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1846 The very first organized baseball game is played between Alexander Cartwright's New York Knickerbockers and the New York Nine. It is proclaimed to be the very first ever game played in public using Cartwright's rules. (Our thanks to Alexander Joy Cartwright IV for reminding us of this historic fact)
1927 Jack Scott becomes the last pitcher to go the distance in both ends of a doubleheader. The 35-year Phillies right-hander, who will compile a 9-20 record, beats Cincinnati in opener, 3-1, but loses the night cap, 3-0 in the Redlands Field twin bill.
1941 Joe DiMaggio goes 3-for-3 against the White Sox to extend his consecutive game hit streak to 32.
1942 Paul Waner singles off Pirate Rip Sewell to collect his 3000th hit. The Braves outfieder becomes the seventh major leaguer to accomplish this feat and the first to do it since 1925.
1952 Carl Erskine throws a no-hitter against the Cubs in the Dodgers' 5-0 victory at Ebbets Field. The 25-year old right-hander will also no-hit the Giants in 1956.
1961 Roger Maris' 25th home run, a ninth inning shot off Kansas City pitcher Jim Archer, puts him seven games ahead of Babe Ruth's record pace.
1963 At Fenway Park, his first major league at bat, Gates Brown hits a pinch home run. The homer will the first of 16 pinch round trippers for the Tiger outfielder during his 13-year career in Detroit.
1963 At Yankee Stadium, the Mayor's Trophy Game is revived with the cellar-dweling Mets beating the mighty Yanks, 6-2. Prior to leaving for West Coast, the Dodgers would play the Bronx Bombers in the annual midsummer exhibition contest to raise money for sandlot baseball teams.
1972 At Three Rivers Stadium, Roberto Clemente hits a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to become the Pirates all-time RBI leader. The Pittsburgh right fielder's three ribbies in the 13-3 drubbing of the Dodgers gives the future Hall of Famer a total of 1,274 runs batted in for the Bucs.
1973 In different games, Reds' Pete Rose (a single against the Giants) and Dodger Willie Davis (home run off the Braves) both collect their 2,000th career hit.
1974 Steve Busby tosses his second no-hitter in 14 months, giving up just one walk, beating the Brewers, 2-0, in the first ever no-no thrown by Kansas City hurler at Kauffman Stadium. Last season, the 23-year old Royals right-hander as rookie held Detroit hitless in a 3-0 complete game victory at Tiger Stadium for the team's first no-hitter in franchise history.
1977 With five home runs in an 11-1 win against the Yankees, the Red Sox set a major league mark hitting 16 round trippers in three games. The power surge at Fenway Park provides the energy needed for a three-game sweep of the Bronx Bombers.
1994 In a 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays at Detroit, the Tigers tie the Yankees' major league record by homering in their 25th consecutive game. The 53-year-old record is matched in the second inning when Mickey Tettleton goes deep into the upper deck in right field.
1995 Darryl Strawberry signs a one-year contract with the Yankees despite the fact he is under a sixty-day suspension for drug abuse. During his five seasons in the Bronx, the southpaw-swinging slugger will contribute the team's tremendous success in the late 90's.
1996 Cardinals' infielder Ozzie Smith, considered the best all-time defensive shortstop, announces he will retire at the end of the season. The 15-time All-Star infielder will be elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
1996 In the first game played by a minor league affiliate of Tampa Bay's new expansion team, the GCL Devil Rays lose to the GCL Yankees 10-1. A record crowd of 7,582 are in attendance at Al Lang Stadium to see 18-year-old right-hander Pablo Oretga throws the first pitch in franchise history.
2004 In a 3-1 victory over Toronto in Detroit, the Tigers equal a major league mark established by the 1941 Yankees by homering in their 25th consecutive contest. Mickey Tettleton's upper-deck shot leading off the second keeps the dinger streak intact.
2007 On the bus ride Shea Stadium to take on the Mets in an inter-league contest, Twins' color commentator Bert Blyleven says he will have his head shaved if the tonight's starter, Johan Santana, throws a complete-game shutout. The left-hander from Venezuela will shave the broadcaster's head after going the distance in Minnestoa's 9-0 victory over New York's National League team.
2008 John McLaren is fired as manager by the Mariners after getting off to 25-47 start in season which began with playoff potential. Jim Riggleman, the team's bench coach, becomes club’s fifth manager in past six seasons.
2008 In his first minor league appearance, 22-year old Staten Island Yankee ambidextrous hurler Pat Venditte Jr., facing the Brooklyn Cyclones at KeySpan Park in Coney Island, pitches a scoreless ninth inning that includes striking out a very frustrated Ralph Henriquez to end the game. The unhappy switch-hitter, after delaying the game to adjust his shin guard each time he changed batter boxes to gain the advantage of the pitcher throwing with both hands, is told by the umpiring crew he must first select from which side of the plate he intended to hit, and that the pitcher would then be allowed to declare with which arm he would pitch.

2010 The Pirates fire a mascot who participates in-game pirogi race due the criticism of the team's upper management posted on his Facebook page. The 24-year old, will be who reinstated by Pittsburgh, is offered a position by the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League, an independent baseball organization, to become one of its racing hot dogs.
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