![Today in Sports History [5/2]: Pete Rose Suspended 30 Games](http://mettachronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/peterose-470x140.jpg)
On this day in 1988, Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose was suspended 30 games for shoving umpire Dave Pallone. The suspension, the longest of the…
![Today in Sports History [4/12]: A Baseball Catcher’s Dream](http://mettachronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/11-470x140.jpg)
On this day in 1877, a catcher’s mask was used for the first time in baseball. The first catcher’s mask was created the year before…
![MLB Game Preview [4/1]: SF Giants at LA Dodgers](http://mettachronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pic11-470x140.jpg)
Baseball is back … finally. The Dodgers get set to put their $215 million payroll to the test as they host the World Series champion…
![Today in Sports History [4/1]: 1972 MLB Strike](http://mettachronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pic1-470x140.jpg)
On this day in 1972, Major League Baseball players staged their first collective strike. It was the first organized player strike against MLB team owners,…
Finally, opening day is upon us as the Texas Rangers open up against their new inter-division rival, the Houston Astros. The NL West appears to…
It’s the fall classic. The air is crisp, trees are leaving, and thermometers are dropping everywhere, that is, except for in the red hot Giants’…
Every American professional sport has two major divisions that act as a mechanism to facilitate separate brackets when the season reaches its elimination stages. Both…
July 15, 1973 - Nolan Ryan (California Angels) became the first pitcher in two decades to win two no-hitters in a season. Exactly 2 months after…
Originally posted on Bases and Baskets Tim Lincecum is sporting a 3-10 record and a 6.42 ERA going into his first start after the All-Star…
On this day, 12 years ago |7/8/00|, Roger Clemens hit Mike Piazza in the head with a pitch, in the second game of the Mets/Yankees…
