits and pieces of the game. I was psyched. I had a feeling of euphoria."
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Was Fidel Castro Given a Tryout by the Washington Senators?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 21, 2003
Fidel Castro never regularly played, much less starred, on any baseball team.
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That Time Tony Lazzeri Served Up a Mushball
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Sept. 30, 2002
In 1937 the Yankee second baseman pulled an on-field practical joke using a doctored baseball.
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Gaylord Perry's 'Moon Shot' Home Run
Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 22, 2002
Did Gaylord Perry's manager predict he'd hit his first home only after men had walked on the moon?
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Was the World Series Named for a Newspaper?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 12, 2001
Legend holds that baseball's championship competition is known as the "World Series" because it ...
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The Cost(ner) of Love
Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 26, 2001
Rumor holds that the Baltimore Orioles deliberately created a lighting malfunction before a 1997 ...
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Billy Ripken's "F**k Face" Baseball Card
Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 9, 2000
Bill Ripken's 1989 Fleer baseball card features a hidden obscenity. How did it get there?
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Did 'Back to the Future II' Correctly Predict Cubs World Series Win in 2015?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 7, 1997
The 1989 film 'Back to the Future II' did not correctly predict Chicago would be the winner of a ...
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