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When the Milwaukee Brewers lost a no-hitter in extra innings at Yankee Stadium Sunday, it was actually the 13th time in MLB history it happened.

June 9 1901 — The New York Giants set a major league record with 31 hits in beating Cincinnati 25-13. Al Selbach of the Giants went 6-for-7 with two doubles and four singles and scored four runs.

Fourth in a series of posts .......... Significant records in sports rarely advance in a steady fashion. Often, they are not just broken, but demolished. Take baseball’s record for most wins in...

Hugh Fullerton was not just a sports writer. One afternoon, he was a hitter; another, a surgeon -- as described in these excerpts from a column of his reminiscences titled "Jealousy Among Baseball...

Cubs early walk-offs, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Feb 10, 2021, 3:52am CST + .......... FOURTH TIMES THE CHARM In the ninth inning of a 2-2 game at New York on July 9, 1890, a 1-out double and an infield error put runners on the corners for the Colts, as the team now was known. The next batter fanned, bringing up Walt Wilmot. The Chicago Tribune explained what happened next: "Wilmot, who had previously struck out three times, then sent a safe hit to left and the game was won." .......... T...