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Re: Pale Hose History
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    On September 2 in Baseball History...


    1880 - The first night baseball is played in Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, between teams from two Boston department stores. The Boston Post reports the next day that "A clear, pure, white light was produced, very strong and yet very pleasant to the sight" by the twelve carbon-arc electric lamps.

    1919 - The National Commission recommends a best-of-nine World Series. The lengthier World Series is seen as a sign of greed and is abandoned after three years.

    1920 - William G. Harding, who will be elected as the next president of the United States, throws three pitches for the Kerrigan Tailors, a semi-pro team, in an exhibition game played against the Cubs. The contest, in which the Giants, Reds, and Indians declined to be participants, was arranged in the presidential candidate's hometown to make him more appealing to the masses.

    1939 - When Babe Dahlgren strikes out while being given an intentional walk and George Selkirk and Joe Gordon try to steal home on successive pitches by trotting to the plate, Red Sox fans throw a barrage of garbage onto the playing field at Fenway Park to protest the Yankees making deliberate outs to take advantage of the 6:30 Sunday curfew. Umpire Cal Hubbard rules the Boston crowd's action makes it impossible to continue the game and awards the game as a forefit to the Yankees with a 9-0 'official' score.

    1952 - In his major league debut, Washington's Miguel Fornieles tosses a one-hitter beating the visiting A's at Griffith Stadium, 5-0. The Senators' 20-year old rookie right-hander, who will be traded to the White Sox in the offseason for Chuck Stobbs, finishes the season with a 2-2 record posting an ERA of 1.37 in four games.


    1955 - In a 12-2 rout of the Cardinals, Ernie Banks sets the record for home runs hit by a shortstop by going deep for his 40th dinger. 'Mr. Cub' will finish this season with 44 homers and will hit 48 to extend the record in 1958.

    1957 - At Wrigley Field, the Braves sweep the Cubs, 23-10 and 4-0. In the opener, Frank Torre crosses the plate in the first, second, third, fourth, sixth and ninth innings tying a major league by scoring six times in one game.

    1959 - Throwing only nine pitches in his appearance, Tigers' right-handed reliever Jim Bunning strikes out the side in the top of the ninth inning of the team's 5-4 loss to Boston at Briggs Stadium. Sammy White, Jim Mahoney and Ike Delock are the victims of the future Hall of Famer's immaculate inning.

    1960 - Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams homers off Senator right-hander Don Lee. At the beginning of his career Williams hit several home runs off of Lee's dad, Thornton.

    1965 - At Wrigley Field, Cubs first baseman Ernie Banks hits his 400th career home run off Cardinal hurler Curt Simmons helping Chicago to defeat St. Louis, 5-3.

    1965 - In anticipation of the team's move to Anaheim next year, owner Gene Autry announces the Los Angeles Angels would now be known as the California Angels, becoming the second major league team to be named after an entire state. The franchise, the first to change its moniker during the season, will now use a logo that incorporates an image of the Golden State, along with its iconic halo.


    1965 - During a pregame ceremony at Shea Stadium, the Mets retire Casey Stengel's uniform number 37. The team's first manager, who decided to retire shortly after fracturing his hip at the end of July, compiled a 175-404 record with the expansion team, never finishing higher than in last place.


    1969 - Ralph Houk signs a new three-year contract with the Yankees at $65,000 a season, the highest managerial salary in either league.

    1969 - Willie Davis breaks a 53-year old franchise record by hitting safely in 30 consecutive games. The Dodger outfielder's sixth-inning double in a 5-4 loss to New York surpasses Zack Wheat's streak set in 1916.

    1971 - Cesar Cedeno bloops an inside-the-park grand slam as a result of second baseman Jim Lefebvre and right fielder Bill Buckner colliding trying to make the fifth inning catch. The dropped 200-foot fly ball enables the Astros to beat the Dodgers at the Astrodome, 9-3.

    1972 - After retiring twenty-six consecutive Padres batters, Cubs hurler Milt Pappas walks Larry Stahl on a 3-2 pitch. 'Gimpy' retires the next batter, Gary Jestadt, to preserve his 8-0 no-hitter.


    1972 - Coming to bat in the top of the 8th inning trailing 8-0, the Mets score seven runs and add another four tallies in the ninth to stun the Astros, 11-8. It's the Amazins' biggest come-from-behind victory in franchise history.

    1972 - With his 2,971st hit in a Pirates uniform, Roberto Clemente breaks Honus Wagner's record for the most hits in the history of the franchise. The historic blow is a three-run homer off Giant hurler Sam McDowell in the bottom of the fourth inning in an eventual 6-3 victory for the Bucs at Three Rivers Stadium.

    1972 - In his major league debut, Doug Rau throws a three-hitter beating St. Louis at Busch Stadium, 5-1. In his first big-league at-bat, the 23-year old Dodger southpaw helps his cause with a RBI-triple in the second inning.

    1972 - Dave Downs throws a complete game shutout in his first major league appearance blanking the Braves, 3-0, in the nightcap of a twin bill at Atlanta Stadium. The 20 year-old Phillies' right-hander will never win another major league game when he develops a sore arm caused by tendonitis.

    1975 - Johnny LeMaster becomes the first player to hit an inside-the-park home run in his first major league at bat. The Giants shortstop's dash around the bases comes off Don Sutton in a 7-3 win over LA at Candlestick Park.

    1985 - A's Jose Canseco strikes out in his first major league at-bat. During his 17 seasons in the major leagues, the slugger will be struck out 1,942 times en route to hitting 462 home runs.

    1986 - The Astros and Cubs use a major league record 53 players in the game. Billy Hatcher's home run off Greg Maddux in the top of the 18th inning is the difference in Houston's 8-7 victory at Wrigley Field.

    1987 - Houston's Kevin Bass went 4-for-4, including home runs from both sides of plate, and drove in three runs as the Astros beat the Chicago Cubs, 10-1. Bass became the first National Leaguer to homer from both sides of the plate twice in one season.

    1990 - Dave Stieb, who had lost three no-hit bids with one out to go in the previous two seasons, finally pitched one as the Toronto Blue Jays beat Cleveland, 3-0. It was the record ninth no-hitter of the season.

    1992 - Terry Mulholland of the Phillies becomes the new pickoff king. His 14 pickoffs are the most by any pitcher since the stat became official in 1989.

    1993 - The expansion Colorado Rockies drew 47,699 fans for their 6-1 loss to Montreal to set a single-season National League attendance record with a 62-game total of 3,617,863. Los Angeles set the previous record of 3,608,881 in 1982. Toronto set the Major League record of 4,028,318 in 1992.

    1995 - Tim Raines is out stealing in a 10-4 win over the Blue Jays to snap the White Sox outfielder's American League record streak of 40 consecutive stolen bases.


    1996 - Mike Greenwell set a Major League record by driving in all nine Boston runs, the final one on a 10th-inning single to give the Red Sox a 9-8 victory over Seattle. David Cone makes a dramatic return to the mound after his May operation to remove an aneurysm in his pitching arm by pitching seven no-hit innings. The Yankees beat the A's at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, 5-0, with Mariano Rivera giving up the opponent's only hit to Jose Herrera in the eighth.

    1996 - David Cone makes a dramatic return to the mound after his May operation to remove an aneurysm in his pitching arm by pitching seven no-hit innings. The Yankees beat the A's at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, 5-0, with Mariano Rivera giving up the opponent's only hit to Jose Herrera in the eighth.

    1998 - At Pro Player Stadium, Cardinal slugging first baseman Mark McGwire hits home runs # 58 and #59 surpassing Jimmie Foxx, who hit 58 in 1932 and Hank Greenberg who also hit 58 six years later.

    1998 - Slammin' Sammy Sosa hits his 56th homer to tie Hack Wilson's 68-year-old club record. The right-fielder's solo round-tripper in the sixth inning off Jason Bere contributes to the Cubs' 4-2 victory over Cincinnati.

    1998 - Nomar Garciaparra's ninth-inning grand slam gives the Red Sox a 7-3 win over the Mariners. Boston's slugging shortstop joins Mark McGwire as one of only five players to hit 30 homers in each of his first two seasons.

    1998 - Kent Mercker hits his only career home run, a grand slam, and also picks up the win in the Redbirds' 14-4 rout of the Marlins at Dolphin Stadium. It will be the only career homer hit by the Cardinals' left-hander in his 18-year tenure in the major leagues.

    1999 - Setting off a very enthusiastic ovation at Camden Yards, Cal Ripken, Jr. becomes the 29th major leaguer to hit 400 career home runs. The Oriole third baseman connects off Devil Rays' right-hander Rolando Arrojo.

    2000 - Elvis Pena becomes the first person named Elvis to appear in a major league game. The 23-year old Dominican infielder, in his debut for the Rockies, strikes out swinging as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning in Colorado's 8-3 loss to Milwaukee at Coors Field.

    2001 - With two outs and two strikes, Red Sox pinch hitter Carl Everett singles in the bottom of the ninth to break up Mike Mussina's bid for a perfect game. The Yankee right-hander beats Boston 1-0 for his fourth career one-hitter.


    2001 - For the first time in major league history, four games are completed on the same day with only one run scoring in the contest. The Yankees, Padres, Astros and Blue Jays beat their respective opponents Red Sox, Diamondbacks, Brewers and Tigers, 1-0.

    2003 - In an effort to make the perception of the team younger and hipper, the Blue Jays unveiled their fourth logo in the franchise's 27-year history. The new look for the 2004 season adds black and silver trimming to a newly stylized bird while eliminating the red maple leaf backdrop and the word Blue.


    2006 - At Tropicana Field, the Devil Rays' second triple play in franchise history is the first ever in the annals of the game in which the ball never touched the bat. The 2-6-2 triple killing occurs when Raul Ibanez strikes out on a 3-2 pitch, then Adrian Beltre is thrown out attempting to steal second by catcher Dioner Navarro, with shortstop Ben Zobrist returning the ball to the plate to nail Jose Lopez trying to score from third.

    2006 - Joining Jeremy Hermida (Marlins, 2005) and Bill Duggleby (Phillies,1898), Kevin Kouzmanoff becomes the third player in major league history to hit a grand slam in his first career at bat. The Indians' 25-year old DH, filling in for the injured Travis Hafner - who hit six bases-juiced homers this season tying a major league record, is the first person to accomplish the feat on the first pitch he ever sees in the big leagues.

    2006 - The Pirates extend their franchise record consecutive losing season streak to 14 as the club drops their 82nd game of the season to Chris Carpenter and the Cardinals, 3-1. The 1933-1948 Phillies own the big league record finishing with a losing record for 16 straight seasons.

    2008 - New York starter Jonathon Niese, who was born on the day the Mets won their last World Championship, makes his major league debut against the Brewers in Miller Park. On his second pitch of the game, the 21-year-old southpaw gives up a home run to Rickie Weeks making the him the first rookie in franchise history to yield a home run to the initial batter he faces in his career.
   



    Baseball Birthdays on September 2...


    1850 - Spalding, Al
    1863 - Henry, John
    1878 - Yohe, Bill
    1879 - DeGroff, Rube
    1880 - Payne, Fred
    1884 - Ward, Joe
    1889 - Chouneau, Chief
    1896 - Shriver, Harry
    1896 - Johnson, Paul
    1900 - Heving, Joe
    1901 - Griffin, Marty
    1905 - James, Bernie
    1907 - Sankey, Ben
    1909 - Pearson, Monte
    1918 - Rice, Len
    1933 - Throneberry, Marv
    1935 - Williams, Don
    1935 - Massa, Gordon
    1941 - Crider, Jerry
    1943 - Walker, Luke
    1947 - Behney, Mel
    1950 - Johnson, Lamar

    1951 - Criscione, Dave
    1952 - Snell, Nate
    1953 - Goodwin, Danny
    1954 - Manning, Rick
    1954 - Flinn, John
    1956 - Howard, Fred

    1959 - Hazewood, Drungo
    1960 - Hudler, Rex
    1961 - Russell, Jeff
    1962 - Paredes, Johnny
    1965 - Melendez, Jose
    1966 - Jorgensen, Terry
    1967 - McAndrew, Jamie
    1969 - Thomas, Mike
    1970 - Lawrence, Sean
    1971 - Aurilia, Rich
    1972 - Watkins, Pat
    1977 - Haad, Yamid
    1982 - Hammel, Jason
    1982 - Lewis, Rommie
    1982 - Littleton, Wes
    1983 - Sanchez, Gaby
    1984 - Ryan, Dusty
    1986 - Crawford, Evan
    1991 - Bethancourt, Christian
    1992 - Torreyes, Ronald
    1993 - Minter, A.J.
    1994 - Cordero, Franchy



    Baseball Deaths on September 2...


    1916 - Evans, Chick
    1926 - McDonough, Ed
    1929 - Blue, Bert
    1940 - Welch, Johnny
    1942 - Thielman, Henry
    1954 - Osborn, Fred
    1957 - Hanski, Don

    1960 - Maloney, Billy
    1965 - Hoover, Joe
    1966 - McCabe, Bill
    1967 - Ryan, Jack
    1968 - Meyer, Leo
    1972 - Brillheart, Jim
    1976 - Heine, Bud
    1977 - Ramos, Chucho
    1981 - Lowe, George
    1986 - Wilson, Jim
    1987 - Carreon, Cam

    1988 - Bagby, Jim
    1990 - Mauldin, Mark

    1996 - Livengood, Wes
    2006 - Dahlke, Jerry

    2006 - Bernal, Vic
    2008 - Cruz, Todd

    2016 - Minnick, Don




     



                     



     



         




 

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