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This article from Baseball Digest explores some of the most remarkable September comebacks in Major League Baseball history. It highlights the resilience and determination of teams that overcame significant deficits in the final month of the season to secure first place in their league or division. The article specifically focuses on the Philadelphia Phillies in 1964, the St. Louis Cardinals in 1934, the Philadelphia Phillies again in 2007, the Chicago Cubs in 1938, and the Minnesota Twins in 2009. These teams provided memorable moments in baseball history and serve as examples of the power of perseverance. Additionally, the article mentions other notable comebacks, such as the New York Yankees in 1978, the New York Giants in 1951, the Seattle Mariners in 1995, the Minnesota Twins in 2006, and the New York Mets in 1973. These teams demonstrated the ability to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds and achieve victory. [Extracted from the article]

Bill Mueller, former Boston Red Sox third baseman and current assistant batting coach for the Miami Marlins, is the only player in history to hit two grand slams in a single game from both sides of the plate. Mueller achieved this feat on July 29, 2003, against the Texas Rangers. Despite not being known for his power hitting, Mueller's switch-hitting ability and dedication to the game allowed him to have a successful career, including winning an American League batting title in 2003 and helping the Red Sox win the World Series in 2004. Mueller credits his father for encouraging him to switch-hit and for instilling in him important values and lessons about the game. [Extracted from the article]

CJ Abrams, the Washington Nationals' everyday shortstop, has had a successful career in baseball since his days playing multiple sports as a child. He excelled in baseball and was drafted by the San Diego Padres in 2019. After a stint in the minors, he made his major league debut and eventually joined the Nationals in a trade. Abrams has become a key player for the Nationals, both offensively and defensively, and was named an All-Star in 2024. At only 23 years old, Abrams has a promising future in baseball. [Extracted from the article]

This article from Baseball Digest recounts the experience of Kyle Hendricks, the starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, during the 2016 National League Championship Series (NLCS) game that secured the team's first trip to the World Series in 71 years. Hendricks reflects on the elation and joy of the crowd, the celebration that followed, and the significance of the moment for the fans. The article also highlights Hendricks' performance in the game, where he outpitched Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, and discusses his struggles in subsequent seasons. The author emphasizes the importance of the game for Cubs fans and the lasting impact it had on the team's history. [Extracted from the article]

Jenny Cavnar, the first female primary play-by-play voice in MLB history, reflects on her historic journey in an interview with Baseball Digest. Cavnar expresses gratitude for the women in the game who paved the way for her, such as Suzyn Waldman and Melanie Newman. She discusses how the opportunity came about and her broadcasting background, including her time with the Padres and Rockies. Cavnar also shares her excitement about working with her broadcast partner, Dallas Braden, and her hopes for the future of women in sports broadcasting. [Extracted from the article]

The article titled "TRIBUTE" in Baseball Digest pays homage to members of the baseball community who passed away between December 1, 2022, and December 1, 2023. The article lists the names of individuals who have passed away during this period, including players, coaches, and other figures associated with baseball. The article includes a montage of photographs featuring some of the individuals mentioned. [Extracted from the article]

Todd Zeile, a former professional baseball player, had a career spanning 16 seasons and played for 11 different teams. Throughout his career, Zeile was involved in several notable events, such as hitting a drive in the 2000 World Series and witnessing significant moments like the September 11 terrorist attacks. Zeile's journey in baseball was unique and interesting, and he is now an Emmy-winning analyst for the New York Mets' network. Despite playing for multiple teams, Zeile was known for his character and ability to handle various situations. [Extracted from the article]

FEATURES Miguel Cabrera, one of the greatest hitters who ever lived, World Series champ, Triple Crown winner and member of exclusive baseball clubs where only luminaries such as Hank Aaron and Albert Pujols dwell, is the kind of rare talent that makes other players, including fellow future Hall of Famers, gush. But the Tigers sent six players - including outfielder Cameron Maybin and lefty Andrew Miller - to the Marlins for Cabrera and left-hander Dontrelle Willis. After a well-publicized incident late in the 2009 season in which Cabrera had been drinking and was arrested after his wife called 911 - Dombrowski picked him up at the Birmingham, Michigan police sta-tion - he sought treatment for alcohol abuse. Dombrowski hopes Cabrera stays in baseball somehow. [Extracted from the article]

Paddy O'Connor, the Hartford man- ager, wired Yankees president Ed Barrow, according to Frank Graham's 1942 Gehrig biography, the following message: "Gehrig no use to this ball-club, please recall him." Gehrig debuted at Hartford's Bulkeley Stadium on August 3 to a rousing reception from fans who may not have remembered Lou Lewis from 1921 but had read plenty about Gehrig since. With the blessing of his coach, Andy Coakley, Gehrig and Krichell came to terms and the Yankees would get Gehrig after the 1923 college season ended. [Extracted from the article]

FEATURES Throughout his long career, Dave Dombrowski has built a reputation as a baseball executive who is not shy about making blockbuster trades. Dombrowski has won World Series titles with the 1997 Marlins and 2018 Red Sox and won pennants in Detroit and Philly. - Jim Leyland Former Florida Marlins Manager After back-to-back losses in the American League Division Series in 2016 and 2017, Dombrowski's Red Sox secured their third straight Eastern division title in 2018 en route to a World Series championship. Detroit had been without a World Series appearance since 1984, but Dombrowski brought Leyland there in 2006 and the Tigers captured the AL pennant that year. [Extracted from the article]

If the batter steps out of the box in this situation, the clock will continue to run, and the batter must return to the box and be alert to the pitcher with at least eight seconds remaining on the pitch timer or a strike will be called. A quick-pitch may even be assessed when a pitch is delivered with eight seconds or less remaining on the pitch timer, if in the umpire's judgment, the batter - although alert to the pitcher - has not had sufficient time to become reasonably set in the batter's box. A: It appeared that Alonso was incorrectly called for a clock violation by home plate umpire Larry Vanover, causing McNeil to incur an automatic strike penalty as the result of his teammate's infraction. DEPARTMENTS Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani holds the distinction of being the first player called for pitch timer violations as a batter and a pitcher - and in the same game - on April 5. [Extracted from the article]

McGriff's blast highlighted the Atlanta Braves' 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians before 51,876 in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Even though Atlanta had come up a little short in prior years (losing the World Series in 1991 and 1992 before McGriff arrived in a mid-1993 trade with the San Diego Padres), the Braves of the '90s won a whole lot of games and had a lot of confidence. Fred McGriff grew up just blocks from Tampa's Al Lopez Field, which then was the spring training home of the Cincinnati Reds. In a contest he will never forget, McGriff - who will be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame on July 23 - connected against former World Series MVP Orel Hershiser in Game 1 of the 1995 Fall Classic. [Extracted from the article]

FEATURES They are an integral part of baseball's lore, the colorful and distinctive nicknames that became synonymous with nearly all the game's immortals of the Roaring '20s - Babe Ruth, "The Sultan of Swat"…Ty Cobb, "The Georgia Peach"…Lou Gehrig, "The Iron Horse"…Rogers Hornsby, "The Rajah"… Walter Johnson, "The Big Train"…Tris Speaker, "The Gray Eagle"…Frankie Frisch, "The Fordham Flash." It is generally believed the rail-thin Williams gave himself "Teddy Ballgame", while longtime Red Sox clubhouse man Johnny Orlando labeled him "The Kid" right after he arrived at Fenway Park in 1939. Photos left to right: Joe DiMaggio, Bettmann/Getty Images; Babe Ruth, MPI/Getty Images; Willie Mays, Focus on Sport/Getty Images; Stan Musial, Bettmann/Getty Images; "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Sporting News via Getty Images; Frank Thomas, Focus on Sport/Getty Images; David Ortiz, Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images "I think you'll find, especially from the early days, most of the nicknames given to players were given to them by the old-time writers.". [Extracted from the article]

STEVE CARLTON A GATHERING OF IMMORTALS The first-ever MLB All-Star Game in 1933 featured 11 future Hall of Famers in the starting lineups. That team, which finished sixth in the eight-team National League with a 58-80-2 record, included future Hall of Famer Vic Willis. TOUGH TO FAN I noticed that in Lou Boudreau's 1948 MVP season for Cleveland he had 676 plate appearances and struck out only nine times. [Extracted from the article]

Yes, it's entirely possible that, in an alternate universe, Rodríguez and Trout could have been teammates. Teammate Ty France eventually started referring to Rodríguez as "the best player in baseball" (and Rodríguez playfully began referring to France as "my babysitter"). FEATURES When Julio Rodríguez was 18 years old, his magnificent major-league breakout season still three years away, he sat in the dugout at the Peoria Sports Complex in Arizona and laid out the vision he had for his career. Rodríguez is respectful of the game and deferential to the players in it, particularly his veteran teammates on the Mariners, who have come to revere him. [Extracted from the article]

REMEMBERING "COMMISH" The Baseball Writers' Association suffered a monumental loss May 20 with the passing of Rick Hummel, the longtime Cardinals' beat writer and national baseball columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. If I'm correct and no other player made his debut on that day, Vida has the distinction of being the last player to make his first MLB appearance before men landed on the moon. It got me to wondering what pitcher did it first after Arizona and Tampa Bay gave MLB 30 teams in 1998. [Extracted from the article]

PHOTO (COLOR): Yankees manager Aaron Boone, seen here after home run No. 61, believes Judge is remarkably equipped to handle the pressures of home run chases and pennant races. You can work every corner of the Yankees' clubhouse and come away with the same sentiment: Judge wasn't just the Yankees' most-gifted and productive player during the 2022 season, he was also the driving force in the dugout. Judge learned an important lesson about inclusion from future teammate C.C. Sabathia in 2013 when, as a tall, 21-year-old kid - awkward and nervous - he walked into the Yankees' clubhouse. But there was Aaron Judge, forfeiting the hour or so that other Yankees use to grab coffee, chat with teammates, and otherwise ramp up at a normal pace. [Extracted from the article]

This article from Baseball Digest features various letters from fans discussing interesting and rare occurrences in baseball history. One fan highlights a doubleheader in 1969 where the starting pitchers for the New York Mets drove in the only runs of each game, a feat that has not been repeated since. Another fan asks about the rarity of pitchers throwing three complete games in a single World Series, with the last occurrence happening in 1968. The article also mentions that the New York Yankees have never won a World Series in years ending with 4 or 5. Additionally, the article discusses leadoff hitters who led their teams in home runs during a World Series-winning season, and it pays tribute to Hall of Fame manager Jim Leyland. Finally, the article provides a list of the top 10 pitchers with the most career wins, all with a single franchise. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the recent decision by the NFL to stream a playoff game exclusively on NBC's Peacock streaming service, which has raised concerns about accessibility for fans. The author compares this move to a personal experience of being unable to afford tickets to a Frank Sinatra concert, drawing parallels to the NFL's decision to limit access to the game. The article criticizes the NFL for prioritizing financial gain over the needs of its fans and suggests that Major League Baseball should learn from this cautionary tale and avoid alienating its own fan base by following a similar path. The article emphasizes the importance of considering the viewing habits and preferences of all fans, particularly older ones, and highlights the responsibility that baseball, as the national pastime, has to its audience. [Extracted from the article]

"Murray", his mother's maiden name, was a nickname that stuck when his grandfather took him to a Pirates game and folks started calling him "Little Murray." In the early 1990s, when MLB put on a game at a small soccer stadium in Offenbach, Germany, featuring exbig-league players, Cook met Jim Small, who is now MLB's senior VP, international. "He's always looking for a way to get the job done", added Sandy Alderson, the current president of the New York Mets who, when he was MLB's executive vice president of baseball operations from 1998-2005, often worked and traveled alongside Cook. When Cook was putting together the Field of Dreams field, the other Cook texted him this: "Starting to get lots of pub about the game. [Extracted from the article]

DEPARTMENTS Baseball Digest: For almost two years leading up to the 2022 season, the game has endured a pandemic - and all of its complications - and the longest work stoppage in its history. I think the game has changed - organically is the best word - in response to decisions made by individual clubs in an effort to win additional games. I went to Truist Park in Atlanta for Opening Day and the energy in that ballpark really drove home the excitement of Opening Day, how special Opening Day is and just the strength of our game. [Extracted from the article]

Baseball Digest has been a significant part of baseball coverage for fans everywhere. With its blend of history and current insights and its updated look, Baseball Digest is true to its roots and simultaneously a vibrant part of baseball's present. Like any kid who loved baseball, it was a thrill to be pictured on the cover of Baseball Digest. For fans of all ages who have a love and passion for our sport, Baseball Digest has been a must-read source of news and entertaining features over a period that predates television and has continued to grow and evolve through the Internet age. [Extracted from the article]

Source: Elias Sports Bureau STEVE CARLTON PHIL NIEKRO MAX SCHERZER JUSTIN VERLANDER THE HOME OF THE BRAVES I've been a baseball fan since 1953, when the Braves came to Milwaukee. As the 19 shutouts in 2018 were thrown by 19 different pitchers, the record low for shutouts in a season by a pitcher who led MLB is one in 2018 and 2022. Fewest CG Shutouts/MLB Leader Since 1900 2022 1 2018 1 2019 2 2021 2 *2020 2 *short season Fewest CG Shutouts/ MLB Since 1900 2022 16 2018 19 2019 26 2017 27 2021 29 Source: Elias Sports Bureau In a game that was called after 5.0 innings on October 4 at Fenway Park, Nathan Eovaldi became the 16th different pitcher to toss a complete-game shutout in 2022. [Extracted from the article]

Trey Lyter Manhattan Beach, CA Entering the 2023 season, Yelich's 499-foot home run last September is the third-longest at Coors Field in the Statcast era (2015-present) behind Rockie C.J. Cron's 504-foot home run on September 9, 2022 - three days after Yelich hit his - and a 504-foot home run by Giancarlo Stanton of the Marlins on August 6, 2016. Yelich's homer is the longest at Coors Field by a left-handed hitter. LAUNCHING PAD The Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich is an amazing player. [Extracted from the article]

Nine days after Brown and Thompson left St. Louis - with Robinson thriving and Doby surviving - the Dodgers brought up right-handed pitcher Dan Bankhead, 27, an ex-Marine, from the Memphis Red Sox of the Negro American League. Not so well known are the stories of those who followed through the doors he and Branch Rickey had pried open, the first four of which - Doby, Brown, Thompson and Dan Bankhead - made their debuts before that watershed season of 1947 ended. The Jackie Robinsons and the Larry Dobys of the world had the intestinal fortitude that allowed them to be able to manage the immense weight. FEATURES The spring and summer of 1947 brought change, new hope and excitement to other teams, in other cities, but in St. Louis, the Browns were still the Browns. [Extracted from the article]

Minnie, a bachelor, had two half-brothers, one now dead, whose names were Minoso - sons take the maiden name of their mother. DEPARTMENTS ARCHIVES Minnie Minoso is not the most graceful looking athlete who ever put on a big-league uniform. So when Minnie started playing there everyone called him Minoso. [Extracted from the article]

PLAYING .700 BASEBALL As late as September 20 this year, the Los Angeles Dodgers were playing .700 baseball (103-44). STACKING UP VICTORIES When he was placed on the injured list this year on August 29, Dodgers pitcher Tony Gonsolin had 16 wins and only one loss. TEEING OFF EARLY James Outman of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit a home run in his first major-league plate appearance on July 31 this year against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. [Extracted from the article]

DEPARTMENTS Theo Epstein has already done it all as a general manager/ president of baseball operations. PHOTO (COLOR): GM Epstein celebrated in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse in 2004 after the Red Sox had swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series to end an 86-year championship drought. In his second season, Epstein guided the Red Sox to their first World Series win in 86 years. [Extracted from the article]

FEATURES In the summer of 1981, the sun went down on baseball on June 12 when months of fruitless negotiations for a new labor agreement reached a stalemate over the thorny issue of free-agent compensation, prompting the major-league players to go on strike. "Whereas Frishberg just used names, my song was a story - a depiction of that time and about me growing up a fan of baseball and observing what baseball was all about", Cashman said. [Extracted from the article]

A night earlier (below), when he tied Gehrig's mark of 2,130, Ripken stroked this pitch for a homer in an 8-0 Orioles win over the Angels. PHOTO (COLOR): At Fenway Park in Boston early in his career, Ripken sat down with his father, Cal Ripken Sr., a longtime coach with the Orioles. Baseball Digest: Until you came along, teams emphasized fielding over power at shortstop. Baseball's Ironman Reflects on a Hall of Fame Career and Life at 60 PHOTO (COLOR): Ripken capped his 1983 MVP season with the Orioles winning a five-game World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies - their last title. [Extracted from the article]

THE GAME I'LL NEVER FORGET Andruw Jones began the 1996 season in Advanced Class-A ball. A right-handed batter, Jones would slug 434 home runs over a 17-year big-league career, including a Braves-record 51 homers in 2005. PHOTO (COLOR): The Atlanta Braves' Andruw Jones strokes his first of two homers in Game 1 of the 1996 World Series, becoming the youngest player to hit a World Series homer. PHOTO (COLOR): After hitting two home runs to spark Atlanta's 12-1 win over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the 1996 World Series, the 19-year-old Jones celebrates with teammates. [Extracted from the article]

When Mickey Mantle ended Game 3 of the 1964 World Series with a walk-off home run off the St. Louis Cardinals' Barney Schultz, the nine-year-old me didn't lament that the game took just two hours and 16 minutes. And when Reggie Jackson climaxed the first World Series I ever covered in 1977 with three home runs in Game 6, the last thing I thought about on the drive home from Yankee Stadium was the time of the game - just two hours and 18 minutes. [Extracted from the article]

In the 19 seasons from 1947-1965, the Yankees played in 15 World Series and the Dodgers appeared in nine. Jeff Morgan Palm Springs, CA The leaderboard for the most World Series lost is heavily populated by Yankees and Dodgers who played lots of October baseball in the two decades following World War II. NO COMPARISON TO GIBSON A letter that appears in the March/April 2022 issue wondered what Jacob deGrom's ERA would have been if he was not injured and was able to complete his 2021 season. [Extracted from the article]

I enjoyed your article in the September-October 2021 issue about the last ball pitched by the Senators at RFK Stadium. VOTTO JOINS ELITE 300-300 CLUB Cincinnati Reds star Joey Votto bounced back in a big way last season, producing 36 home runs and 99 RBIs after three seasons that suggested he was on a steady decline as he approached his 38th birthday. MORE HOMERS THAN SINGLES Tampa Bay Rays catcher Mike Zunino hit a career-high 33 homers on just 72 hits last season. [Extracted from the article]

As columnist Larry Guest wrote in Davey's hometown paper, the Orlando Sentinel, the month he was hired, "Johnson is unique in more important ways than merely being the first major-league manager who was spanked to life at Orange Memorial Hospital. The New York Mets averaged 96 wins a year in their six full seasons under manager Davey Johnson, and defeated the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series. Mets general manager Frank Cashen introduces his new skipper for the 1984 season, Davey Johnson, who had been a productive second baseman for elite Baltimore Orioles teams when Cashen was an Orioles executive. Johnson visits Mets starting pitcher Ron Darling (12) on the mound during a 1987 contest against the St. Louis Cardinals at Shea Stadium. [Extracted from the article]

DEPARTMENTS Baseball Digest:You played in the major leagues for 12 seasons (1983-94) and made two All-Star teams (198788). The NFL has half its teams in the playoffs, the NBA, too. I think Baseball tends to market the team, like the Yankees or the Cubs or so and so is on tonight, instead of the specific player. Reynolds has made interaction with players on the field an important element of his broadcasting career since he signed with ESPN, following his retirement as an MLB player in 1995. [Extracted from the article]

"It was David's first night in New York", said the 50-year-old Clancy, his Irish brogue still prevalent, "and Joe McEwing brought him here for dinner. Clancy's father, John, who is often a presence at Foley's NY, worked for the legendary restauranteur-to-thestars Toots Shor, who became Shaun's idol. Clancy eagerly hosts book signings for baseball authors, panel discussions and charity events any time baseball people need a place in New York. The personal touch, the memories, is what makes Foley's NY a baseball mecca and bonds Shaun Clancy to the game. [Extracted from the article]

Leyland was managing the Detroit Tigers and first baseman Miguel Cabrera had won the American League Triple Crown in '12. One of the Tigers' statistical analysts came up with a version of WAR in which Chicago Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney had a higher mark than Cabrera for that season. In 2019, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder-first baseman Cody Bellinger led the major leagues in Baseball-Reference's version of WAR with a 9.0 mark. That means the Dodgers would have won nine less games if they had used an average player on their Triple-A Oklahoma City roster in place of Bellinger. [Extracted from the article]

On the day after the Giants tied Brooklyn for the National League pennant, Monte was at Ebbets Field, taking batting practice for the first playoff game. By now, almost every baseball fan knows that Monte played third, first and the outfield for the Giants during the 1949, 1950 and 1951 seasons. DEPARTMENTS By Harold Sheldon Edited and Abridged from the January 1952 Issue The New Durocher was discussing the New Monte Irvin during the last World Series and in lines paraphrased from an old song of Larry Hart's he said: He is smart, he's refined; How can he be real? Monte Irvin, a star for the Negro NL Newark Eagles and New York Giants, excelled in the '46 Negro World Series and '51 World Series. [Extracted from the article]

Valentin has a special distinction in baseball history: I believe he is the only player to have a three-homer game, hit for the cycle and turn an unassisted triple play. Less than a year later, on June 2, 1995, with the Mariners again at Fenway, Valentin went 5-for-5 and drilled three homers in a 6-5, 10-inning victory. DEPARTMENTS ON THE WRONG END OF HISTORY Of the MLB-record nine no-hitters thrown in 2021, three of them were in games where the opposing pitcher was Zach Plesac of the Cleveland Indians. [Extracted from the article]

The Red Sox would falter down the stretch and the Orioles would catch them to win their fifth divisional title in six years. The Orioles jumped over the Yankees when they took two of three from the Red Sox at Fenway in late September and never relinquished the lead, finishing two games up on New York. GABBY HARTNETT MEMORABLE ORIOLES TWIN BILL Regarding your article "Five Head-Turning Doubleheaders" in the May-June issue, let me draw your attention to Labor Day 1974, when the Baltimore Orioles swept the Boston Red Sox with a pair of 1-0 victories. A few days later the New York Yankees grabbed the AL East lead from the failing Red Sox, who had led the division for all but a few days since late May. [Extracted from the article]

Del Crandall of the Milwaukee Braves hit home runs in Game 7 of both the 1957 and 1958 World Series vs. the New York Yankees. The 5-3, 10-inning loss to the Yankees - in which Shantz went the final 7.1 innings - was the penultimate game of Mack's managerial career. Even then I knew that Charlie Finley's A's were more or less a farm team for the New York Yankees, trading young players for older Yankees like Bob Cerv or Héctor López. [Extracted from the article]

The clamor to eliminate the intentional base on balls by putting a runner on with a wave of the hand has a false basis in its aim to improve baseball. Or what a pitcher should do with the count two strikes and no balls; or did Burleigh Grimes chew tobacco or sassafras? PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Sixty years ago, New York Yankees broadcaster Mel Allen (left), with comedic actor and rabid baseball fan, Joe E. Brown, railed publicly against baseball's "clamor to eliminate the intentional base on balls. [Extracted from the article]

We know that Cal Ripken holds the record for consecutive game played with 2,632, but who holds it for consecutive World Series games played? Rookie outfielder Reynolds finished at .314 and rookie shortstop Newman hit .308, good for seventh and eighth place in the National League batting race. It marks only the second time, since MLB first established a rookie qualification rule in 1958, that rookie teammates have qualified for the league batting crown and batted .300. After reviewing what are considered many of the game's best rookie seasons in MLB history, as far as we can tell, hitting .300 as batting title qualifiers AND holding down the top two spots in a big-league lineup is a claim that no two rookie teammates can make. [Extracted from the article]