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On This Date: Everyone Knew Rickey Was Going — And It Didn't Matter (Aug. 27, 1982)

On This Date: Everyone Knew Rickey Was Going — And It Didn't Matter (Aug. 27, 1982)

August 27, 1982. County Stadium, Milwaukee. The Oakland A's are 26 games under .500, and 40,000 Brewers fans have shown up anyway — because tonight, the only race that matters is between one man and a record.

5 Dead Ball Era Ballparks Where We Wish We'd Caught a Game

5 Dead Ball Era Ballparks Where We Wish We'd Caught a Game

They were concrete-and-steel palaces with marble rotundas, uphill outfields, and fences built out of pure spite. All five are gone. Here's where we'd sit if the time machine ever gets fixed.