Most players hope simply to survive their major league debut. On May 7, 2010, Starlin Castro arrived in Cincinnati just hours after an unexpected summons and left with one of the most productive first games baseball has ever seen.

🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage you’ll learn:

  • The 7 a.m. phone call that started it all

  • The MLB record that now belonged to Castro

  • The names of the previous record holders

  • A coach's amusing celebration suggestion

🕵️ Replay Today: June 21, 1971

Travel back 55 years ago to the day, and experience baseball as fans saw it that day with one original newspaper page featuring:

  • Giants pulling away in NL West

  • Red Sox come-from-behind win spoils debut of rookie hurler

  • Pirates sweep on Stargell’s power display

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Relive Baseball One Newspaper Page At A Time

Original sports pages preserve the sights, stories, and baseball writing that fans remember most.

See Today's Vintage Newspaper Pages

Inside you'll find:

  • Daily original newspaper pages
  • Baseball history exactly as fans saw it then

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