MAY 9 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1927 Ray Katt catcher Cards, Giants [ATTACH] 1939 Herbert Hippauf pitcher,...
catcher “Bud” Fowler pioneered shin guards. The first known Black professional baseball player, he fashioned wooden slats to cover his shins &...
Before Willie Mays, there was the original 5-tool player, #OscarCharleston. [IMG]
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2016 Bryce Harper reaches base seven times without recording an official at-bat due to being hit by a pitch and receiving six free passes. In...
2010 Jody Gerut, who had four hits this season before the game, becomes the sixth Brewer to complete a cycle when he strokes a two-run ninth...
2001 With the deed not officially recognized as tying a record, at first, because the contest against the Reds goes extra innings, Diamondback...
1997 Twenty-year-old Ryan Jaroncyk, the Mets' hard-working first-round draft pick in 1995, retires from baseball, citing he finds the game...
1984 The White Sox and Brewers begin the lengthiest game in major league history, needing 8 hours and 6 minutes to complete the Comiskey Park...
1973 On a rainy night at Shea Stadium, the seventh-inning line drive off the bat of Atlanta's Marty Perez strikes Jon Matlack's forehead so...
1971 Willie Mays (634) and Hank Aaron (604) hit round-trippers in the Braves' 5-2 victory over the Giants at Candlestick Park. The long flies...
1961 The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc. announces the New York National League franchise's team nickname will be the Mets. Other...
1930 At Forbes Field, future Hall of Fame infielder Freddie Lindstrom completes the cycle when he doubles in the seventh inning of the Giants'...
This Day in Baseball History May 8th 1878 Providence Gray outfielder Paul Hines becomes the first player to execute an unassisted triple play...
MAY 8 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1850 Ross Barnes infielder (3×NA/NL batting champion 1872, 73, 76; 4×NA/NL runs...
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