These All Star uniforms are an abomination, I don’t like the socks, the arm sleeves designs are odd. It’s all just a mess and I know it’s an...
1969 NL All-Stars Red Schoendienst (HOF), Matty Alou, Don Kessinger, Henry Aaron (HOF), Willie McCovey (HOF), Ron Santo (HOF), Cleon Jones, Johnny...
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1991 In a fifteen-inning loss to Kansas City at Royals Stadium, Orioles DH Sam Horn becomes the fifth and first non-pitcher in major league...
1987 Don Mattingly becomes the first American League player to hit a home run in seven consecutive games. The Yankees' first baseman will equal...
1979 At Seattle's Kingdome, Pirates outfielder Dave Parker, who cuts down Brian Downing at home with an amazing throw, is named the All-Star...
1974 Cardinals right-hander Bob Gibson becomes the second pitcher in major league history to record 3000 career strikeouts when he fans Cesar...
1961 "I think if I had my life to live over again, I'd do things a little different. I was aggressive, perhaps too aggressive. Maybe I went too...
1954 With Jim Gilliam (2b), Jackie Robinson (3b), Sandy Amoros (lf), Roy Campanella (c), and Don Newcombe (p) in the starting lineup against...
1941 Thanks to the outstanding defensive work of Indians' third baseman Ken Keltner, Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland's...
1918 The Phillies play the longest game in franchise history, a 2-1 loss in 21 innings to Chicago at Weeghman Park. The starting pitchers,...
This Day in Baseball History July 17th 1890 For the first time in baseball history, two 300-game winners are opponents as Tim Keefe of the...
JULY 17th BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1917 Lou Boudreau HOF shortstop (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series & AL MVP...
Two future Hall of Famers, the Dodgers' Don Sutton and Gary Carter of the Expos during introductions at the 1975 All-Star Game. This was Carter’s...
970 All-Star Game: American League manager Earl Weaver of the Orioles visits with battery of Sam McDowell and Ray Fosse from the Indians. [IMG]
1976 All-Star game shot of Steve Garvey and George Brett. The pair had 415 hits between them that season. [IMG]
It took only 1 hour for a pre-dawn fire to completely destroy the grandstands at Riverside Park in Rochester, N.Y., on July 16, 1897, the home of...
