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It’d be easy to look at the brand new ballpark that stands at 100 4th Street in Columbus and only think to the future.
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1952 — Hoyt Wilhelm of the Giants hit a home run at the Polo Grounds in his first major league at-bat. He was the winner, too, and pitched 1,070 games in the majors — but never hit another homer.
1945 — Albert B. “Happy” Chandler, junior Senator from Kentucky, is elected baseball commissioner by a unanimous vote of the major league club owners. Chandler is elected to a seven-year term and ...
A little over a month ago, we polled a panel of MLB.com experts about the best hitters in baseball headed into the 2025 ...