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Texas Rangers Baseball History8/5/83: Mike Smithson pitches eight scoreless innings allowing four hits, four walks, and fans five as the Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 2-0. Odell Jones pitches a 123 ninth for his ninth save of the year. George Wright and Larry Parrish drive in runs in the fifth inning.

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Texas Rangers Baseball History·
8/6/86: Toby Harrah hits a second-inning grand slam and Larry Sheets, Jim Dwyer both go deep for grand slams in the Orioles' nine run fourth as Texas beats Baltimore, 13-11, establishing a new record for homers with the bases full in one game. It was a five hit day for Harrah.

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Baseball’s Greatest Moments·Jeffrey Leonard, Kirby Puckett, Bo Jackson, and Julio Franco in the dugout at the 1989 All-Star Game.

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Happy Birthday to former MLB Outfielder Jose Cruz. Jose played 19 Major League seasons and hit .284 with 165 HR and 317 SB. He was a 2x All Star and 2x Silver Slugger Award winner. Jose was born 1947 in Arroyo, PR.

 

This Day in All Teams History​

May 11th​

• 1913 Bob Scheffing, American baseball catcher (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds), manager (Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers) and executive (GM NY Mets 1970-74), born in Overland, Missouri (d. 1985)

• 1928 Bill Bartholomay, American businessman and MLB owner (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves 1962-76), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)

• 1936 Bill Monbouquette, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1960, 60², 62, 63; no-hitter 1962 Boston Red Sox), born in Medford, Massachusetts (d. 2015)

• 1973 Edgardo Alfonzo, Venezualan MLB infielder, 1995-2006 (NY Mets; San Francisco Giants, and 2 other teams), born in Miranda, Venezuela

• 1986 Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player and third baseman (SF Giants, Boston Red Sox), born in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

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1904 After tossing 23 innings of no-hit baseball, Cy Young's streak ends. The stretch includes six innings today, two innings on April 25, six on April 30, and the perfect game against the A's on May 5.
1919 Reds' right-hander Hod Eller throws a no-hitter, defeating the Cardinals, 6-0. The ace of the eventual world champs strikes out eight while walking three batters on a cold day at Cincinnati's Redland Field.
1923 Establishing several Pacific Coast League marks, Pete Schneider hits five home runs and a double, driving in 14 runs as Vernon routs Salt Lake City, 35-11.
1946 The Red Sox's early-season winning streak ends at 15 consecutive victories when right-hander Tiny Bonham, giving up just two hits in the Yankee Stadium contest, blanks the team, 2-0. Boston, which will easily capture the AL pennant, started the season 21-3 before today's loss against New York.
1946 Boston loses to the Giants, 5-1, in the first night game played at Braves Field. The 37,407 fans, the largest crowd in thirteen years, are surprised when their hometown heroes take the field wearing shiny satin uniforms designed to reflect the light generated by the electricity used for the evening contest.





1949 The White Sox beat the Red Sox, 12-8, scoring in every inning of the Comiskey Park contest. A team tallying in every frame has occurred only five times in American League history.





1950 Connecticut Senator Abe Ribicoff introduces legislation designating June 26 as National Baseball Day, honoring the birthday of Major General Abner Doubleday, once promoted as the inventor of the national pastime. The bill, which did not pass, would authorize the President to issue an annual proclamation urging citizens to celebrate the day with special events and ceremonies.
1950 Although traveling by air is still a rarity in the major leagues, a train strike forces many clubs to fly to their next scheduled games. By the mid to late 50s, teams will begin flying regularly, coinciding with franchises moving further west and an increasing number of night games.
1955 At Wrigley Field, with the help of an Ernie Banks first-inning grand slam off Russ Meyer, Chicago snaps Brooklyn's 11-game winning streak, 10-8. The bases-filled homer will be Mr. Cub's first of five this season.
1956 In the bottom of the ninth inning at Forbes Field, 25-year-old rookie Danny Kravitz's walk-off grand slam off Jack Meyer erases a three-run deficit, giving the Pirates a dramatic 6-5 victory over the Phillies. The backup backstop's round-tripper is the first of his career.
1956 The Cardinals and Phillies swap hurlers, with St. Louis sending Harvey Haddix, Stu Miller, and Ben Flowers to Philadelphia in exchange for Herman Wehmeier, Murry Dickson, and a player to be named. The trade is completed and expanded a few days later when infielder Solly Hemus is sent to the 'City of Brotherly of Love' for Redbird utility player Bobby Morgan.
1962 Minnie Minoso suffers a fractured skull and breaks his wrist when he runs into the left-field wall chasing Duke Snider's triple in the Cardinals' 8-5 loss to L.A. at Busch Stadium. In mid-July, the St. Louis outfielder will return to the lineup, only to have a bone in his forearm broken with a pitch thrown by Craig Anderson of the Mets a month later.
1963 Sandy Koufax takes a perfect game into the eighth inning before walking Ed Bailey on a 3-and-2 pitch but will finish the Dodger Stadium contest with the second of four career no-hitters, blanking the Giants, 8-0. The Los Angeles southpaw beats San Francisco ace Juan Marichal, who will also author a no-hitter next month.
1971 In front of a sparse crowd of 2,992 at Cleveland Stadium, Indians starter Steve Dunning hits a second-inning grand slam off A's right-hander Diego Segui in Cleveland's 7-5 victory over Oakland. It will take another 37 years before another American League hurler goes deep with the bases loaded when Felix Hernandez of the Mariners accomplishes the feat against the Mets in 2008.
1972 After promising the club would never trade him, the cash-strapped Giants send Willie Mays, the only remaining player who moved to the West Coast with the team, to New York, the city where he began his Hall of Fame career in 1951, for right-hander Charlie Williams and $50,000 cash. Horace Stoneham, unable to guarantee his aging superstar an income when the outfielder retired, extracts a promise from the Mets that they will pay the 'Say Hey Kid' $50,000 annually for ten years after the future Hall of Famer stops playing.
1977 Trying to snap the Braves' 16-game losing streak, Ted Turner, the team's owner, takes over as field manager. The skid continues as the Pirates defeat Atlanta, 2-1, and National League president Chub Feeney informs the new skipper he cannot manage again because a rule prohibits a manager from owning a financial stake in the club.
1980 In the top of the seventh inning, Phillies' leadoff batter Pete Rose steals home after swiping second and third base to become the first National League player in 52 years to complete the stolen base cycle in one frame. In 1928, Brooklyn's Harvey Hendrick accomplished the feat in the eighth inning of an Ebbets Field contest against Chicago.
1991 After a heckler calls him 'Joey,' a name he dislikes, and references his problems with alcohol, Albert Belle responds by picking up a foul ball and nailing the offensive offender in the chest from 15 feet away. Although the fans supported his action, the Indian outfielder was fined and suspended for one week.
1993 In the top of the seventh of a tied game at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Jay Bell leads off the inning by grounding out to Phillies' shortstop Juan Bell. Of course, umpire Wally Bell rings up the Pirate infielder at first base.
1994 At Shea Stadium, en route to a two-inning save in Montreal's 4-3 victory over the Mets, Expo right-hander Mel Rojas strikes out the side in the top of the ninth, needing just nine pitches to end the game. The 28-year-old reliever fans David Segui, Todd Hundley, and Jeff McKnight to complete his immaculate inning, each swinging at strike three.
1996 On 'John Franco Day,' the New York veteran reliever and eight other players are ejected from the game due to participating in a fifth-inning bench-clearing brawl at Shea Stadium. After the team celebrated his 300th career save, the closer's unavailability in the ninth resulted in three hurlers combining to give up the tying runs in the team's eventual 7-6 walk-off win over Chicago.
1996 Al Leiter pitches the first no-hitter in the Marlins' brief existence, beating the Rockies, 11-0. The news earlier of the ValuJet crash in the Everglades tempers the celebration at Miami's Joe Robbie Stadium.
1998 Striking out 13 Diamondbacks, Cubs' Kerry Wood sets a major league record for strikeouts in consecutive games with 33 in two games. Luis Tiant (1968 - Indians), Nolan Ryan (1974 - Angels), Dwight Gooden (1984 - Mets), and Randy Johnson (1997 - Mariners) shared the previous record for strikeouts (32) in two starts.
1999 For the first time this century, two opposing starting major league pitchers with the same name face one another. The Rockies' southpaw Bobby M. Jones bests right-hander Bobby J. Jones and the Mets in the Coors Field contest, 8-5.
2000 At 37, Joe Strong becomes the oldest player to make his big-league debut since pitcher Diomedes Olivo played for the Pirates in 1960 as a 41-year-old. The 'seasoned' rookie throws 1⅓ hitless innings.
2000 Manny Ramirez tags a first-inning grand slam and adds a two-run homer in the sixth, leading the Indians to a 16-0 rout of the Royals. The victory, stopping Kansas City's winning streak at five games, is Cleveland's most lopsided shutout in 45 years when the Tribe beat the Red Sox 19-0.
2000 The Brewers beat the Cubs, 14-8, at Wrigley Field in four hours and twenty-two minutes. The length of the contest breaks the National League record and ties the mark set by the Orioles and Yankees on September 5, 1997, for the longest non-extra-inning game ever played.
2000 Aaron and Bret Boone, sons of former major league catcher Bob and the grandsons of Ray, also a former big leaguer, hit home runs in the same game for the second time in their careers. Bret's pair of two-run homers, a shot in the top of the first and an inside-the-parker in the sixth, is offset by his younger sibling's walk-off round-tripper in the bottom of the ninth, giving the Reds an 11-9 victory over the Padres at Cinergy Field.
2001 The Cardinals send Rick Ankiel (1-2, 7.13), who threw five wild pitches to the backstop yesterday, to their Triple-A club in Memphis to work on overcoming his unexplainable lack of control. The young left-handed fireballer has walked 25 batters in 24 innings this season.
2001 In the sixth inning of a 7-2 loss to the Mariners, Carlos Delgado surpasses Joe Carter as the Blue Jays' all-time home run leader as he hits his 204th homer with the team. The Toronto first baseman, the current American League leader with 14 round-trippers, acknowledges the standing ovation from the SkyDome crowd with a curtain call.
2002 The Devil Rays snap their 15-game losing streak, a franchise record, thanks to Randy Winn's three-run walk-off homer. The right fielder's ninth-inning two-out blast comes off Jorge Julio, giving Tampa Bay a 6-4 victory over Baltimore at Tropicana Field.
(Ed Note: We thank Adam Sanford for suggesting this entry.)

2002 At Citizens Bank Park in the bottom of the eighth, Arizona reliever Byung-Hyun Kim strikes out the side on nine pitches, whiffing Scott Rolen and Mike Lieberthal swinging, and then fans Pat Burrell, taking a third strike to complete his immaculate inning. The Diamondback right-hander blows a save in the next frame but picks up a win when the team scores a run in the tenth for an eventual 6-5 victory over the Phillies.
2003 Six games under .500, the Marlins dismiss Jeff Torborg after he was criticized for his pitching staff's poor performance due to a rash of recent injuries to the team's young arms. Veteran 72-year-old skipper Jack McKeon becomes the franchise's sixth manager, posting a 75-49 record for the remainder of the season en route to winning the National League pennant and beating the Yankees in six games to become World Champions.
2003 In his last at-bat on the current homestand, 38-year-old first baseman Rafael Palmeiro drives a 3-2 fastball thrown by Indian hurler David Elder to become the second player this season and 19th overall to hit his 500th career home run. The 370-foot shot over the right-field wall at The Ballpark in Arlington makes Raffy the first native of Cuba to reach the coveted milestone.
2004 Playing for the St. Paul Saints, Marc Turndorf pops up a $5,601 pitch in an auctioned at-bat. The Los Angeles man had the winning eBay bid for the opportunity to hit for the Northern League team.
2004 Pittsfield city officials and historians release a 1791 document they believe is the earliest written reference to baseball. The 213-year-old bylaw, used to protect the windows of the town's new meeting house by prohibiting anyone from playing baseball within 80 yards of the building, was uncovered by baseball historian John Thorn while researching the origins of baseball.
2004 After missing yesterday's game to become an American citizen, Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez, much to the delight of the Fenway faithful, leads his teammates out of the dugout, waving an American flag to celebrate his first day as a citizen of the United States. As the 31-year-old native of the Dominican Republic comes to bat, the PA system plays Neil Diamond's song America.




2005 The Red Sox end a game for the second consecutive day by hitting a walk-off home run off the same pitcher, a feat accomplished only five previous times in major league history. A's closer Octavio Dotel, who also gave up Kevin Millar's decisive blast yesterday, is victimized today by Boston backstop Jason Varitek, who goes deep in the ninth to beat Oakland, 6-5.




2006 After he breaks his left wrist while attempting to make a diving catch, Hideki Matsui's streak of playing in every game since starting his MLB career in 2003 ends at 518 games. The 31-year-old Yankees' left fielder established the big-league record for consecutive games to start a career, surpassing Hall of Fame infielder Ernie Banks, who played in 424 contests at the start of his playing days with the Cubs from 1953 to 1956.
2008 At Shea Stadium, a 13-minute delay occurs at the beginning of the ninth inning of the Mets' 8-3 victory over the Reds when David Ross bats out of order, making an out in Corey Patterson's place in the lineup. The confused umpires eventually make the correct call, telling Ross to bat again, now with one out, without his teammate having an opportunity to come to the plate.
2009 At AT&T Park, Randy Johnson records his 298th career victory when the Giants beat the Nationals, 11-7, in a game that featured pitchers with a combined height of 163 inches, making the matchup the tallest in baseball history. The 6-foot-10' Unit' and 6'9" Daniel Cabrera reached new heights by an inch, surpassing the previous mark established in 2004 by Cabrera and Mark Hendrickson, a southpaw who is 81 inches tall.
2009 In a 13-5 loss to the Reds at Chase Field, Josh Wilson keeps his career ERA at 0.00 by hurling a scoreless ninth inning to become the fifth Diamondbacks position player to pitch for the team. The Diamondbacks' infielder also threw one inning for the Devil Rays in 2007.
2012 The Mets play their 8,000th game in franchise history, dropping a 6-5 decision in Miami when closer Frank Francisco allows the tying and winning runs to score in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Amazins have compiled a 515-485 record during the thousand-game span, with third baseman David Wright being the team's top home run hitter and run producer with 143 round-trippers and 595 RBIs.
2014 In his first appearance of the season, Aroldis Chapman strikes out three consecutive batters after issuing a leadoff walk and records a save in the Reds’ 4-1 victory over Colorado. During a spring training game in March against Kansas City, the Cincinnati All-Star closer was struck in the head by a line drive, which resulted in surgery to repair fractures near his nose and left eye.
2016 Max Scherzer ties a major league mark when he strikes out 20 batters in a nine-inning game, joining Roger Clemens (1986, 1996 Red Sox), Kerry Wood (1998 Cubs), and Randy Johnson (2001 Diamondbacks). The 31-year-old right-hander, who goes the distance in Washington's 3-2 victory over the Tigers at Nationals Park, has an opportunity to establish a new record with two out in the ninth, but James McCann grounds into a force out at second base, ending the contest.




2022 With his triple in the ninth inning, Christian Yelich completes his third career cycle, hitting a ground-rule double in the first inning, a two-run homer in the third, and a single in the fifth in the Brewers' 14-11 loss to the Reds at Great American Ball Park. The Milwaukee outfielder becomes the sixth major leaguer to accomplish the feat, joining Trea Turner, Adrián Beltré, Babe Herman, Bob Meusel, and John Reilly.
(Ed. Note: Each of Christian Yelich's cycles occurred while playing against the Reds. In 2018, he cycled twice against the team in a span of twenty days. - LP)

2024 The Cubs score six of their seven runs in the fifth inning thanks to six bases-loaded walks in the team's eventual 10-9 loss to the Pirates at PNC Park. The number of free passes in one frame is the most in 65 years, when the White Sox drew eight in a 1959 contest against the A's.

 

Reggie Jackson 563 HR 2584 Hits 2597 Strikeouts Slugger

Not enough people talk about Reggie Jackson • 563 HR, 1702 RBI, 74.0 WAR, 139 OPS+ • 14x AS, 1973 AL MVP, 2x Silver Slugger • 5x World Series Champ, 2x WS MVP​

 

Bianchi: After 15 years of doing morning radio, I’m hanging up the alarm clock and moving to afternoons
Open Mike had the longest continuous of any daily sports radio show in Orlando history.

 

Willie “Pops” Stargell delivers
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Today In 1916: Boston #RedSox pitcher Babe Ruth outduels Walter Johnson in 13 innings for a 1-0 win over the Washington Senators at Fenway Park! #MLB #Baseball #Legends #History

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ALEJANDRO KIRK STOLE THE FIRST BASE OF HIS MLB CAREER AND THEY LET HIM KEEP IT




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1. All-Time Top 10 Starting Pitchers (RHP) 1. Walter Johnson 2. Christy Mathewson 3. Cy Young 4. Greg Maddux 5. Bob Gibson 6. Pedro Martinez 7. Tom Seaver 8. Pete Alexander 9. Roger Clemens 10. Bob Feller​

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Today in All Teams History
August 24th
1905 At Philadelphia's Baker Bowl, Ed Reulbach goes the distance when the Cubs defeat the Phillies in 20 innings, 2-1. The 22-year-old right-handed rookie will finish the season with an 18-14 record (.563) and an ERA of 1.42.
1910 Billy Sullivan snags three baseballs dropped by batterymate Ed Walsh atop the 555-foot Washington Monument. The White Sox catcher, feeling the 200-to-300 pounds of force the objects gain in their vertical descent, nixes the idea of trying to catch a ball tossed from a plane.
1919 In his first start as a member of the Indians since being traded from the Red Sox, right-hander Ray Caldwell is knocked unconscious after being struck by lightning with two outs in the top of the ninth inning. The 31-year-old free-wheeling spitballer, out for about five minutes, refuses to leave the game, needing just one more out for the complete-game victory, records the final out for the 2-1 win over Philadelphia at Cleveland's League Park.
1928 The A's close within three games to the Yankees when Rube Walberg blanks the Indians, 1-0, completing a four-game sweep of their opponents at Shibe Park. Philadelphia's 32-year-old southpaw tallies the contest’s only run, scoring on Mickey Cochrane's third-inning single.
1940 In Detroit's 12-1 blowout of the team, Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams pitches the last two innings of the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park. The 'Splendid Splinter,' who strikes out Rudy York on three pitches, allows only one run on three hits.
1941 During a doubleheader against the Cardinals, a ragtag group of five musicians, dubbed the Dodger SymPhony by announcer Red Barber, makes their Ebbets Field debut. None of the members can read music, but the band performs their zany antics at evening and weekend games.
1945 After signing a contract with the Indians yesterday for approximately $40,000, WW II veteran Bob Feller throws a 4-2 complete-game victory over the Tigers in his first appearance since serving 44 months in the Navy. 'Rapid Robert,' wearing his familiar uniform number 19, not worn by another Tribe player in his nearly four-year absence, faces 37 batters, striking out 12 while giving up four hits in the two-hour-and-17-minute Cleveland Stadium contest.
1951 A thousand fans, sitting behind the Browns' dugout, using yes and no signs, vote on decisions made by the coaching staff. Owner Bill Veeck's idea appears to work as St. Louis beats the A's, 5-3. Ned Garver picks up the win.
1951 After being demoted to the minor leagues six weeks ago, Mickey Mantle returns to the Yankee lineup, going 1-for-4 with a first-inning single off Early Wynn in the team's 2-0 victory in Cleveland. The game marks the first time the future Hall of Famer wears the iconic #7 after the team gives his original #6 to infielder Bobby Brown, who had worn the numeral in previous seasons.
1955 A telegram sent to Brooklyn president Walter O'Malley by the Patchogue Chamber of Commerce offers the team "thirty acres or more of dry flat land in open country in the heart of Long Island's densest Dodger fan concentration." The village's attempt to attract the fleeing franchise to the south shore of Suffolk County will not materialize, with the club, after exploring many different venues as an alternative to Ebbets Field, leaving the East Coast in 1958 to play in Los Angeles.
1956 Johnny Kucks needs only 73 pitches to blank the Pale Hose, 2-0, on four hits in a two-hour contest played at Yankee Stadium. The 24-year-old All-Star right-hander, who improves his record to 17-7, has become the team's #2 starter, behind Whitey Ford, for the eventual World Champs.
1957 The Dodgers employ eight pitchers in one game in a 13-3 loss to Milwaukee at Ebbets Field, tying a major league record. Johnny Podres gives up three home runs in the fourth frame when Nippy Jones, Hank Aaron, and Andy Pafko go deep off the Brooklyn starter.
1960 During a dull game, Vin Scully, the play-by-play voice of the Dodgers, knowing that many fans in the stands follow the game on transistor radios, asks his listeners to help him surprise third base umpire Frank Secory. His ballpark audience responds when the veteran broadcaster tells them, "Let's have some fun. As soon as the inning is over, I'll count to three, and on three, everybody yell, 'Happy birthday, Frank!'".
1963 ABC's Wide World of Sports airs the first live telecast of the Little League World Series, with Chris Schenkel providing the play-by-play commentary. The network provides 'the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat' when Grenada Hills (CA) edges Stratford (CT) in an extra inning of the championship game, 2-1.
(Ed. Note: In 1953, CBS provided a tape-delayed broadcast of the championship game. - LP)

1969 The Pilots trade Jim Bouton to the Astros for Roric Harrison and Dooley Womack. The reinvented knuckleball pitcher, who posted a 2-1 record and an ERA of 3.91 in his 57 games with the Northwest expansion team, will continue to chronicle the 1969 season for his controversial book Ball Four.
1971 At Wrigley Field, Ernie Banks hits the final home run of his career in the Cubs' 5-4 loss to Cincinnati. Mr. Cub's 512th round-tripper, tying him for seventh place on the all-time list with Eddie Mathews, comes in the fourth frame off right-hander Jim McGlothlin, a two-out solo shot to left field that ties the score at 3-3.
1973 Sitting in the top row of the bleachers at Cleveland Stadium, 21-year-old John Adams begins a tradition that will continue until he dies in 2023 when he starts to bang on his drum to cheer on the hometown Indians. Over the years, the team will celebrate their #1 fan by giving two complimentary season tickets for him and his drum, having him participate in several ceremonial first pitches, creating a bobblehead in his likeness, and, upon his passing, inducting him into the franchise's Distinguished Hall of Fame, placing a bronze sculpture in Heritage Park at Progressive Field as a tribute, and renaming the bleachers in his honor.
1974 Davey Lopes steals five bases, tying a National League record established in 1904 by Giants first baseman Dan McGann. The Dodger second baseman's quintet of stolen bases adds to the team's franchise mark of eight in their 3-0 victory over the Redbirds at Chavez Ravine.
1975 Ed Halicki, in the second game of a doubleheader sweep, no-hits the Mets, 6-0. The Candlestick Park masterpiece includes ten strikeouts by the Giants right-hander, who will never have a winning season in San Francisco and will post a 55-66 record during his seven-year career.




1975 Dave Lopes steals his major league record 38th consecutive base, but the streak will be stopped by Montreal backstop Gary Carter when he attempts to swipe another bag in the Dodger Stadium contest. The second baseman's streak ends in the 12th inning of the team's 5-3 loss in fourteen frames.
1976 At Tiger Stadium, Bill Freehan hits his 200th and final home run in a 12-7 loss to the White Sox. The Detroit catcher will finish his career hitting 100 homers at home, with the other 100 dingers coming on the road.
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The Phillies retire the uniform No. 1 in honor of Hall of Fame outfielder Richie Ashburn, considered one of the best leadoff hitters and defensive players during his 12 years with the Phillies. After brief stints with the Cubs and the expansion Mets, 'Whitey' returned to Philadelphia, becoming a beloved broadcaster for the team until he died in 1997.
1980 Gene Mauch resigns as the Twins manager, leaving a team with a 54-71 record and 26 games out of first place. The 'Little General' will be replaced by third base coach John Goryl, given a one-year contract after he guides the club to 23 victories, including a 12-game winning streak, in the final 36 games of the season.
1982 John Wathan breaks Ray Schalk's 1916 record for stolen bases in a season by a catcher with his 31st. The Royals backstop accomplishes the feat when he swipes third base in the seventh inning of Kansas City's 5-3 victory over Texas at Arlington Stadium.
1983 Orioles' southpaw Tippy Martinez picks off three runners in the tenth inning when the Blue Jays baserunners take long leads, trying to take advantage of his new batterymate, Len Sakata, an infielder pressed into service behind the plate. The converted catcher gets revenge when his three-run homer in the bottom of the frame wins the game, 7-4.
1985 Don Baylor ties an American League record after being hit by a pitch thrown by Mariner southpaw Mark Langston in the first inning of the Yankees' 4-3 victory at the Kingdome. The New York DH gets plunked for the 189th time in his career, tying him with Minnie Minoso, who established the mark in 1963 with the White Sox.
1989
"In the absence of a hearing and therefore in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, I am confronted by the factual record of the Dowd report, and on the basis of that, yes, I have concluded that he bet on baseball." - A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI, commissioner commenting on Pete Rose's lifetime banishment.



"Regardless of what the commissioner said today, I did not bet on baseball." - PETE ROSE, defending himself at Riverfront Stadium news conference.

Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, stating he believed that Pete Rose had bet on games, including those of the team he managed, announces an agreement that bans Mr. Rose permanently from baseball. The five-page agreement, signed by the commissioner and the Reds manager, does not indicate the suspension is specifically for betting on baseball games and does not include language that Rose wagered on specific contests.

1993 Kevin Reimer, joining Johnny Briggs, who accomplished the feat twenty years ago, becomes the second Brewer to go 6-for-6 in a game, collecting two doubles and four singles. After singling in the final frame, the Milwaukee DH/right fielder scores the winning run in the team's 7-6 walk-off victory over the A's in 13 innings at County Stadium when Dave Nilsson ends the contest with a two-out hit to left field.
1999 Ken Griffey Jr. joins Babe Ruth, Ralph Kiner, Duke Snider, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew, and Mark McGwire as the only players to hit 40 homers in four consecutive seasons. The Mariner outfielder goes deep in the team's 5-0 victory over the Tigers at Safeco Field.
2000 In his fifth rehabilitation start in the minors, Devil Rays' 26-year-old pitcher Tony Saunders' left arm breaks again while uncorking a wild pitch. The Devil Ray southpaw first broke his left humerus on May 26th, 1999, on a 3-2 count in a game against the Rangers at Tropicana Field.
2001 The wives of the three ironworkers who died in 1999 when a crane collapsed during the construction of Miller Park unveil Teamwork, a three-figured, 12-foot high bronze statue honoring their husbands, Jeffery Wischer, William De Grave, and Jerome Starr. The $250,000 sculpture, depicting a trio of construction workers wearing hard hats and carrying the tools of their trade, was commissioned by Milwaukee's Habush, Habush, and Rottier Charitable Foundation.



Photo of 'Teamwork' sculpture by Omri Amrany
posted on Flickr by John Mishefske


2004 Bud Selig, citing how disruptive a delay in the schedule would be on pennant races, says it is unlikely that major league players will ever be able to participate in the Olympics. The baseball commissioner hopes a World Cup, which begins in 2006, will be a substitute for the Summer Games.
2005 After fouling off three Jose Valverde full-count fastballs, Mike Jacobs goes deep at BOB to become the only player to hit four home runs during the first four games of a major league career. The Mets rookie, who hits two round-trippers in the 18-4 rout of the Diamondbacks, has homered four times, including his first big-league at-bat, in his first 13 plate appearances.
2006 Sean Casey most likely becomes the first player in baseball history to ground out to left field. The unique 5-7-3 play is the result of the batter starting to head back to the dugout, thinking his liner is caught on the fly, when the ball glanced off White Sox third baseman Joe Crede's glove, reaching left fielder Pablo Ozuna, whose throw to first base barely beats the runner to the bag.




2007 A day after protests concerning the sale of gang-related items occur in East Harlem, MLB's official cap manufacturer, New Era, announces the removal of the offending headwear, which bears the colors and symbols of the Bloods, the Crips, and the Latin Kings. Unknown to the Yankees, white team caps, wrapped with red and blue bandannas, appeared to represent the Bloods and Crips, with a black hat bearing the iconic interlocking NY, embroidered with a crown symbolic of the Latin Kings, also being available.
2007 After waiting four hours and one minute to start the contest because of rain, the Yankees and Tigers begin an 11-inning marathon, which takes four hours and 24 minutes to complete. The last pitch, resulting in a three-run walk-off round-tripper by Detroit's shortstop Carlos Guillen, is thrown at 3:30 am, sending the several thousands of fans at Comerica Park home listening to Lionel Richie's All Night Long as they exit the ballpark.
2007 Padres starter Greg Maddux becomes the first pitcher to win ten games in twenty consecutive seasons when he tosses seven solid innings in the team's 14-3 rout of Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. The right-hander compiled a 339-196 record during the streak, with 196 victories earned while hurling for the Braves.
2008 Scoring at least one run in every inning, Hawaii wins the Little League World Series, beating Mexico, 12-3. To advance to the championship game, Waipahu scored six runs in the last frame (sixth) to overcome a four-run deficit to beat Lake Charles (LA) in the semi-finals, 7-5.
2008 Home plate umpire Brian Gorman tosses Denard Span for throwing his bat and helmet. The ejection comes after the contest ended, with the rookie's called third strike being the final pitch of the Twins' 5-3 loss to the Angels.
2009 Ryan Spilborghs becomes the first Rockie to hit a walk-off grand slam in team history, a 14th-inning opposite-field blast that beats the Giants at Coors Field, 6-4. The Colorado outfielder sprints around the bases, completing his "Spilly Slam" in a speedy 16.37 seconds.




2010 Former Brewer owner and baseball's current commissioner, Bud Selig, is honored with a seven-foot bronze statue at Miller Park. Brian Maughan's piece of art, which portrays Selig with his right arm extended and his hand holding a baseball, joins the sculptures of Robin Yount and Hank Aaron in front of the Milwaukee ballpark.
2013 For the first time, the All-Star Game starters face each other in the same regular season when Mets' right-hander Matt Harvey and the Tigers' Max Scherzer are opposing pitchers in Detroit's 3-0 victory at Citi Field, the site of this year's Midsummer Classic. The historic matchup ends with the New York starter, who gives up 13 hits in 6.2 innings, going on the DL for season-ending surgery, and his opponent becoming just the third pitcher to start a season with a 19-1 record, joining Rube Marquard (1912 Giants) and Roger Clemens (2001 Yankees).
2013 After the teams combined for 137 at-bats, 35 hits, 32 strikeouts, and 28 walks, the Diamondbacks beat the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park 12-7. The 18-inning contest takes seven hours and six minutes to complete, making it the longest game in history, in terms of time, for both franchises.
2014 Joc Pederson becomes the fourth player in the Pacific Coast League's history to have a 30-30 season and the first to accomplish the feat in 80 years when he steals his 30th base for the Isotopes. The 22-year-old Albuquerque slugger, who has 32 home runs and a .432 slugging percentage in 116 games this season, will join the Dodgers when rosters expand next week.
2015 In a 15-7 victory over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, the Mets set franchise marks with eight home runs and 14 extra-base hits, including David Wright's second-inning blast in his first plate appearance since April due to a bad back. Wilmer Flores (2), Yoenis Cespedes, Juan Lagares, Travis d'Arnaud, Daniel Murphy, and Michael Cuddyer also contribute to the team's new round-tripper record.




2016 David Ortiz becomes the oldest player to hit 30 home runs in a season when he blasts a first-inning two-run homer in the Red Sox's eventual 4-3 loss to the Rays in 11 innings at Tropicana Field. The DH's round-tripper off Matt Andriese accounts for his 100th RBI and marks the tenth time the 40-year-old has collected 30 home runs and 100 RBIs, setting a franchise record.
2023 Fifty years to the day he first entered old Municipal Stadium with his brass drum, the Guardians induct John Adams, who died in January at age 73, into the franchise's Distinguished Hall of Fame for non-uniformed personnel. In the top level of Heritage Park at Progressive Field, the team installed a bronze replica of his drum and bleacher bench seat, designed by local sculptor David Demming, paying homage to their special fan and cheerleader who attended more than 3,700 games over nearly the past half-century.

 

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