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Playing Hurt - Part 2 of 2
Dave Parker’s 1980 trade demand showed that a million-dollar contract wasn’t enough to buy happiness...or safe working conditions.
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Playing Hurt - Part 1 of 2
In 1980, a flying Duracell battery nearly drove Dave Parker out of Pittsburgh.
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Postscripts - Vol. 4
A St. Patty’s massacre, another team is burgled, and the joy of bobbleheads.
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Fire Watch
In 1993, Atlanta’s inflammable ballpark was burning, but nobody told the Braves to pause batting practice.
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Too Many Angles
In 1977, technology threatened to make umpires obsolete, and it’s been doing it ever since.
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Twisting the Tiger’s Tale - Conclusion
The fate of baseball’s first organized strike and a last look at the man who caused it.
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The Tigers Off The Street
The story of a historically absurd loss is also kind of a fairy tale.
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Project 3.18
Project 3.18
Remembering when baseball didn’t go as planned, and discovering history and culture through the window of the National Game.
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