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| 1919 | On Babe Ruth Day in Boston, the Bambino scores the winning run in both ends of the doubleheader when the Red Sox sweep Chicago, 4-3 and 5-4. Ironically, the contests mark the last time the future Hall of Famer player dons a Red Sox uniform in Fenway Park before being dealt to the Yankees in the off-season. |
| 1958 | Thanks to Gus Triandos' eighth-inning home run, recently acquired Oriole knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits the Yankees at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, 1-0. The contest will mark the last time the Yankees fail to get a hit in a game in this century. |
| 1968 | Mickey Mantle hits his final home run, finishing an 18-year major league career third on the all-time home run list with 536 round-trippers behind only Babe Ruth and Willie Mays when he retires at the end of the season. Jim Lonborg gives up the homer in a 4-3 loss to the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. |
| 1980 |
The Yankees dedicate a bronze plaque in memory of Thurman Munson in the ballpark's Memorial Park. The 32-year-old team captain Munson died last season while attempting to land his Cessna Citation at Akron-Canton Airport.
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| 1998 |
"Let's end it in the same place it started. In my home state. In front of friends and family. In front of the best fans in the world."- Cal Ripken, JR., commenting on ending his consecutive streak. After nearly 16 years of not missing a game, Cal Ripken, quietly and without fanfare, takes himself out of the lineup after playing in a major-league record 2,632 consecutive games. In a nationally televised ESPN Sunday night game, the Orioles shortstop's streak ends when Baltimore drops a 5-4 decision to the Yankees at Camden Yards. |
| 2006 | Although the team bows to the Blue Jays at the Stadium, the Yankees capture their ninth consecutive AL East title thirty minutes later when the Twins defeat the second-place Red Sox. This week, the Bronx Bombers become the second team in the Big Apple to pop the champagne, joining the Mets, who clinched the NL East Division two days ago. |
| 2010 | The Bronx Bombers pay tribute to George Steinbrenner, unveiling a 7-by-5-foot, 760-pound monument of bronze atop a granite base in Monument Park. Estranged former manager Joe Torre, making his first visit to the new Yankee Stadium, attends the ceremony honoring the late Yankee owner. |
| 2013 |
Yankee designated hitter Alex Rodriguez establishes a major league record with his 24th career grand slam, going deep off George Kontos in the team's 5-1 victory over the Giants in the Bronx. The two-out seventh-inning bases-loaded round-tripper surpasses the mark established in 1938 by fellow Bronx Bomber Lou Gehrig.
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| 2019 | In the Mets' 8-1 victory at Great American Ball Park, Pete Alonso goes deep in the eighth inning against Reds' reliever Sal Romano for his major-league-leading 50th home run. The 24-year-old right-handed slugging first baseman, who is two homers shy of Yankees Aaron Judge's 2017 rookie record, is the first player to hit 50 round-trippers during his major league debut season. |
| 2022 | With his ninth-inning blast in the Yankees' 9-8 victory over the Pirates, Aaron Judge becomes the sixth major leaguer to hit 60 homers in a season. The 30-year-old Bronx Bomber joins Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, and Barry Bonds in reaching the milestone. |
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