When Fred McGriff broke a 3-3 tie with a sixth-inning homer, he did more than lift Tampa Bay to victory over the Orioles. That swing made him just the sixth player ever to accomplish a feat measured not by home runs alone, but by the remarkable variety of pitchers he'd conquered. The newspaper coverage explains why one otherwise ordinary Orioles pitcher became part of baseball history.
🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage you’ll learn:
An obscure pitcher entered baseball history
The exclusive list McGriff joined
McGriff's understated reaction to history
🕵️ Replay Today: June 28, 1976
Travel back 50 years ago to the day, and experience baseball as fans saw it that day with one original newspaper page featuring:
Rollie Fingers, Joe Rudi, and Vida Blue rejoin the A’s in latest twist in ongoing saga
a career first for Bob Boone
Kingman leading longballer
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 PagesInside you'll find:
- Daily original newspaper pages
- Baseball history exactly as fans saw it then