Ty Cobb and George Sisler Take the Hill

Ty Cobb and George Sisler Take the Hill (1925)

With nothing riding on the 1925 finale at Sportsman's Park, the two player-managers had some fun. In the nightcap, Sisler put himself on the mound for the Browns and threw two scoreless innings. Not to be outdone, Cobb took the ball for Detroit in the eighth and retired three straight hitters before darkness ended it, an 11-6 Tigers win. Decades later, when baseball began crediting saves retroactively, that inning gave the Georgia Peach the only save of his career.

St. Louis vs. St. Louis (1944)

Two teams, one ballpark, and in 1944 both won the pennant. Every game of the only all-St. Louis World Series was played at Sportsman's Park, and in Game 1 the Browns batted first in their own home. They managed just two hits off Mort Cooper. One of them was George McQuinn's two-run homer onto the right-field pavilion roof, and Denny Galehouse made it hold up, 2-1. It would be the only World Series the St. Louis Browns ever played.

A New Round Begins (1969)

Divisional play arrived in 1969, and with it a new round: the League Championship Series. In Atlanta, the Mets became the first expansion team ever to play a postseason game. They trailed 5-4 going to the eighth, then exploded for five runs, capped by pinch-hitter J.C. Martin's bases-loaded single, and won 9-5. Hank Aaron homered in all three games of that series. The Mets swept anyway.

Father and Son, Side by Side (2001)

In August 2001, Tim Raines and Tim Raines Jr. became the first father and son to face each other in a regular-season pro game, down in Triple-A. Weeks later, Montreal traded the veteran to Baltimore, where Junior had just been called up. On October 4, Raines started in left at Camden Yards and his son started in center. The Orioles lost to Boston, 5-4. They joined the Griffeys as just the second father and son to play together in the majors. Opponents in August, teammates in October.