When Dock Ellis took the mound against Cincinnati on May 1, 1974, he made history before recording an out, tying a major league record in a start that unraveled almost instantly. Yet somehow, what followed over the next nine innings prompted Sparky Anderson to call it the “goofiest” game he had ever seen.
🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage you’ll learn:
A frustrated Sparky Anderson reveals a stunning missed-opportunity total.
Ellis recalls an eerily similar wild outing from years earlier.
One remark linked Ellis’s collapse to a startling Pirates cautionary tale.
🕵️ Replay Today: May 31, 1976
Travel back 50 years ago to the day, and experience baseball as fans saw it that day with one original newspaper page featuring:
Lou Brock chased a slumping Tom Seaver as Cards win in extras
Astros set team record in double header sweep
Charlie Hough seals a Dodgers win in an unexpected way
Relive Baseball One Newspaper Page At A Time
Original sports pages preserve the sights, stories, and baseball writing that fans remember most.
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• Baseball history exactly as fans saw it then