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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #250 on: June 27, 2011, 02:48:03 am »
Today in Baseball History - June 27th

1911    The Red Sox lose their protest about A's Stuffy McInnis hitting a 'warm-up' pitch homer, but the event causes a rule change. Warm-up pitches no longer end when a player steps into the box.

1930    At Philadelphia's Shibe Park, Jack Quinn becomes the oldest player to hit a home run in major league history. The A's pitcher is nine days shy of his 47th birthday when he connects for the solo shot.

1940    To honor the lyricist of Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Jack Norworth Day is celebrated at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Norworth or his partner Albert Von Tilzer, who wrote the music, had never seen a game when they created the song in 1908.

1964    Indians' third baseman Max Alvis is stricken with spinal meningitis. A year later the Jasper, Texas native will make the All-Star team.

1967    Al Kaline breaks his hand as he slams his bat into the bat rack after being struck out by Sam McDowell. The future Hall of Famer (1980) will miss 28 games for the second place Tigers.

1972    Making his last career start, Wade Blasingame's American League debut for the Yankees is an inauspicious one, as the Tigers go deep three consecutive times in the first frame. The opening inning home runs by Aurelio Rodriguez, Al Kaline and Willie Horton power Detroit over New York, 5-2.

1973    In the opener of a twin bill at Shea Stadium, Buzz Capra pitches four innings of no-hit relief against the Phillies to get the save for starter George Stone as the Mets beat the Phillies, 7-6. A few hours earlier the 25-year old right-handed reliever had attended his dad’s funeral in Illinois.

1977    Willie McCovey becomes the first major leaguer to hit two homers in one inning twice in his career. The Giants' first baseman first accomplished the feat on 4/12/73.

1980    Facing only 28 batters, Dodgers' Jerry Reuss no-hits the Giants at the Stick, 8-0. Shortstop Bill Russell's errant first inning throw deprives the southpaw a perfect game.

1982    The Braves tie a major league mark with seven double plays as the team defeats the Reds, 2-0.

1984    Although he has stolen only one base all season, Dusty Baker is unstoppable on the base paths as he steals second, third and home in the Giants 12-9 victory over the Reds at Candlestick Park.

1986    Robby Thompson sets a major league record when he is thrown out four times trying to steal a base. The second baseman's futile attempts doesn't matter when the Giants beat Cincinnati, 7-6, in the 12-inning contest played at Riverfront Stadium.

1987    A's rookie Mark McGwire hits three home runs and drives in five runs helping to defeat the Indians, 13-3.

1993    Anthony Young sets a major league record losing his 24th straight decision as the Cardinals beat the Mets, 5-3.

2008    In a 15-6 Mets victory of the Yankees at the Stadium, Carlos Delgado, with a double, three-run homer and a grand slam, establishes a new team record with 9 RBIs in one game. The first baseman, who breaks Dave Kingman’s 1976 club mark, also surpasses Sky King on the all-time home run list with the first of his two homers, moving into 34th place with his 443rd career round-tripper.

 

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