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Weeks after a foul ball bloodied a teen who lived in Babe Ruth’s former farmhouse, the Boston Red Sox ended an 86-year title drought.

Spoiler Alert! The Cubs haven't often played the role of spoiler in a pennant race. I wrote recently about the 1946 season, in which the third-place Cubs won 2 of 3 games at St. Louis on the...

Late in the afternoon of Saturday, June 8, 1946, Boston was struck by a violent thunderstorm. Winds raged at 80 miles an hour, and in one four-minute period a half inch of rain deluged the city. As night fell, there were lightning bolts that came so often and so vividly that it was as if "night turned into day." Trees were uprooted, telephone poles were knocked down, and widespread power outages were reported. It was said to have been one of the worst storms of its kind the city had seen in 60 years. Fortunately, the Red Sox game with the Detroit Tigers that afternoon was already over by the ...

No matter that a grounder by Aaron Hicks barely reached the outfield grass, Torres never stopped. By the time Torres tumbled across home plate, he had amazingly scored from first base on an infield single, a daring dash by an infielder not known for speed. “Incredibly heads-up play by Gleyber,” New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after Thursday's 7-4 loss to Houston. “I saw him racing around second, I’m like, `Oh yeah, OK.”' If anyone had ever seen a play like this — aside from Little League, perhaps — no one could remember it. New York had fallen behi...

2021/05/07 07:46 New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres slides home to score on a single by Aaron Hicks in the eight inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Th... New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres slides home to score on a single by Aaron Hicks in the eight inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Thursday, May 6, 2021, at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Astros defeated the New York Yankees 7-4. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Houston Astros relief pitcher Ryan Pressly, foreground, watches as New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres scores on A...