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What Does Cub Rookie Pitcher Have In Common With Sandy Koufax? An Immaculate Inning!

I have to admit that, as long as I’ve been following this game, I had never heard of an “immaculate inning” until Chris Sale threw one last year...

Posted on: September 25, 2022
By: Gary Livacari
With: 4 Comments

Baseball’s Other “Babe,” Babe Herman: The Only Major Leaguer To Double Into a Double Play!

I was recently reading about baseball oddities (including “The Most Unusual Home Run Ever!”) and it got me to thinking about some other unusual occurrences on the baseball diamond...

Posted on: August 14, 2022
By: Gary Livacari
With: 3 Comments

A Follow Up To “Immaculate Innings” And The “Big Red Machine”!

Let's go back to 1975 when the "Big Red Machine" was in its heyday...

Posted on: September 7, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 4 Comments

More Fun With Baseball Rarities: Two Grand Slams in One Game!

I always enjoy trying to uncover rarities that occur on the baseball field....

Posted on: September 4, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 5 Comments

How Many of You Know What An “Immaculate Inning” Is?

Reading this morning's Chicago Sun-Times, I learned that Boston's Chris Sale threw what's called an "immaculate inning," tying Sandy Koufax as the only pitchers in baseball history to have thrown three in the entire history of baseball...

Posted on: August 27, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 6 Comments

Larry Yount: King of the One Game Wonders!

Baseball history is replete with weird, one-time-only oddities. And so here’s a real good one I stumbled onto yesterday.

Posted on: September 16, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
With: 3 Comments

Harvey Haddix Near-Perfect Game: One for the Record Books!

"Not a day goes by that somebody doesn't ask me about that game....

Posted on: July 29, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
With: 5 Comments

One Of Baseball’s Rarest Achievements!

Thanks to one of our readers, Don Jennings, I think I may have uncovered one of the rarest achievements in all of baseball, something you probably haven't really thought much about...

Posted on: June 6, 2020
By: Gary Livacari
With: 6 Comments

Another Edition of “Baseball’s Forgotten Stars”: Willie Kamm, Plus, “More Fun with Triple Plays!”

“There is the best third-base prospect I’ve seen since my days with the old Baltimore Orioles.” –White Sox manager Kid Gleason, speaking of Willie Kamm...

Posted on: December 18, 2019
By: Gary Livacari
With: 2 Comments

Another Edition Of Baseball Oddities: Whitey Herzog’s Unusual Triple Play!

Here’s something that caught my eye that happened on this date in 1960, 59 years ago...

Posted on: July 23, 2019
By: Gary Livacari
With: 3 Comments

“The Greatest Game Ever Pitched”: Don Larsen’s Perfect Game

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Posted on: October 27, 2018
By: Gary Livacari
With: 2 Comments

The Historic 2018 Playoffs Give Us More Fun With Baseball Cycles!

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Posted on: October 27, 2018
By: Gary Livacari
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More Fun With “Baseball Cycles” Trivia!

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Posted on: April 20, 2018
By: Gary Livacari
With: 5 Comments

Joe Cronin Hits Into One Of The Most Unusual Triple Plays Ever!

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Posted on: September 8, 2017
By: Gary Livacari
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Brooks Robinson’s Dubious Record!

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Posted on: June 9, 2017
By: Gary Livacari
With: 6 Comments

One of the Rarest of Baseball Feats! The Four Home Runs in One Game Club!

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Posted on: June 7, 2017
By: Gary Livacari
With: 5 Comments

Let’s Focus on Baseball’s Rare Perfect Games!

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Posted on: May 30, 2017
By: Gary Livacari
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A Real Baseball Oddity: The Unassisted Triple Play

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Posted on: July 6, 2016
By: Gary Livacari
With: 3 Comments

Fun With “Baseball Cycles!”

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Posted on: June 30, 2016
By: Gary Livacari
With: 0 Comments