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1892 Benjamin Harrison becomes the first U.S. president to attend a major league game when he watches Cincinnati defeat the hometown Washington team in 11 innings, 6-5.
1913 The Yankees lose their thirteenth game without a victory when the team is defeated by the Indians at the Polo Grounds, 2-1. The 9-34 club's futility, which sets a franchise record, includes a 3-3 tie to Boston during the 14-game span.
1918 In his first at-bat at Ebbets Field since being traded by the Dodgers in the off-season, Casey Stengel calls time, steps out of the batter's box, tips his hat allowing a bird to fly out much to the amazement and amusement of the fans.
1920 The Cardinals play their last game at Robison Field (renamed Cardinal Field in 1917), their home field since 1893, beating the Cubs, 5-2. One Sam Breadon's first decisions as the team's new owner is to agree to a ten-year lease for $20,000 annually allowing his team to move six blocks to share Sportman's Park with the Browns, and then using the money from selling the aging ballpark to finance Branch Rickey's idea of establishing a farm system by investing in a club afflilation with a minor league team in Houston, Texas.
1925 At Griffith Stadium, future Hall of Famer Eddie Collins hits a double to become the sixth major leaguer to collect 3,000 career hits. The 38-year White Sox infielder strokes the historic two-bagger off Washington's Walter Johnson, also a future inductee in Cooperstown.
1934 Myril Hoag becomes first Yankee in franchise history to collect six hits in one game, a major league record of six singles. The 26-year old outfielder’s 6-for-6 performance helps the Bronx Bombers rout Boston at Fenway Park, 15-3.
1939 With two outs, the New York Giants hit five home runs in the fourth inning in a 17-3 win over the Reds. Harry Danning, Frank Demaree, Burgess Whitehead, Manny Salvo, and Joe Moore all go deep in the Polo Grounds contest.
1939 Carl Stolz's dream of providing a wholesome baseball experience for local boys as a means of teaching the concepts of sportsmanship, fair play and teamwork becomes a reality when the first Little League game is played with Lundy Lumber defeating Lycoming Dairy in Williamsport, PA, 23-8. Allen "Sonny" Yearick, a participant in the inaugural game, will be the first graduate of the fledgling youth league to play professional ball, becoming a farmhand in the Boston Braves organization in 1948.
1940 Warren Spahn, who will become the winningest left-hander in baseball history with 363 victories, signs a contract with the Boston Bees (Braves). Due to a clash with manager Casey Stengel and his enlistment in the U.S. Army, the 19-year old southpaw will have to wait six years before he gets his first major league win.
1941 The Giants become the first baseball team to wear protective headgear. The plastic helmets doesn't provide a defense against defeats when the team drops both ends of a doubleheader to Pittsburgh at the the Polo Grounds, 5-4 and 4-3.
1944 Baseball cancels today's scheduled eight-game slate due to the Allied invasion of Normandy. The military operation, known as D-Day, has 60,000 Allied troops landing along a heavily protected 50-mile stretch of the coastline in France to fight Germany to begin an offensive assault against Hitler and the Nazi party.
1948 For the second time this season, the Red Sox hit three consecutive homers (Spence, Stephens and Williams) in one inning becoming the first team to accomplish this feat twice in one season.
1957 After an 86-minute delay, the first fog out in major league history occurs at Ebbets Field when the umpires call off the Dodgers' game against the Cubs due to poor visibility.
1958 Osvaldo 'Ossie' Virgil becomes the first black player to appear in a Tigers' uniform. The versatile Dominican will eventually play every position but pitcher during his nine major league career.
1961 In the midst of a 13-game losing streak, Twins manager Cookie Lavaetto is given a seven game 'vacation'. At first, team owner Calvin Griffith insists he has no intention of firing his skipper, but will replace him with Sam Mele later in the month.
1965 Tom Tresh hits three consecutive home runs when the Yankees blast the visiting White Sox, 12-0. The outfielder's first inning round-tripper is off starter Juan Pizarro which he follows up with third and fifth frame homers off reliever Bruce Howard.
1986 Prior to the game against the Braves, Padres' manager Steve Boros tries to give ump Charlie Williams a videotape of a disputed play from the previous night. The San Diego skipper is ejected prior to the first pitch of today's contest.
1990 Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as Yankee manager. During his two-year tenure in the dugout, the former minor league skipper will compile a 120-155 (.436) before being fired at the end of next season in favor of Buck Showalter.
1992 Driving in the 1,510th run of his career, Eddie Murray sets a new RBI record for switch hitters. The Mets first baseman surpasses Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle's 18-year total to established the new mark.
1993 Cal Ripken suffers a twisted right knee when his spikes catch in the infield grass in contest against the Mariners, The resulting swollen knee the next day almost ends the streak at Game 1,790.
1997 At Fenway Park, Sandy Alomar hits four doubles in one game to tie the major league record. The Indians catcher's quartet of two-baggers helps the first-place Tribe to be beat Boston, 7-3.
1999 Derek Jeter’s streak of reaching base safely ends at 54 straight games as the Mets keep him off the base paths in their 7-2 win over the Yankees in the Bronx. The young shortstop will reach base 99 times in first 104 games this season.
2000 Thanks to the Angels' video crew playing a clip from the 1994 movie "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective" on the JumboTron, the Rally Monkey is born. With the words "Rally Monkey" superimposed over a monkey jumping up and down in the Jim Carrey movie, the crowd goes wild when Anaheim scores two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Giants, 6-5.
2002 The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission agrees to drop its lawsuit against the Twins and Major League Baseball. The deal settles a lawsuit blocking baseball's contraction plan and removes the Twins from consideration for elimination for the 2003 season.
2003 Insisting the corked bat, designed to put on home run displays during batting practice, was accidentally used in the Devil Rays' game, Cubs' slugger Sammy Sosa is suspended for eight games by major League baseball. Bob Watson, baseball's vice president of on-field operations, agreed the Chicago's outfielder use of an illegal bat was an "isolated incident," but one that still deserved a penalty.
2006 When Eric Gagne, who will earn his first save in over a year, throws his first pitch to his receiver Russell Martin, the pair become the first All-French-Canadian battery in major league history. The pitcher and catcher both attended Polyvalente Edouard Montpetit High School, one of the few schools in Montreal which had a baseball program.
2006 On the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year of the century, the Dodgers score six runs in the sixth inning during the sixth game of the homestand beating the Mets, 8-5. On 05/05/05, the Twins scored five times in the fifth inning en route to a 9-0 victory over the Indians.
2006 Striking out 16 Marlins during a 2-1 complete-game victory, Jason Schmidt ties a franchiserecord established in 1904 by Christy Mathewson. The 33-year old right-hander surpasses the San Francisco record of 15 strike outs set in 1966 by Gaylord Perry.
2007 At Petco Park, Trevor Hoffman becomes the first reliever to save 500 games. It takes the all-time saves leader 10 ninth inning pitches, including an 87 mph fastball thrown past Russell Martin for the final out, to reach the milestone in the Padres 5-3 victory over the Dodgers.
2008 At Turner Field, Brad Lidge gets his 16th consecutive save when Gregor Blanco is thrown out at home plate, dramatically ending the game and preserving a Phillies 4-3 victory over the Braves. The Philadelphia closer unblemished record from the start of the season breaks Al Holland’s club record, who converted his first 15 opportunities in 1984.
2008 Tigers’ general manager Dave Dombrowski announces the club is optioning their off-season blockbuster acquisition Dontrelle Willis to their Class A minor league team in Lakeland of the Florida State League. The 2003 Rookie of the Year, who posted a 22-10 two ago later with the Marlins, recently signed a three-year, $29 million deal to play with Detroit.
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