Today In 1908: The Boston #RedSox celebrate “Cy Young Day” at Huntington Avenue Grounds! The 41-year-old pitching legend will finish the season...
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2020 The Phillies, changing their policy of only considering players inducted into the Hall of Fame, announces the team will retire Dick...
2007 Placido Polanco establishes a big-league record for second basemen when he plays his 144th straight game without committing an error. The...
2004 At Seattle's Boeing Field, Edgar Martinez is on hand to greet George W. Bush. The President, who had requested to meet the retiring...
1998 Orlando Hernandez breaks a 30-year-old Yankee rookie record when he retires Mark McLemore on a called third strike to end the eighth...
1995 At Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, baseball legend Mickey Mantle, 63, succumbs to liver cancer with his estranged wife Merlyn...
1982 At Chavez Ravine, Dodger second baseman Steve Sax steals his 41st base to set a franchise record for rookies when he swipes second base in...
1972 To stop a four-game losing streak, Detroit skipper Billy Martin asks Al Kaline to pick the Tigers' starting lineup order out of a hat for...
1963 Warren Spahn breaks Rube Waddell's record for career strikeouts by a left-hander when he whiffs pinch-hitter Al Ferrara for the final out...
1950 In the bottom of the twenty-second inning, with both starting pitchers still in the game, Don Richmond lines a single down the right-field...
1926 Lou Gehrig hits two home runs off Walter Johnson in the Yankees' 7-5 victory over the Senators at Griffith Stadium. The Iron Horse's...
This Day in Baseball History August 13th 1902 In an attempted double steal by the A's at Columbia Park, the Tigers concede second base to Harry...
August 13 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1917 Sid Gordon [IMG] 1935 Jim "Mudcat" Grant pitcher (MLB All-Star 1963, 65;...
#OTD 1974 - James "Cool Papa" Bell was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bell played for the St. Louis Stars for 10 seasons and played on...
Lake Mary Little Leaguers, like Apopka a generation ago, are about to embark on the journey of a lifetime. [IMG]
Today In 1961: Milwaukee #Braves pitcher Warren Spahn collects his 300th career win with a 2-1 complete game victory vs. the Chicago #Cubs at...
