1932 Cubs GM Bill Veeck, Sr. announces Charlie Grimm will take over for Rogers Hornsby, who was fired today as the skipper of the second-place...
This Day in Baseball History AUGUST 2 1881 With his team already ahead in the eighth inning, 5-0, White Stockings (Cubs) outfielder Abner...
AUGUST 2 Baseball Birthdays ************************************** 1943 Tom Burgmeier pitcher, Royals, A's [IMG] 1966 Tim Wakefield, pitcher(MLB...
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Henry Aaron fanned only 1,383 times in his 23-year Hall of Fame career, and never K'd 100 times in a season [IMG]
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2001 For the thirty-third time in the team's history, the Tigers turn a triple play when Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman...
1998 The Braves, donning 1940 Atlanta Black Crackers styled uniforms, beat the Cardinals, wearing throwback uniforms of the 1928 St. Louis...
1982 The Hall of Fame inducts Hank Aaron, the career leader in home runs (755) and RBIs (2,297), Frank Robinson, the first MVP in both leagues...
1970 At Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Pittsburgh left fielder Willie Stargell accumulates 14 total bases with three doubles and two home runs....
1952 Boston starter Max Surkont matches goose eggs with the Reds' Ken Raffenberger during the first eight innings in a scoreless duel at Braves...
1933 Carl Hubbell's 45.1 consecutive scoreless innings streak ends when Randy Moore strokes a two-run single in the sixth inning of the Giants'...
This Day in Baseball History August 1st 1899 Louisville infielder Honus Wagner steals second, third, and home plate during the fourth inning...
AUGUST 1 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1865 Frank Grant HOF 2nd baseman (International League; pioneer early Negro...
Amen, I am here and would never leave for just the same reason Go Gators and Go Gator Country!!!
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