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1971 At Wrigley Field, Ernie Banks hits the final home run of his career in the Cubs' 5-4 loss to Cincinnati. Mr. Cub's 512th round-tripper, tying him for seventh place on the all-time list with Eddie Mathews, comes in the fourth frame off right-hander Jim McGlothlin, a two-out solo shot to left field that ties the score at 3-3.

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1973 Sitting in the top row of the bleachers at Cleveland Stadium, John Adams begins a tradition that continues to this day when he bangs on his drum to cheer on the Tribe. In 2011, the team paid tribute to the fan-favorite in a pregame ceremony commemorating his 3000th game, including Adams taking a ceremonial swing with his drum at a pitch thrown by Joe Charboneau.
1974 Davey Lopes steals fives bases, tying a National League record established in 1904 by Giants first baseman Dan McGann. The Dodger second baseman's quintet of stolen bags adds to the team's franchise mark of eight stolen bases in their 3-0 victory over the Redbirds at Chavez Ravine.

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1975 Ed Halicki, in the second game of a doubleheader sweep, no-hits the Mets, 6-0. The Candlestick Park masterpiece includes ten strikeouts by the Giants right-hander, who will never have a winning season in San Francisco and will post a 55-66 record during his seven-year career.

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1975 Dave Lopes steals his major league record 38th consecutive base, but the streak will be stopped by Montreal backstop Gary Carter when he attempts to swipe another bag in the Dodger Stadium contest. The second baseman streak ends in the 12th inning of the team's 5-3 loss in fourteen frames.
1976 At Tiger Stadium, Bill Freehan hits his 200th and final home run in a 12-7 loss to the White Sox. The Detroit catcher will finish his career with 100 homers hit at home, with the other 100 dingers hit on the road.

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1979 The Phillies retire the uniform No. 1 in honor of Hall of Fame outfielder Richie Ashburn, considered one of the best leadoff hitters and defensive players in the game during his 12 years with the Phillies. After brief stints with the Cubs and the expansion Mets, 'Whitey' returned to Philadelphia, becoming a beloved broadcaster for the team until he died in 1997.

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1980 Gene Mauch resigns as the Twins manager, leaving a team with a 54-71 record and 26 games out of first place. The 'Little General' will be replaced by third base coach John Goryl, given a one-year contract after he guides the club to 23 victories, including a 12-game winning streak, in the final 36 games of the season.

 

1982 John Wathan breaks Ray Schalk's 1916 record for stolen bases in a season by a catcher with his 31st stolen bag. The Royals' backstop accomplishes the feat when he swipes third base in the seventh inning of Kansas City's 5-3 victory over Texas at Arlington Stadium.

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1983 Orioles' southpaw Tippy Martinez picks off three runners in the tenth inning when the Blue Jays baserunners take long leads, trying to take advantage of his new batterymate, Len Sakata, an infielder pressed into service behind the plate. The converted catcher gets revenge when his three-run homer in the bottom of the frame wins the game, 7-4.

1985 Don Baylor ties an American League record after being hit by a pitch thrown by Mariner southpaw Mark Langston in the first inning of the Yankees' 4-3 victory at the Kingdome. The New York DH gets plunked for the 189th time in his career, tying him with Minnie Minoso, who established the mark in 1963 while with the White Sox.

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1989 "In the absence of a hearing and therefore in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, I am confronted by the factual record of the Dowd report, and on the basis of that, yes, I have concluded that he bet on baseball." - A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI, commissioner commenting on Pete Rose's lifetime banishment.
"Regardless of what the commissioner said today, I did not bet on baseball." - PETE ROSE, defending himself at Riverfront Stadium news conference.
Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, stating he believed that Pete Rose had bet on games, including those of the team he managed, announces an agreement that bans Mr. Rose permanently from baseball. The five-page agreement, signed by the commissioner and the Reds manager, does not indicate the suspension is specifically for betting on baseball games and does not include language that Rose wagered bets on specific contests.
1993 Kevin Reimer, joining Johnny Briggs, who accomplished the feat twenty years ago, becomes the second Brewer to go 6-for-6 in a game, collecting two doubles and four singles. After singling in the final frame, the Milwaukee DH/right fielder scores the winning run in the team's 7-6 walk-off victory over the A's in 13 innings at County Stadium when Dave Nilsson ends the contest with a two-out hit to left field.
1999 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. joins Babe Ruth, Ralph Kiner, Duke Snider, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew, and Mark McGwire as the only players to hit 40 homers in four consecutive seasons when he goes deep in the team’s 5-0 victory over the Tigers at Safeco Field.

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2000 In his fifth rehabilitation start in the minors, Devil Rays' 26-year-old pitcher Tony Saunders' left arm breaks again while uncorking a wild pitch. The Devil Ray southpaw first broke his left humerus on May 26th, 1999, on a 3-2 count in a game against the Rangers at Tropicana Field.
2001 The wives of the three ironworkers who died in 1999 when a crane collapsed during the construction of Miller Park unveil Teamwork, a three-figured, 12-foot high bronze statue honoring their husbands, Jeffery Wischer, William De Grave, and Jerome Starr. The $250,000 sculpture, depicting a trio of construction workers wearing hardhats and carrying the tools of their trade, was commissioned by Milwaukee's Habush, Habush, and Rottier Charitable Foundation.

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2004 Bud Selig, citing how disruptive a delay in the schedule would be on pennant races, says it is unlikely that major league players will ever be able to participate in the Olympics. The baseball commissioner hopes a World Cup, which begins in 2006, will serve as a substitute for the Summer Games.
2005 After fouling off three Jose Valverde full-count fastballs, Mike Jacobs goes deep at BOB to become the only player to hit four home runs during the first four games of a major league career. The Mets rookie, who hits two round-trippers in the 18-4 rout of the Diamondbacks, has homered four times, including his first big-league at-bat, in his first 13 plate appearances.

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2006 Sean Casey probably becomes the first player in baseball history to ground out to left field. The unique 5-7-3 play is the result of the batter starting to head back to the dugout, thinking his liner is caught on the fly, when the ball actually glanced off White Sox third baseman Joe Crede's glove, reaching left fielder Pablo Ozuna, whose throw to first base barely beats the runner to the bag.
2007 A day after protests concerning the sale of gang-related items occur in East Harlem, MLB's official cap manufacturer, New Era, announces it will remove the offending headwear, which bears the colors and symbols of the Bloods, the Crips, and the Latin Kings. Unknown to the Yankees, white team caps, wrapped with red and blue bandannas, appeared to represent the Bloods and Crips, with a black hat bearing the iconic interlocking NY, embroidered with a crown symbolic of the Latin Kings, also being available.
2007 After waiting four hours and one minute to start the contest because of rain, the Yankees and Tigers begin an 11-inning marathon, which takes four hours and 24 minutes to complete. The last pitch, resulting in a three-run walk-off round-tripper by Detroit's shortstop Carlos Guillen, is thrown at 3:30 am, sending the several thousands of fans at Comerica Park home listening to Lionel Richie's 'All Night Long' as they exit the ballpark.
2007 Padres starter Greg Maddux becomes the first pitcher to win ten games in twenty consecutive seasons when he tosses seven solid innings in the team's 14-3 rout of Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. The right-hander compiled a 339-196 record during the streak, with 196 victories earned while hurling for the Braves.

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2008 Scoring at least one run in every inning, Hawaii wins the Little League World Series, beating Mexico, 12-3. To advance to the championship game, Waipahu scored six runs in the last frame (sixth) to overcome a four-run deficit, to beat Lake Charles (LA) in the semi-finals, 7-5.
2008 Home plate umpire Brian Gorman tosses Denard Span for throwing his bat and helmet. The ejection comes after the contest ended, with the rookie's called third strike being the final pitch of the Twins' 5-3 loss to the Angels.
2009 Ryan Spilborghs becomes the first Rockie to hit a walk-off grand slam in team history, a 14th-inning opposite-field blast that beats the Giants at Coors Field, 6-4. The Colorado outfielder sprints around the bases, competing his "Spilly Slam" in a speedy 16.37 seconds.

 

2010 Former Brewer owner and baseball's current commissioner, Bud Selig, is honored with the unveiling of a bronze, seven-foot statue at Miller Park. Brian Maughan's piece of art, which portrays Selig with his right arm extended with his hand holding a baseball, joins the sculptures of Robin Yount and Hank Aaron in front of the Milwaukee ballpark.

2013 For the first time, the All-Star Game starters face each other in the same regular season when Mets' right-hander Matt Harvey and the Tigers' Max Scherzer are opposing pitchers in Detroit's 3-0 victory at Citi Field, the site of this year's Midsummer Classic. The historic matchup ends with the New York starter, who gives up 13 hits in 6.2 innings, going on the DL for season-ending surgery, and his opponent becoming just the third pitcher to start a season with a 19-1 record, joining Rube Marquard (1912 Giants) and Roger Clemens (2001 Yankees).
2013 After the teams combine for 137 at-bats, 35 hits, 32 strikeouts, and 28 walks, the Diamondbacks beat the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, 12-7. The 18-inning contest takes seven hours and six minutes to complete, making it the longest game in history, in terms of time, for both franchises.
2014 Joc Pederson becomes the fourth player in the Pacific Coast League's history to have a 30-30 season and the first to accomplish the feat in 80 years when he steals his 30th base for the Isotopes. The 22-year-old Albuquerque slugger, who has 32 home runs and a .432 slugging percentage in 116 games this season, will join the Dodgers when rosters expand next week.

2015 In a 15-7 victory over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, the Mets set franchise marks with eight home runs and 14 extra-base hits, including David Wright's second-inning blast in his first plate appearance since April due to a bad back. Wilmer Flores (2), Yoenis Cespedes, Juan Lagares, Travis d'Arnaud, Daniel Murphy, and Michael Cuddyer also contribute to the team's new round-tripper record.
2016 David Ortiz becomes the oldest player to hit 30 home runs in a season when he blasts a first-inning two-run homer in the Red Sox's eventual 4-3 loss to the Rays in 11 innings at Tropicana Field. The DH's round-tripper off Matt Andriese accounts for his 100th RBI and marks the tenth time the 40-year-old has collected 30 home runs and 100 RBIs, setting a franchise record.

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1894 - Chicago catcher Pop Schriver becomes the first player to catch a ball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument.​

• • 1905 - The Chicago Cubs beat the Phillies at Philadelphia 2-1 in 20 innings behind the complete game pitching of Ed Reulbach.
  • 1918 - Secretary of War Newton D. Baker grants an extended exemption to players in the World Series. Three days later the National Commission gets an official approval to play from General Enoch Crowder, providing that 10 percent of the revenues go to war charities.
  • 1919 - Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning in his debut with the team. He recovers to get the final out of the game, and defeats Philadelphia, 2-1.
  • 1940 - Left fielder Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox pitches the last two innings in a 12-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Williams allows three hits and one run but strikes out Tiger slugger Rudy York. Joe Glenn, who caught Babe Ruth's last pitching appearance in 1933, is Williams'catcher.
  • 1943 - The Philadelphia Athletics drop their 20th game in a row, losing to Chicago 6-5. This ties the American League record. They dodge the bullet in the nightcap by scoring eight runs in the second inning to win 8-1.
  • 1945 - Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from the Navy and attracts a crowd of 46,477, who watch him strike out 12 and yield only four hits in a 4-2 win over Detroit's Hal Newhouser. He will get nine starts during the remainder of the year, including a one-hitter and a pair of four-hitters.
  • 1951 - In another of Bill Veeck's legendary PR stunts, "Fans Managers' Night," a thousand fans behind the Browns dugout are given yes and no placards to vote on decisions by the Browns coaches. The fans coach the Browns to a 5-3 win over Philadelphia.
  • 1971 - Ernie Banks hit the 512th and final home run of his career as the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4. Banks' shot came off Jim McGlothlin in the first inning.
  • 1975 - After stealing second base in the seventh to add to his major league record of 38 consecutive steals, Davey Lopes is nabbed in the 12th inning by Montreal catcher Gary Carter. The Expos beat the Dodgers in 14 innings 5-2.
  • 1982 - Kansas City's John Wathan steals his 31st base of the season in a 5-3 win over the Rangers, breaking the single-season record for catchers set by Ray Schalk in 1916. Wathan will finish the season with a career-high 36 stolen bases.
  • 1983 - After six Major League seasons playing infield positions, Oriole Lenn Sakata moved behind the plate to catch relief pitcher Tim Stoddard who had also just entered the game. The Blue Jays looked to capitalize and Stoddard was not ready, surrendering a home run and a single before being relieved himself, by Tippy Martinez. Tippy, however, was ready, picking off at first base in order Barry Bonnell, Dave Collins and Upshaw to record all three inning outs.
  • 1983 - First baseman Pete Rose does not play in Philadelphia's 5-3 loss to the Giants, ending his consecutive games played streak at 745. Manager Paul Owens had planned to use Rose as a pinch-hitter in the 10th inning, but Joel Youngblood ends the game with a two-run home run off Steve Carlton in the bottom of the ninth.
  • 1989 - After weeks of legal wrangling, Commissioner Bart Giamatti permanently bans Pete Rose from baseball for his alleged gambling on major league games. Although the five-page document signed by both parties includes no formal findings, Giamatti says that he considers Rose's acceptance of the ban to be a no-contest plea to the charges.

Baseball Birthdays on August 24...

• • 1859 - Noftsker, George
  • 1863 - Hall, Charlie
  • 1864 - Hill, Belden
  • 1864 - Hardie, Lou
  • 1881 - Kelsey, Billy
  • 1887 - Hooper, Harry
  • 1889 - Ens, Jewel
  • 1889 - Gowdy, Hank
  • 1890 - Mattis, Ralph
  • 1893 - Desjardien, Shorty
  • 1894 - LeBourveau, Bevo
  • 1894 - Cooney, Jimmy
  • 1895 - Howe, Les
  • 1897 - Bool, Al
  • 1897 - Pratt, Frank
  • 1898 - Monroe, John
  • 1902 - Blott, Jack
  • 1902 - Hudgens, Jimmy
  • 1907 - Richmond, Beryl
  • 1912 - Secory, Frank
  • 1914 - Turbeville, George
  • 1916 - Dean, Chubby
  • 1916 - Suarez, Luis
  • 1928 - Griggs, Hal
  • 1932 - Woodeshick, Hal
  • 1939 - Joseph, Rick
  • 1953 - Sanchez, Luis
  • 1954 - Batton, Chris
  • 1956 - Bernazard, Tony
  • 1956 - Fiala, Neil
  • 1957 - Benton, Butch
  • 1960 - Ripken, Jr., Cal
  • 1964 - Gross, Kip
  • 1965 - Garrison, Webster
  • 1966 - Wilkins, Dean
  • 1968 - Salmon, Tim
  • 1970 - Waszgis, B.J.
  • 1971 - Stull, Everett
  • 1972 - Miller, Kurt
  • 1972 - Grzanich, Mike
  • 1973 - Pozo, Arquimedez
  • 1974 - Kubenka, Jeff
  • 1980 - Furcal, Rafael

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1928 Darrell Johnson, born in Horace, Nebraska (d. 2004)

1946 Rollie Fingers relief pitcher (Oakland Athletics, AL MVP, Cy Young Award 1981), born in Steubenville, Ohio

1966 Albert Belle outfielder (Cleveland Indians; 5-time MLB All-Star), born in Shreveport, Louisiana

1970 Doug Glanville, outfielder (Chicago Cubs), born in Hackensack, New York

1980 Neal Musser player

1987 Justin Upton player

 

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1922 After leading 25-6, thanks to scoring ten second-inning runs and adding another 14 in the fourth, the Cubs need to hold on to defeat Philadelphia 26-23. The slugfest, which sets the major league mark for most tallies scored in one game and the most hits with a combined total of 51, ends with the Phillies leaving the bases loaded in the ninth.
1929 The Giants become the first team to employ a public address system when they place a microphone inside the mask of connected home plate umpire Charles Rigler. The team's effort to have the ump broadcast ball-and-strike calls to the Polo Grounds crowd doesn't work very well.
1934 Schoolboy Rowe wins his 16th consecutive game, tying the American League record shared by Smoky Joe Wood, Walter Johnson, and Lefty Grove. The 24-year-old right-hander from Waco, Texas, who goes 3-for-4 in the contest, singles home the eventual winning run in the ninth inning in the Tigers' 4-2 victory over the Senators at Griffith Stadium.

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1936 The Braves establish a new major league record, hitting seven doubles in one inning. The two-bagger barrage occurs in the first frame of a 20-3 rout of the Cardinals at Sportsman's Park.
1946 The Yankees become the first team to draw over two million paying patrons when 42,908 fans show up at the Bronx ballpark to watch the Bombers drop a 7-2 decision to Detroit's Hal Newhouse. Today's crowd brings the season's total to 2,027,087, three-quarters of a million more than the previous American League record set by the team when they played at the Polo Grounds in 1920.
1952 At Yankee Stadium, Tiger Virgil Trucks (5-14) throws the second of his two no-hitters this season, blanking the Bronx Bombers, 1-0. Originally scored an error, Phil Rizzuto's third-inning grounder is changed to a hit, reversed again in the sixth inning, making the no-hitter a bit controversial.

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1956 General manager George Weiss and skipper Casey Stengel consult with Phil Rizzuto, wanting the shortstop's input concerning a player move necessitated by reacquiring Enos Slaughter off waivers from the A's. After listening to Scooter's suggestions about who should go, the GM cuts the veteran infielder from the squad.

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1959 The White Sox trade minor league infielder Bob Sagers and outfielder Harry Simpson to the Pirates for first baseman Ted Kluszewski. The 34-year-old 'Big Klu,' obtained for the team's stretch run, will hit .391 and drive in 10 runs during the World Series for the AL champs.

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1967 Dean Chance throws his second no-hitter of the month, defeating the Indians 2-1 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. On August 5, the Twins' 26-year-old right-hander hurled five perfect innings in an abbreviated game against the Red Sox.

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1968 Rocky Colavito, giving up just one hit in 2.1 innings of relief, is credited with the win when the Yankees beat Detroit, 6-5. The Yankees outfielder, who also homers in the game, will be the last position player to notch a major league victory until Colorado catcher Brent Mayne accomplishes the feat in 2000.

1969 Joe Niekro is traded by the Cubs, along with Gary Ross and Francisco Libran, in exchange for right-hander Dick Selma. The 22-year-old never became a favorite of Chicago skipper Leo Durocher due to his insistence on throwing a knuckleball, the signature pitch that will result in 221 career victories.

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1979 At Dodger Stadium, Robin Williams, the star of Mork and Mindy, a TV show where he plays an alien, runs the bases backward in a Hollywood Stars vs. the Media game. The comedian explains circling the bags clockwise is very common on the Planet Ork, his character's home in the universe.
1983 The Louisville Redbirds become the first minor league team to draw more than a million fans. A total of 1,052,438 people will watch the St. Louis AAA farm team play their American Association rivals at Cardinal Stadium, formerly known as Fairgrounds Stadium.
1985 At the age of 20 years, nine months, nine days, Dwight Gooden becomes the youngest 20-game winner ever when the Mets beat San Diego at Shea Stadium, 9-3. Doc is 27 days younger than Bob Feller, who accomplished the feat in 1939 with the Indians.

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1986 A's rookie Mark McGwire hits his first major league home run, going deep in the fifth inning off Walt Terrell in Oakland's 8-4 victory at Tiger Stadium. The round-tripper is the first of 583 round-trippers that Big Mac will hit during his 16-year career.

 

1991 At Busch Stadium, Lee Smith becomes the fifth major leaguer to record his 300th save when he pitches a scoreless ninth inning to preserve the Cardinals' 5-2 win over the Dodgers. The Louisiana native will retire with the most saves in major league history with 478, compiled during 18 seasons with eight different teams

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1992 After posting a 12-14 record during the longest scheduled road trip in big league history, the Astros return to Houston to play a home game. The twenty-six game journey to eight cities became necessary when the Astrodome hosted the Republican National Convention
1995 At Veterans Stadium, Gregg Jefferies hits for the cycle when Philadelphia crushes the Dodgers, 17-4. The Phillies' first baseman, who has four RBIs and scores four runs, collects all of his extra-base hits off LA starting pitcher Hideo Nomo.

1996 The Yankees dedicate a centerfield monument to Mickey Mantle, who died of liver cancer last year. The commemorative structure, the first erected by the team in 47 years, joins three other monuments in the Bronx ballpark that honor the legacies of Miller Huggins, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig.

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1996 Brian Lesher becomes the first person born in Belgium to appear in a major league game. The 25-year-old from Wilrij starts in right-field and enjoys a 1-for-3 day at the plate, including a run-scoring single in the sixth inning off Andy Pettitte in the A's 6-4 victory at Yankee Stadium.
1999 Royals' right-hander Jeff Montgomery becomes the first closer to save 300 games for the same team. The three-time All-Star (1992, 1993, 1996) reaches the milestone when records the final out, after giving up a pair of singles to the first two men he faces, in the team's 8-6 victory over the Orioles at Kauffman Stadium.

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2000 The Giants tie a franchise record by hitting eight doubles (Bill Mueller (2), Jeff Kent, Marvin Benard, J.T. Snow, Rich Aurilia, Felipe Crespo, and Ramon Martinez) en route to a 16-3 rout of the Phillies at Veterans Stadium. Except for Bobby Estalella, every San Francisco player in the lineup participates in the 21-hit attack, including starting pitcher Russ Ortiz, who goes 3-for-3.
2002 Participating in a minor-league baseball promotion, a 28-year-old woman collapses and dies after running from the outfield fence to the infield in quest of a hidden diamond. She was among approximately 250 women hoping to find a small box containing the treasure after the Orlando Rays and Jacksonville Suns game.
2004 In the 21-6 rout of Kansas City at Angel Stadium, Jeff DaVanon becomes the first Anaheim player to hit for the cycle since Dave Winfield accomplished the feat for the Halos in 1991. The DH's offensive output helps the club sweep an American League opponent in a season series for the first time in its 44-year history.
2006 Alfonso Soriano becomes the fastest of the 40 major leaguers that have stolen 200 bases and hit 200 home career home runs. After being walked in the third inning of the team's 7-6 victory over Atlanta at Turner Field, the 30-year-old Nationals outfielder, who started the game with 203 homers, steals second to reach the milestone.

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2007 Craig Stansberry makes his big league debut with a seventh-inning pinch-hit single in the Padres' San Diego's 4-3 victory over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The 25-year-old, who moved to the United States when he was an infant, becomes the first person born in Saudi Arabia to participate in a major league game.
2008 After being swept in a four-game series earlier in the month in L.A., the Phillies return the favor, beating the Dodgers, 5-0, to complete a four-game sweep against their opponents. The victory marks the first time in franchise history that Philadelphia has swept the Dodgers in a four-game series at home.
2008 The Twins get 37 year-old Eddie Guardado, their former reliever from 1993-2003, from the Rangers in exchange for 21-year-old right-hander Mark Hamburger. The veteran "Everyday Eddie" will assume the setup role for Minnesota during the stretch run.

2008 Hitting a home run to lead off the game, Grady Sizemore becomes the second Indian and 14th American League member of the 30-30 club. The Cleveland outfielder joins Joe Carter (1987) as the only other player in franchise history to accomplish the feat.

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2008 Mike Pelfrey becomes the first Mets hurler with back-to-back complete-game victories since Bret Saberhagen accomplished the feat in 1995. With the help of a pair of Carlos Delgado's three-run home runs, the 24-year-old right-hander beats the Astros, 9-1.

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2009 With a 5-4 win in ten innings over the Dodgers, the Rockies move 18 games over .500 for the first time in franchise history. The wild-card leader, winning 52 of their last 74 games, the latest on a Troy Tulowitzki bases-loaded single, has cut LA's Western Division lead from 15.5 games on June 3 to just two games.

 

2010 After blowing a nine-run lead over the Giants, the Reds tie the game on Paul Janish's ninth-inning single, winning the contest, 12-11, on Joey Votto's two-out hit in the 12th frame. The Braves squander the same size lead at Coors Field earlier in the day but lose the game, 12-10, to the Rockies, who match their largest comeback in franchise history.
2010 Felix Hernandez, the fourth youngest ever to reach the milestone, collects his 1000th strikeout, fanning David Ortiz in the sixth inning of the Mariners' 4-2 victory over Boston at Safeco Field. Joining Randy Johnson (2,162), Jamie Moyer (1,239), and Mark Langston (1,078), the 24-year-old Seattle superstar becomes the fourth pitcher in franchise history to accomplish the feat.

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2011 The Yankees become the first team to hit three grand slams in one game in a 22-9 annihilation of the A's. Robinson Cano, Russell Martin, and Curtis Granderson go deep with the bases loaded at the Bronx ballyard.
2012 In a nine-player blockbuster trade, the Dodgers obtain Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, Nick Punto, and cash considerations for James Loney, Allen Webster, Ivan De Jesus, Jr., and two players to be named later (Rubby De La Rosa and Jerry Sands). The deal allows the new Dodgers ownership to show they are serious about making a run for the postseason while giving an under-performing Boston team more financial flexibility in the offseason.
2013 When he goes deep off KC's Ervin Santana, Bryce Harper becomes the third player in baseball history to hit 40 homers before his 21st birthday. The Washington outfielder joins Mel Ott and Tony Conigliaro, who hit 61 and 56 round-trippers, respectively, for the Giants and Red Sox, before reaching their age of majority.

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2013 For the first time in nearly six decades, a brother homers, supporting his sibling's effort on the mound when Jordan Danks goes deep in the White Sox' 5-2 win over Texas, with his older bro John, throwing six innings to earn the U.S. Cellular Field victory. In 1955, A's catcher Billy Shantz also homered in a game whose batterymate was his brother Bobby.
2015 Calling his tweet completely unacceptable, ESPN pulls analyst Curt Schilling from the network's Little League World Series broadcasts. The former major league pitcher's post, which was quickly deleted, connected Muslim extremism to Nazi Germany.
2020 At Guaranteed Rate Field, White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito no-hits the Pirates, 4-0. The 26-year-old California native faces 28 batters, throwing 101 pitches en route to striking out 13 while issuing just one base-on-balls.

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2020 Jon Berti becomes the first Marlin to steal three bases in an inning, pulling off the rare stolen-base cycle against catcher Ali Sánchez in the team's 3-0 victory over the Mets. At Citi Field, the Miami center fielder swipes second and third in the sixth frame before scoring on a delayed steal of home.

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1891 - The Boston National League club shocks the baseball world by announcing the signing of King Kelly away from the rival Boston American Association club, thereby wrecking peace talks between the leagues. Kelly signs through the 1892 season for a total of $25,000, a figure that will not be topped by any player until the Federal League war of 1914 and 1915.
1922 - The Cubs beat the Phillies 26-23. The Cubs led 25-6 in the fourth inning, but held on as the game ended with the Phillies leaving the bases loaded.
1952 - In a 1-0 win over the Yankees, Virgil Trucks of the Tigers pitches his second no-hitter of the season. The no-hitter is in doubt for three innings when a play made by shortstop Johnny Pesky in the third inning is under debate. Phil Rizzuto's grounder is ruled an error, then a hit, before it is switched back to an error.
1956 - To make room for Enos Slaughter, the Yankees give Phil Rizzuto his unconditional release. Through the instigation of Ballantine Beer, Rizzuto will be in the announcing booth next year, replacing Jim Woods.
1967 - Dean Chance of Minnesota pitched his second no-hitter of the month, defeating the Indians 2-1. Chance pitched an abbreviated five perfect innings against Boston on August 5th.
1983 - The Louisville Redbirds (American Association) become the first minor league team to draw one million fans in a season.
1985 - New York's Dwight Gooden became the youngest to win 20 games with a 9-3 victory over the San Diego Padres. Gooden at 20 years, nine months, and nine days was one month younger that Bob Feller, who won 20 games for Cleveland in 1939.
1986 - Oakland A's third baseman Mark McGwire hits his first major league home run, a 450-foot blast to center field off Walt Terrell, as Oakland beats Detroit 8-4 at Tiger Stadium.
1991 - Doug Dascenzo commits his first career error after 242 games, an National League record, in Cubs' 12-9 loss to the Padres.
1997 - Boston's Nomar Garciaparra singles twice to extend his hitting streak to 27 games, breaking the American League rookie record set by Guy Curtright of the Chicago White Sox in 1943. The Red Sox come back to beat the Mariners 9-8. Garciaparra's streak will extend to thirty games.
Baseball Birthdays on August 25...

1858 - Jones, Frank
1859 - Stockwell, Len
1862 - Simon, Hank
1869 - McFetridge, Jack
1881 - Pettigrew, Ned
1882 - McGeehan, Conny
1884 - Catterson, Tom
1884 - Reilley, Duke
1886 - Kroh, Rube
1887 - Rudolph, Dick
1889 - Stevens, Jim
1889 - Graff, Fred
1892 - Jones, Johnny
1892 - Boeckel, Tony
1893 - Gandy, Bob
1894 - Wetzel, Buzz
1895 - Roberts, Ray
1907 - Meadows, Rufus
1911 - Frink, Fred
1912 - Cisar, George
1913 - Snyder, Bernie
1913 - Narron, Sam
1916 - Gantenbein, Joe
1918 - Busby, Paul
1921 - Jurisich, Al
1922 - Devlin, Jim
1926 - Suchecki, Jim
1926 - Milliken, Bob
1928 - Johnson, Darrell
1928 - Wooldridge, Floyd
1934 - Mauriello, Ralph
1937 - Coleman, Choo Choo
1939 - Womack, Dooley
1940 - Wallace, Don
1942 - Fitzmaurice, Shaun
1944 - Smith, Dick
1946 - Fingers, Rollie
1949 - Babcock, Bob
1950 - Heaverlo, Dave
1950 - Perzanowski, Stan
1953 - Lacey, Bob
1954 - Redfern, Pete
1960 - Meacham, Bob
1962 - McDowell, Oddibe
1966 - Belle, Albert
1970 - Brumley, Duff
1970 - Glanville, Doug
1972 - Welch, Mike
1972 - Abad, Andy
1973 - Powell, Dante
1974 - Matthews, Jr., Gary
1978 - Ozuna, Pablo

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