Baseball
National championship
- Baltimore Orioles win the second of three successive National League championships
Events
- Temple Cup – Cleveland Spiders 4–1 Baltimore Orioles
- Veteran player Bud Fowler and the Page Woven Wire Fence Company organise the Page Fence Giants, a black professional team touring out of Adrian, Michigan. Economic depression in the 1890s has eliminated all but the Cuban Giants in New York City and neighboring states.
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Famous quotes containing the word baseball:
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—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)
“The salary cap ... will be accepted about the time the 13 original states restore the monarchy.”
—Tom Reich, U.S. baseball agent. New York Times, p. 16B (August 11, 1994)
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