This Day In Baseball History

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1968 Jose Cardenal becomes the first outfielder in 37 years and only the fourth flychaser overall to record two unassisted double plays in one season. The Cleveland outfielder joins Socks Seybold (1907 A's), Tris Speaker (1918 Indians) and Adam Comorosky (1931 Pirates) in accomplishing the rare feat.


2006 Chipper Jones ties a major league record by collecting an extra-base hit in his 14th straight game. The Braves third baseman's fourth-inning home run equals the mark established in 1927 by Pirates outfielder Paul Waner.

 

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Good grief, what was his on base streak then?


Just incredible regardless of era. So much respect for many of the players of that era.

 

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Varitek/Arod - ten years later

To the day - ten year after the 'rivalry' was flipped...

10 Years Later: A-Rod vs. Varitek - ESPN Video - ESPN


Seems like yesterday...

 

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July 24, 1983

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEHAsZxRYo]KC@NYY: George Brett and the pine tar incident - YouTube[/ame]

 

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1978 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) broke the National League record for consecutive base hits as he got a hit in 38 straight games

 

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Who says the padres dont make history

1990 - Rosanne Barr sang the National Anthem in San Diego before a Padres baseball game. She was booed for her performance

 

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On August 2 in Baseball History...

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  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1906 - Doc White launches the White Sox on a 19-game winning streak (longest in AL history) with a 3-0 win over Boston. The streak, interrupted only by a tie with New York, catapults Chicago from fourth place to first in ten days.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1907 - Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit. The first hit off him is a bunt single by Ty Cobb.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1921 - A Chicago jury brings in a verdict of not guilty against the Black Sox. That night, jurors and defendants celebrate with a party in an Italian restaurant. Ignoring the verdict, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans all eight defendants from baseball for life.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1938 - Larry MacPhail has official baseballs dyed dandelion yellow, and they are used in the first game of a doubleheader between the Dodgers and Cardinals at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers win 6-2. The Dodgers will use up their yellow balls in three more games in 1939.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1959 - Bill Bruton of Milwaukee hit two bases-loaded triples to lead the Braves to an 11-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the nightcap of a doubleheader.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1959 - Giants first baseman Willie McCovey hits the first of his 521 major league home runs, off Ron Kline, as San Francisco downs the Pirates 5-3. Johnny Antonelli wins his 15th game.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1970 - In their last meeting of the year, Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10-8. It is the Orioles' 23rd straight win over the Royals over a two-year span, a major league mark.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1979 - Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, 32, perishes at Canton, Ohio, in a crash of the plane he was piloting. A crowd of 51,151 will attend the memorial tribute at Yankee Stadium the following day.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season in a 6-5 win over Seattle, tying the American League record he set last season. Henderson is the first player ever to steal 100 bases twice.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1986 - Dodgers Alejandro Pena and Tom Niedenfuer combine to one-hit the Reds, 7-1, allowing only Eddie Milner's leadoff home run off Pena in the sixth inning. It is the fifth time Milner has collected the only hit in a one-hitter, tying Cesar Tovar's Major League record.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1987 - Eric Davis led off the bottom of the 11th inning with his 30th home run of the season, giving the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Davis' homer made him the seventh player with 30 homers and 30 steals in the same season.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1987 - Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6 with two homers and drove in seven runs to pace a 20-hit Kansas City attack as the Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 13-5 in 102-degree heat.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1990 - Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his tenth home run in just 77 at bats, the fastest any player has ever reached that mark. But the Yanks lose to Detroit 6-5 in 11 innings.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1991 - Mike Jeffcoat becomes the first American League pitcher to get an RBI since 1972 in a 15-1 Rangers rout of Milwaukee.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1992 - Tom Seaver, Rollie Fingers, Hal Newhouser and Bill McGowan are enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]1993 - An investor team of Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos and Cincinnati businessman William DeWitt submit a winning bid for the Orioles during a bankruptcy court auction in New York City. Also on the winning team are popular author Tom Clancy and ABC broadcaster Jim McKay.[/FONT]

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May 8, 1968: A's Catfish Hunter throws perfect game against Twins