Bobby Thomson

After lengthy skid, Angels will try to defy history

By NOAH TRISTERJune 13, 2022 GMT

The Los Angeles Angels finally ended their 14-game losing streak.

If Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani and Co. can rebound from that and make the playoffs, it would be unprecedented.

No team has reached the postseason after a losing streak of more than 11 games, according to Sportradar.

Going the distance: Giants-Dodgers headed to Game 5 Thursday

By JOE REEDYOctober 13, 2021 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It is only fitting that 70 years after Bobby Thomson's “Shot Heard 'Round the World” that the Giants and Dodgers will play in another all-or-nothing game.

Los Angeles' 7-2 win over San Francisco on Tuesday night in Game 4 of the NL Division Series evened the series and sent the first Major League Baseball playoff matchup between teams with at least 105 wins to Game 5 Thursday night at San Francisco's Oracle Park.

AP Sportlight

By The Associated PressOctober 2, 2021 GMT

Oct. 3

1942 — With a victory in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Whirlaway becomes the first horse to amass more than $500,000 in lifetime earnings.

1951 — Bobby Thomson hits a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers with one out in the bottom of the ninth to give the New York Giants a dramatic 5-4 playoff victory and the National League pennant.

This Date in Baseball

By The Associated PressOctober 2, 2021 GMT

Oct. 3

1897 — Cap Anson closed a remarkable 27-year career, which started in the National Association in 1871. He hit two home runs against St. Louis. He was 46, the oldest player to homer in the majors.

This Date in Baseball

By The Associated PressOctober 2, 2020 GMT

Oct. 3

1897 — Cap Anson closed out a remarkable 27-year career, which started in the National Association in 1871...

When giants fall: Sports loses Ali, Howe, Palmer, Summitt

By FRED LIEFDecember 21, 2016 GMT

Mighty sequoias fell in sports in 2016, transformational figures who reshaped the games and the culture — from Muhammad Ali to Gordie Howe, from Arnold Palmer to Pat Summitt...