St. Louis rookie Bobo Holloman spent weeks urging manager Marty Marion to let him start a game. On May 6, 1953, he finally got the opportunity and responded with a no-hitter that few could have imagined.

🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage you’ll learn:

  • The manager's unforgettable next-day confession

  • The dream Holloman shared with his late father

  • The historic precedent hidden in the feat

🕵️ Replay Today: June 18, 1966

Travel back 60 years ago to the day, and experience baseball as fans saw it that day with one original newspaper page featuring:

  • the shift backfired to end an extra inning matchup

  • the Giants created more distance between them and the Dodgers

  • Baltimore’s Robinsons (Frank and Brooks) on a home run spree

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