Tommy Brown arrived in Brooklyn as a 16-year-old curiosity, sharing headlines with veterans twice his age. One year later, during one of the Dodgers’ uglier losses, he carved out a record baseball still hasn’t erased.
🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage you’ll learn:
The embarrassing stat line behind Brooklyn’s blowout loss
The veteran ex-star unexpectedly paired with Brown in photos
Also on the page: The bizarre reason an Ohio league game never started
🕵️ Replay Today: May 9, 1976
Travel back 50 years ago to the day, and experience baseball as fans saw it that day with one original newspaper page featuring:
a 16-inning marathon with sandlot league umpires
the A’s had trouble hanging on to the ball against the White Sox
a grand finish for the Orioles against the Tigers
The Newspaper Coverage Continues Below
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