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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: July 16, 2011, 2:13 am
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On July 16 in Baseball History...
1902 - John McGraw was named manager of the New York Giants, a
job he would hold for thirty years.
1909 - Ed Summers of the Detroit Tigers pitched all eighteen
innings of a 0-0 tie with the Washington Senators, the longest
scoreless game in American League history.
1920 - Babe Ruth broke his own season record of twenty-nine
homers with his thirtieth as the New York Yankees beat the St.
Louis Browns 5-2. Ruth would finish the season with fifty-four.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to fifty-six
games with a 3-for-4 day as the New York Yankees beat the
Cleveland Indians 10-3.
1948 - There are 3 managerial changes today. Ben Chapman is
fired by the Phillies (though owner Carpenter insists he was
"not fired" saying "I'd like to make it clear that there is a
difference between not firing a man and concluding business with
him.") and Dusty Cooke takes over on an interim basis. Eddie
Sawyer‚ with no ML experience as player or manager‚ will get the
job after Cooke goes 8-6. But the big news is from New York. The
Giants remove Mel Ott and replace him with Leo Durocher‚ who
obtains his release from Brooklyn. The Dodgers bring back
mild-mannered Burt Shotton who replaced Durocher once before. In
a newspaper poll over the winter‚ an overwhelming majority voted
for the gentlemanly Shotton to replace The Lip. The changes
today portend those at the end of the season: Bucky Harris of
the Yankees‚ Ted Lyons of the White Sox‚ and Steve O'Neill of
the Tigers will be released.
1951 - While in Detroit‚ the Yanks option rookie Mickey Mantle
to Kansas City (AA). Mantle‚ plagued with strikeouts-3 on the
13th-and in a slump‚ will go 0-for-22 in his start with the
Blues‚ before ending with a tear at .361. The Yankees will
recall him August 20th. Art Schallock takes Mickey's place on
the Yankee roster and gives up 7 hits in 2.3 innings in today's
8-6 win
1952 - Walt Dropo gets 2 more hits‚ giving him 15 in 4 games‚
which ties another AL record by Joe Cronin. Dropo scores 3 runs
in the 9-0 win at Washington. Bill Wight allows just 4 hits in
the shutout.
1953 - The Browns tie a record with 3 successive HRs-by Clint
Courtney‚ Dick Kryhoski‚ and Jim Dyck-in the first inning‚ and
their 5 bases-empty HRs in 3 innings establishes a new mark.
It's enough to beat the Yankees‚ 8-6.
1956 - A group headed by Fred Knorr and John Fetzer buys the
Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium for a record $5.5 million.
1958 - Testifying before the Senate subcommittee on Anti-Trust
and Monopoly, Commissioner Ford Frick asks the Senate to approve
legislation to curb television and radio broadcasts of baseball
games. Minor league baseball towns are being wrecked, he claims.
"We have got to be able to handle this problem or within 10
years there will be no television problem because there will be
no baseball." When asked about the possibility of the Washington
franchise shifting cities, Frick replies, "Removal of the club
from Washington would be catastrophic. Baseball cannot afford
not to be in Washington."
1969 - Rod Carew stole home off Chicago's Jerry Nyman in the
Minnesota Twins' 6-2 victory. It was Carew's seventh steal of
home for the year and tied Pete Reiser's 1946 major league mark.
1970 - The Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2
before 48,846 in the first game at Three Rivers Stadium.
1971 - Vida Blue boosts his record to 18-3 with a one-hit 4-0
victory over Detroit. Taylor's single in the 4th is the only
hit.
1975 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term.
1976 - Bobby Murcer hits a game-ending homerun off Jim Katt in
the 9th inning to give the Giants a 1-0 win over Philadelphia.
1980 - The California Supreme Court rules that Ted Giannoulas‚
better known as the man inside the San Diego Chicken suit‚ can
appear publicly in chicken suits similar to the one that brought
him fame‚ but not bearing the call letters of San Diego's KGB
radio station. The station had fired Giannoulas when he began
appearing publicly in the suit without permission‚ and claimed
it had all rights to the costume‚ which was first used as a
promotional device in 1975.
1993 - Giants OF Darren Lewis sets a major league record by
playing his 267th consecutive game without an error. He snaps
Don Demeter's record. The Giants defeat the Mets‚ 4-2.
1997 - In Oakland‚ Mark McGwire hits his 33rd and 34th homers to
lead the A's to an 11-3 win over the hapless Royals. Jose
Canseco strikes out in all five at-bats for the Athletics‚ tying
an Oakland record. Combined with his three strikeouts on Monday‚
he ties a major league record with eight whiffs in two
consecutive games.
1998 - Randy Johnson tosses a 1-hitter as he leads Seattle to a
3-0 win over Minnesota. Johnson fans 11 and gives up only a
single to 3B Brent Gates.
2003 - Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st player to play professional
baseball in 7 decades when he walks in the 1st inning as DH for
the St. Paul Saints in their Northern League game against Gary.
2006 - The Mets score a franchise record 11 runs in the 6th
inning on their way to a 13-7 victory over the Cubs. They tie a
ML mark by hitting 2 grand slams in the frame—courtesy of Cliff
Floyd and Carlos Beltran—then add another 2-run shot by David
Wright.
Baseball Birthdays on July 16...
1838 - Birdsall, Dave
1873 - Clark, Dad
1884 - Peterson, Bob
1888 - Peasley, Marv
1889 - Williams, Johnnie
1889 - Jackson, Joe
1893 - Prothro, Doc
1896 - Caton, Howdy
1897 - Bell, Hi
1899 - Pott, Nellie
1905 - Garland, Lou
1907 - Grabowski, Reggie
1908 - Newkirk, Floyd
1910 - Norman, Bill
1912 - Bocek, Milt
1912 - Rogalski, Joe
1914 - Ross, Don
1916 - Johnson, Art
1919 - Tatum, Tommy
1920 - Jansen, Larry
1923 - Okrie, Len
1931 - Sherry, Norm
1936 - Fisher, Eddie
1937 - Elia, Lee
1938 - Burda, Bob
1940 - Metcalf, Tom
1942 - Purdin, John
1953 - Mallory, Sheldon
1954 - Lentine, Jim
1960 - Pendleton, Terry
1970 - Van Landingham, William
1972 - Beckett, Robbie
1974 - Johnson, Jonathan
1976 - DeHaan, Kory
Baseball Deaths on July 16...
1888 - Cross, Amos
1917 - Butler, Dick
1921 - Irwin, Arthur
1930 - Rosebraugh, Zeke
1940 - Leith, Bill
1944 - Irelan, Hal
1945 - Turner, Tuck
1947 - Keen, Bill
1950 - Blanding, Fred
1954 - Bracken, Jack
1959 - Coleman, Bob
1959 - Ripple, Jimmy
1961 - Mitchell, Mike
1969 - Waldbauer, Doc
1971 - McNeely, Earl
1976 - Howe, Les
1977 - Stock, Milt
1980 - Vick, Ernie
1987 - Novotney, Rube
1997 - Fischer, Rube
1998 - Dobernic, Jess
1999 - Wyatt, Whit
2001 - Dagenhard, John
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: July 16, 2011, 2:43 am
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Today In White Sox History - July 16th
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July 16, 1920 - In the first of two games at Griffith Stadium in
D.C.‚ Red Faber and the White Sox top Washington‚ 4-1‚ handing
Walter Johnson his 10th loss of the season . The Washington ace‚
suffering from a sore arm‚ will not pitch any more this season‚
and will appear only as a pinch hitter in a few September games.
Faber allows five hits and stops Sam Rice's hitting streak at 28
games. Eddie Cicotte picks up a save in the 2nd game with a
4-pitch 9th inning after Joe Jackson hits a grand slam in the
top of the 9th to give the White Sox a 8- 5 lead. It's a present
to himself on Shoeless Joe's 31st birthday.
Game 1:
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: July 16, 2011, 2:58 am
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This Date In White Sox History - July 16th
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July 16, 1990 - One of the funniest moments in White Sox
history, as White Sox utility player Steve “Psycho” Lyons makes
a mistake that winds up on every highlight show in the nation.
In the 5th inning at Detroit, Lyons bunts his way on, sliding
head first the final few feet to beat the throw. He then calls
time and completely blanks out as he starts to drop his pants to
get the dirt out of them. Fortunately he was wearing sliding
shorts. When he realized what he was doing he quickly yanked his
pants back up while turning beet red in the process. After he
was forced at second and ran back to the dugout, female fans in
the first few rows behind the White Sox bench began waving
dollar bills at him.
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: July 16, 2011, 3:21 am
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Today In White Sox History - July 16th
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July 16, 1907 - White Sox hurler Ed Walsh sets another ML record
for fielding chances for pitchers‚ handling 12 assists and 3
putouts in a 13-inning 3-2 White Sox win over visiting New York.
His 12 assists (extra innings) will be matched by Nick Altrock
in 1908 and Leon Cadore in 1920.
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Re: Pale Hose History
DIR By: AndyMacFAIL
Date: July 17, 2011, 1:47 pm
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On July 17 in Baseball History...
1903 - Rube Waddell is arrested for assaulting a fan who had
criticized his pitching. Connie Mack bails him out of jail. The
A's win today‚ 4-1‚ over the visiting Browns.
1908- It is Honus Wagner Day in Pittsburgh‚ as players from both
teams line up to pay homage. Wagner's tribute was originally
scheduled for the 16th‚ but Honus asked that it be moved a day
so it would not conflict with the annual benefit picnic for
orphans. Wagner is presented with a $700 gold watch. Pittsburgh
beats Boston‚ 4-0 to cut the Giants lead to a half game over the
Bucs.
1914 - At Forbes Field, Rube Marquard and Babe Adams each go a
marathon 21 innings before Larry Doyle’s 2-run HR gives the
Giants a 3–1 win over the Pirates. Adams yields no walks and 12
hits, the longest non-walk game in ML history. Marquard walks 2
(one intentional) and yields 15 hits. In the 6th, Honus Wagner
goes from first to 3B on a hit by Jim Viox. When New York CF Bob
Bescher throws to 3B Milt Stock, the ball bounces out of his
hands and disappears. Wagner scores before it's discovered that
the ball bounced up under his arm and stayed there as he ran
home. Wagner is called out for interference, and the Bucs
protest. Manager Fred Clarke is then ejected by umpire Bill
"Lord" Byron. Legend provides a fitting ending to this unusual
game as Giants OF Red Murray is knocked unconscious by a bolt of
lightning after catching a fly ball for the final out.
Murray is uninjured. This is an expanded tale based on Murray’s
catch in an August 1909 game. Marquard's win is his last in
1914. He will lose 10 straight on his way to a 12–22 record.
1920 - The Yankees collect 21 hits‚ good for forty bases‚ to
starch the White Sox‚ 20-5. Aaron Ward shines in the field and
drives out a home run‚ triple‚ and two singles. Ruth is held to
a double and two singles‚ while Happy Felsch leads the Sox with
four RBI. With the Indians sweeping two from Boston‚ the Yankees
trail the Tribe by two games.
1924 - Jesse Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a
no-hitter, beating the Boston Braves 5-0.
1936 - Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak over two years
began as he defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on five hits.
1940 - Thanks to a AL record-tying 4 errors by Chicago 3B Eric
"Boob" McNair‚ the Senators trip the White Sox‚ 5-3. Gee Walker
has 4 Nats hits.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak of 56 games was stopped by
Al Smith and Jim Bagby of the Indians before 67,000 at
Cleveland. The Yankees still won, 4-3.
1947 - Less than two weeks after Larry Doby's debut with the
Indians, Hank Thompson and Willard Brown become the second and
third black players in the American League and first for the
Browns. The former Kansas City Monarchs standouts will play in
less than 30 games for St. Louis because their presence does not
significantly raise attendance.
1947 - At Cleveland Stadium, the Yankees sweep a doubleheader
against the Indians, 3-1 and 7-2, The victories extend the
club's winning streak to 19 games. equaling the American League
mark established by the White Sox in 1906.
1950 - Yankee rookie Whitey Ford wins his first ML game‚ beating
the visiting White Sox‚ 4-3.
1954 - With Jim Gilliam (2b), Jackie Robinson (3b), Sandy Amoros
(lf), Roy Campanella (c), and Don Newcombe (p) in the starting
lineup against the Braves, the Dodgers field the first team
which consists of a majority of black players. The historic five
helps Brooklyn to beat Milwaukee at County Stadium, 2-1.
1957 - In front of a House Judiciary subcommittee, team owner
Arnold Johnson, contrary to the truth, denies he has favored the
Yankees when trading players from the A's to the Bronx. The
Congress is skeptical due to a number of recent suspicious deals
between New York and Kansas City clubs.
1961 - Yankee sluggers Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, both ahead
the Bambino’s record 1927 pace, each lose a homer when the
nightcap of a twin bill is rained out in the fifth inning
against the Orioles in Baltimore. The washout occurs on same day
Commissioner Ford Frick decrees that Babe Ruth's record of 60
home runs will not be broken unless a player hits 61 or more
within the first 154 games of the newly expanded 162-game
schedule.
1964 - In Los Angeles, the Cub-Dodger contest becomes the first
Pay-TV baseball game as Subscription Television offers the
cablecast to subscribers for money. The Dodgers beat Chicago,
3-2, with Don Drysdale collecting 10 strikeouts.
1969 - In a twin bill split with the Braves, Lee May hits two
home runs in each contest as well as driving in five runs in
both ends of the doubleheader. Despite the all-star first
baseman performance, the Reds drop the opener 9-8, but come back
to win the night cap, 10-4.
1969 - Perennial Gold Glove winner Jim Kaat makes 3 errors but
his Minnesota Twins still win over Chicago‚ 8-5.
1974 - Bob Gibson became the second pitcher in Major League
history to record 3,000 strikeouts.
1976 - Walter Alston wins his 2,000th game as Dodger manager.
'Smokey' will retire at the end season ending his 23-year tenure
as the club's skipper with a 2,040-1,613 record (.558).
1978 - Reggie Jackson is suspended for five days without pay by
the Yankees. During a Bronx Bomber loss, the future Hall of Fame
slugger incurs skipper Billy Martin's wrath by striking out
attempting to bunt after being specifically told to hit away.
1978 - Doc Medich of the Texas Rangers saved the life of a
61-year-old fan who had a heart attack before a game at
Baltimore. Medich, a medical student, administered heart massage
until help arrived.
1987 - Don Mattingly became the first American League player to
hit at least one home run in each of seven consecutive games as
the Yankees beat Texas 8-4.
1990 - Minnesota became the first team in Major League history
to pull off two triple plays in one game, but it wasn't enough
as the Red Sox won 1-0.
2000 - St. Louis rookie Chris Richard hit the first Major League
pitch he saw for a homer in an 8-3 win over Minnesota.
2001 - Expos coach Ozzie Guillen is thrown out before 1st pitch
is thrown out‚ continuing an argument from last nite with ump
Greg Gibson. The Expos then pound Boston's Tim Wakefield to beat
the visiting Red Sox‚ 117. Five homers are hit in the game‚
including a 457-foot shot by Vladimir Guerrero.
2002 - Minnesota's Torii Hunter‚ angered after he is hit by a
pitch‚ picks up the ball and fires it at Indians pitcher Danys
Baez in the fifth inning of an 8-5 Twins win. Hunter's throw
hits the pitcher in the leg but he stays in the game. After the
game Baez goes into the Twins clubhouse to apologize. Thome‚
Selby and Broussard homer for the Tribe‚ while David Ortiz and
Dustan Mohr hit 2-run homers. Rick Reed (7-5) wins but has to
shoo away a seagull‚ which walks out to the mound: it's the
gull's 3rd straight appearance.
Baseball Birthdays on July 17...
1851 - Clapp, John
1852 - Lovett, Len
1856 - Fusselback, Eddie
1863 - Tomney, Phil
1866 - Darragh, Jack
1866 - Handiboe, Jim
1870 - Kelb, George
1873 - Gray, Chummy
1878 - Baker, Bock
1885 - Wilson, Les
1889 - Tutwiler, Guy
1891 - Brown, Eddie
1897 - Sherling, Ed
1900 - Smith, Red
1907 - Patterson, Hank
1908 - Connolly, Ed
1910 - Holbrook, Sammy
1913 - Williams, Papa
1914 - Frye, Charlie
1916 - Chapman, Fred
1917 - Boudreau, Lou
1919 - Erickson, Hal
1921 - Hoyle, Tex
1929 - McMillan, Roy
1930 - Lynch, Jerry
1938 - Johnson, Deron
1942 - Kessinger, Don
1949 - Hutson, Herb
1956 - Ladd, Pete
1963 - Thigpen, Bobby
1978 - Jennings, Jason
Baseball Deaths on July 17...
1913 - Scanlan, Patrick
1918 - Horton, Elmer
1936 - Wall, Joe
1941 - Kisinger, Rube
1942 - Johnson, Bill
1946 - Forster, Tom
1946 - Fluhrer, John
1949 - Slattery, Jack
1960 - Duncan, Pat
1961 - Cobb, Ty
1961 - Reulbach, Ed
1962 - McAllister, Sport
1968 - Lehr, Norm
1968 - Sears, Ken
1971 - Pattee, Harry
1972 - Spohrer, Al
1972 - Smith, Red
1973 - Swanson, Evar
1974 - Dean, Dizzy
1995 - Hippauf, Herb
2001 - Hogsett, Chief
2002 - Maye, Lee
2005 - Sipek, Dick
2005 - Pearce, Jim
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Re: Pale Hose History
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Today In White Sox History - July 17th
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July 17, 1998 -White Sox left fielder Albert Belle hit his 300th
career home run. Belle's homer was his 10th in 10 games since
the All-Star break but it was Robin Ventura's lead-off,
walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th-inning that gave the
White Sox a 4-3 victory over the visiting Indians.
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This Date In White Sox History - July 17th
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July 17, 1989 - White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk gets his 2‚000th
career hit in a 7-3 win over the Yankees. On the day, Fisk goes
3 for 4 including a doulbe, a walk, one run scored and a RBI.
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This Date In White Sox History - July 17th
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July 17, 1975 - For the second consecutive White Sox game‚
Wilbur Wood is the starter‚ and he tosses his 2nd straight
complete game shutout‚ beating Detroit‚ 4-0. The two starts were
broken up by the All-Star game.
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This Date In White Sox History - July 17th
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July 17, 1951 - The White Sox beat the Yankees, 4-3, to move a
half game behind the league-leading Red Sox. But they discover
that starting catcher Gus Niarhos has an arm fracture, sustained
in yesterday’s marathon game. The Sox call up former Negro
Leaguer Sam Hairston as a catching replacement. Hairston is
credited as the first African-American signed by the Chicago
White Sox. While Sam will go on to play in only 4 games as a
major leaguer, his career as a player, scout and coach spanned
53 years, 47 of them with the White Sox. Hairston's two sons,
John and Jerry, will go on to play in the Majors and two of his
grandsons, Scott and Jerry Hairston, Jr., will play in the
Majors too. They are one of only 3 three-generation families
that have played in the majors and the five Hairstons that have
played in the majors set a record for most family members to
play in the Majors.
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On July 18 in Baseball History...
1882 - Ambidextrous pitcher Tony Mullane of Louisville pitched
with both hands in a Major League game at Baltimore. Normally a
right-hander, Mullane switched to the left hand in the fourth
inning. He eventually lost 9-8.
1912 - The Chicago Cubs had twenty-one hits in eleven innings
but still lost to the Philadelphia Phillies when Gavvy Cravath
stole home.
1921 - At Navin Field in Detroit, Babe Ruth becomes the all-time
home run leader when he hits his 139th carrer blast as a major
leaguer. The Yankees’ slugger’s 36th homer of the season, a
mammoth shot that travels over 500 feet, puts him ahead of Roger
Connor, who connected for 138 round-trippers during his 18 years
in the National League.
1927 - Ty Cobb becomes the first major leaguer to collect 4,000
career hits. The 40-year old A's outfielder reaches the
milestone with a double in Philadelphia's 5-3 loss to the Tigers
at Shibe Park.
1939 - The Dodgers acquire infielder Pee Wee Reese from the Red
Sox in exchange for a player to be named later (Red Evans),
three minor leaguers and $35000. The 21-year old farmhand, a
future Hall of Famer, will become a crowd favorite helping
Brooklyn to win seven pennants during his 16 seasons with the
team.
1947 - At Briggs Stadium, Fred Hutchinson blanks the Yankees,
8-0. Detroit's victory stops New York's American League
record-tying winning streak at 19 games.
1962 - Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins
each hit grand slams in the first inning of a 14-3 rout of the
Cleveland Indians.
1970 - Willie Mays bounced career hit number 3,000 through the
left side of the infield off Mike Wegener in the second inning
of San Francisco's 10-1 romp over Montreal.
1987 - Don Mattingly tied Dale Long 31-year-old Major League
record when he hit a home run for the eighth consecutive game in
the Yankees' 7-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.
1998 - Donnie Sadler's first Major League home run was the first
of Boston's record four two-out homers in a 9-4 victory over the
Detroit Tigers.
1999 - On Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium, David Cone becomes
the 16th pitcher in major league history and the third Yankee to
toss a perfect game when he beats the Expos, 6-0. In pre-game
ceremonies Don Larsen threw out the ceremonial first pitch to
Yogi commemorating his 1956 World Series perfect game.
2000 - Hitting four doubles in a game, which has only occurred
37 times in the last century, is accomplished twice today. In a
12-4 drubbing of the Cubs, Royals lead-off hitter Johnny Damon
accomplishes the rare feat as does Shannon Stewart of the Blue
Jays in an 11-7 loss to the Mets at the Skydome.
2000 - Johnny Damon collects a career-high five hits in Kansas
City's 12-4 rout of the Cubs. The Royals outfielder's Kauffman
Stadium performance includes four doubles, tying a major league
mark.
2001 - The game between the Diamondbacks and Padres is halted at
the end of the second inning after a Qualcomm Stadium
transformer catches fire causing a whole section of spotlights
above centerfield to explode. The game is suspended until the
next day.
2001 - In response to the grievance filed by the umpires earlier
in the week, the commissioner's office announces pitch counts
will not be used as an evaluation technique.
2001 - Detroit’s Roger Cedeno collects four extra base hits
including a double, triple, and two home runs. The outfielder's
offensive output enables the Tigers to defeat the Yankees, 12-4,
in Game 2 of a day-night doubleheader at Comerica Park.
2006 - Calling a 1-0 pitching gem thrown by rookie southpaw Jon
Lester, Jason Varitek establishes a new team record catching his
991st game with the Red Sox. The Boston captain surpasses the
record previously held by Hall of Fame backstop Carlton Fisk
(1969-80).
2006 - With a 14-5 victory over the Cardinals, the Braves become
the first team since the 1930 Yankees to score ten or more runs
in five consecutive games. During the streak, that includes two
15-run victories, Atlanta has tallied 65 runs.
2006 - After signing a one-day contract with the Kansas City
T-Bones, 94-year old Buck O'Neil walks twice in the minor
league's all-star game to become the oldest man ever to appear
in a professional baseball game. The former Negro League star
surpasses 83-year-old Jim Eriotes, who struck out playing for
the Sioux Falls Canaries earlier in the month.
2009 - In the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, ground is
broken for the Marlins' long-awaited retractable-roof ballpark,
scheduled to be completed by Opening Day 2012. The ceremony,
attended by about 5,000 fans, includes Charlie Hough throwing a
ceremonial pitch to Benito Santiago, the battery who threw and
caught the first pitch in franchise history in 1993.
Baseball Birthdays on July 18...
1844 - Zettlein, George
1858 - Bignell, George
1860 - Butler, Frank
1863 - Parsons, Charlie
1865 - Pitz, Herman
1878 - Hoffman, Larry
1881 - Brennan, Ad
1881 - McLean, Larry
1882 - Nicholls, Simon
1887 - Brenner, Bert
1894 - Stimson, Carl
1894 - Fisher, Wilbur
1897 - Murray, Pat
1897 - Hulvey, Hank
1903 - Kibbie, Hod
1904 - Karow, Marty
1910 - Livengood, Wes
1914 - Huffman, Ben
1914 - Gilbert, Andy
1916 - Hopp, Johnny
1917 - Wells, Leo
1918 - Lyons, Al
1920 - Kazak, Eddie
1925 - McCall, Windy
1928 - Harrell, Billy
1940 - Torre, Joe
1944 - May, Rudy
1954 - Spilman, Harry
1956 - Shines, Razor
1956 - Edge, Butch
1957 - Smith, Chris
1963 - Greenwell, Mike
1968 - Arrojo, Rolando
1973 - Williamson, Antone
1975 - Hunter, Torii
1978 - Sheets, Ben
Baseball Deaths on July 18...
1908 - Brown, John
1915 - McKeon, Larry
1928 - Killian, Ed
1932 - Freigau, Howard
1935 - Ryder, Tom
1937 - Jacklitsch, Fred
1946 - Lehan, James
1948 - Hall, Bert
1948 - Hartley, Chick
1950 - LaVigne, Art
1951 - Klugmann, Joe
1956 - Perry, Hank
1960 - Turner, Terry
1961 - Eller, Hod
1962 - Holling, Carl
1966 - Moran, Roy
1975 - Wingfield, Ted
1982 - Anderson, Andy
1982 - Laydon, Pete
1989 - Moore, Donnie
1993 - Sadowski, Ted
1999 - Davis, Woody
2001 - Shetrone, Barry
2002 - Wilber, Del
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