Just days after throwing his second no-hitter in eight months, 40-year-old Warren Spahn carried another bid into a May 3, 1961 showdown with the Dodgers. A single ruling in the third inning left fans wondering whether they had witnessed a routine hit—or the play that cost baseball one of its rarest feats.
🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage you’ll learn:
The controversial play that changed the game’s narrative
Why one Braves player blamed himself completely
Spahn’s surprising reaction to the disputed ruling
🕵️ Replay Today: June 7, 1981
Travel back 45 years ago to the day, and experience baseball as fans saw it that day with one original newspaper page featuring:
three Red Sox in a row for AL top batting honors
a cellar dweller takes down a division leader
Yanks grab AL East from Orioles
Relive Baseball One Newspaper Page At A Time
Original sports pages preserve the sights, stories, and baseball writing that fans remember most.
Inside you'll find:
• Daily original newspaper pages
• Baseball history exactly as fans saw it then