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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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Cal Abrams baseball card

Was Cal Abrams Tricked Into Insulting His Future Manager?

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David Mikkelson
Aug 2, 2003 Some of the national pastime's best revenge tales are those that never happened.
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Larry Doby and Lou Boudreau

Did Joe Gordon Strike Out to Keep Larry Doby from Looking Bad?

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David Mikkelson
Jun 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?

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David Mikkelson
Jun 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?

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David Mikkelson
May 21, 2003 Fidel Castro never regularly played, much less starred, on any baseball team.
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Tony Lazzeri

That Time Tony Lazzeri Served Up a Mushball

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David Mikkelson
Sep 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

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David Mikkelson
Jul 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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First World Series Game, 1903

Was the World Series Named for a Newspaper?

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David Mikkelson
Jul 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

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David Mikkelson
Jun 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

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David Mikkelson
Jul 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?

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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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