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1900 Pirates' first baseman Duff Cooley has only two putouts in a 6-5 loss to the first-place Phillies at the Barker Bowl
1920 Citing the abolition of spitball as the reason for the dramatic increase of home runs, Tom Shibe denies the baseballs are livelier this season. The A's vice president is also a member of the company which makes the baseballs.
1948 In a 6-5 victory at Chicago's Wrigley Field, Phillies' outfielder Richie Ashburn extends his consecutive hitting streak to 23 games tying the major league rookie record. 'Whitey' establishes a a 20th-century mark, which will be matched this season by Alvin Dark, an infielder with the Braves.
1959 Pittsburgh's slugging first baseman Dick Stuart hits a 457-foot homer over the Forbes Field center field wall making the blast the longest home run in the 50-year history of the ballpark. Dr. Strangelove's home run comes in the first inning off Glenn Hobbie in the Pirates' 10-5 loss to Chicago.
1961 Robin Roberts wins his last game for the Phillies beating the Giants at Candlestick Park, 3-2. The future Hall of Famer's lone victory this season, a complete-game six-hitter, is his 286th win for Philadelphia, the most by a right-hander in franchise history.
1977 On Old Timer's Day, the Dodgers retire former manager Walter Alston's uniform number 24. 'Smokey' compiles a 2040-1613 (.558) record along with seven pennants that results in four World Championships during his 23 years in he dugout.
1979 Willie Horton becomes the 43rd major league player to hit 300 career home runs. The 36-year old Mariner outfielder will end his 18-year career with 325 round-trippers.
1981 Moving ahead of Early Wynn, Nolan Ryan becomes the all-time walk leader (1,777) when he throws ball four twice in his 3-0 victory over the Mets. The Astros right-handed flame thrower will end his 27-year career with 2,795 bases on balls, nearly a thousand more than Steve Carton, who is second on the career list for issuing free passes.
1982 Cal Ripken's span of 8,243 consecutive innings begins with the Orioles 3-1 victory over Minnesota at the Metrodome. The infielder's record streak, which will last for 904 games, ends when he is lifted in the eighth inning for a pinch runner during an 18-3 September loss to the Blue Jays in 1987 .
1985 Retiring the last 16 Angels, Orioles hurler Dennis Martinez tosses a one-hitter beating California at Memorial Stadium, 4-0. Jerry Narron's third inning single spoils the no-hit bid as 'El Presidente' notches his 100th career victory.
1986 Casey Candaele makes his major league debut pinch-hitting for the Expos in a 7-3 loss to Philadelphia at Olympic Stadium. With this appearance, the versatile utility man and his mom, Helen Callaghan, a former left-handed center fielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, become the only mother and son to have both played professional baseball.
1989 The SkyDome becomes the new home of the Blue Jays. The stadium with the retractable roof is considered the world's most advanced ballpark for its time and will become a big factor in Toronto's excellent attendance.
1992 At Three Rivers Stadium, Mets first baseman Eddie Murray drives in two runs passing Yankee legend Mickey Mantle [1,509] as the all-time RBI leader among switch-hitters.
1997 In a 14-6 rout of the Tigers in Detroit, Alex Rodriguez becomes the first Mariner to hit for the cycle in a nine inning game. In 1993, Jay Buhner accomplished the feat with a 14th inning triple at the Kingdom.
2000 The Marlins select 16-year-old Adrian Gonzalez as their the first overall pick in the first-year player draft. The first baseman, a student at Eastlake High School in Bonita, California, comes to terms with the Florida on the same day he is drafted.
2001 In an 18-inning game that lasts 5 hours, 52 minutes, Manny Ramirez is intentionally walked four times tying an American League record. Yankee outfielder Roger Maris was passed intentionally four times by the Los Angeles Angels in 1962.
2001 By homering in his team's 57th game, Barry Bonds becomes the fastest player ever to hit 30 home runs. In 1928, it took Babe Ruth 63 games to reach the same mark.
2002 Houston renames Astros Field to Minute Maid Park. The original name of the stadium, Enron Field, was dropped in February when the team regain the naming rights by making a deal to pay the debtors of the bankrupt energy corporation the sum of $2.1 million.
2002 Rangers' designated hitter Juan Gonzalez becomes the 34th major leaguer, and the first from Puerto Rico to hit the 400 career home runs. The Juan Gone's milestone is hit off Anaheim hurler Jarrod Washburn's first pitch in the second inning during a 7-5 extra inning loss to the Angels.
2002 Hitting his 587th home run, Barry Bonds passes Frank Robinson becoming fourth on the all-time career home run list. The historic grand slam, believed to be one of the longest homers ever hit in the 34-year history of the ballpark now called Qualcomm Stadium, puts the Giants' left fielder, the single-season home run record with 73, exactly 73 behind Willie Mays' 660 round-trippers for third place.
2003 In the second game of double-header loss to the Brewers, Mets southpaw John Franco pitches an inning of relief to become the eighth pitcher to make a thousand career appearances. The last time Milwaukee swept a doubleheader on the road occurred eleven seasons ago when the Brewers of the American League beat the Royals twice on July 5, 2002 , 8-7 and 5-3.
2003 Tony Clark changes his number from 00 to 52. The Mets' reserve player wanted to give the team's mascot, Mr. Met, his identity back as he and the Mascot shared double ought.
2006 Reds' slugger Ken Griffey Jr. hits a home run in his forty-third ballpark to tie the major league record also held by Fred McGriff. Junior, who has homered in every existing ballpark, goes deep twice in the new Busch Stadium, including a ninth inning three-run game winner off Jason Isringhausen in Cincinnati's 8-7 victory over the Redbirds.
2008 Joining Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray, Chipper Jones becomes just the third switch-hitter in major league history to hit 400 career home runs. The milestone homer is just one of his four hits the Braves' third baseman contributes to Atlanta's 7-5 comeback win over Florida.
2008 At Nationals Park, Mark Worrell becomes the eighth player in Cardinals history to hit a home run in his first big league at-bat. The rookie reliever, who also pitched two scoreless innings, hit his monstrous three-run blast on a 3-2 pitch from Washington’s Tim Redding in the sixth inning of a 10-9 St. Louis loss.
2008 In a televised game at Fenway Park against the Rays, NESN cameras catch Manny Ramirez and Kevin Youkilis fighting in the dugout. The altercation between the Red Sox teammates is a result of Manny's taking exception to Youkilis's demonstrative behavior after the third baseman returns to the bench after striking out.
2009 Twitter reaches a settlement with Tony La Russa, who claimed an unauthorized page on the site that used his name caused emotional distress by mocking his DUI charge and minimizing the loss of two players who had died in recent seasons. The Cardinals' manager drops his lawsuit when the social network agreed to pay legal fees and to make a donation to his Animal Rescue Foundation.
2009 John Schuerholz publicly apologizes to Tom Glavine for the club’s handling of southpaw's release. The Braves' president, who choose not to give the 300-game winner a million dollar bonus by adding him to the 25-man roster, doesn't regret the decision, but for "the manner in which it was portrayed and explained" to the veteran pitcher.
2009 Just hours prior to its scheduled demise, Tiger Stadium is saved from complete demolition when Wayne County Circuit Judge Isidore Torres stops crews from tearing down what’s left of the ballpark at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues. A temporary restraining order, requested by the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, gives the nonprofit group additional time to raise money for preservation and redevelopment the historic ballpark.
2009 Caught on video shouting profanities, Alex Rios apologizes for the incident which occurred when he was leaving a Blue Jays’ charity event. After appearing to ignore a youngster's request for an autograph, the Toronto right fielder shouts an epithet when he hears an older man comment, “The way you played today Alex, you should be lucky somebody wants your autograph”.
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