All posts tagged "New York Yankees"
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8.3K1Politics and MilitaryRhode Island’s Little Annapolis: The PT Boat Training Center at Melville
During World War II, Rhode Island residents could hear the roar of PT boat engines from Narragansett Bay all day and see...
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18.0K8Arts and LeisureBabe Ruth Throws a Piano Into a Pond
Babe Ruth once got drunk while in Sudbury, Mass., and threw a piano into Willis Pond to show off his strength. That,...
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6.2KArts and LeisureHappy Jack Chesbro, the Yankees’ Bill Buckner of 1904
In 1904, Happy Jack Chesbro threw a wild pitch as painful to New York Yankees’ fans as Bill Buckner’s error was to...
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3.5K7Arts and LeisureBabe Ruth: ‘A man ought to get all he can’
When Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announced he’d sold 24-year-old Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees on Jan. 5, 1920, The...
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15.1K10Arts and LeisureThe Royal Rooters Win the World Series With ‘Tessie’
The Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 1903 with the musical help of a raucous fan club called the...
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