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  • 1901 - At Washington, umpire John Haskell is involved in another violent incident during the Washington-Sox game when Sox SS Frank Shugart punches Haskell after a disputed ball four call, followed by a Nationals bases loaded triple. Teammate John Katoll tries to add his two cents, and a fan jumps in punching Shugart. The police intervene and both players are arrested. Shugart will be expelled. Washington's Win Mercer lives up to his name with an 8-0 win over Chicago.
  • 1901 - In Baltimore, Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity is tossed for spitting in the face of umpire Tom Connolly. When Detroit's Kid Elberfeld intervenes, he is decked by Baltimore's Mike Donlin. Bill Keister also gets involved, as do some fans, and the police, who arrest the players and a fan. Judge Harry Goldman, a part-owner of the O's, releases the players and fines the fan a $100.
  • 1902 - Sam Leever hurls a two hitter to give the first place Pirates a 2-0 win over the Giants and Christy Mathewson.
  • 1902 - Philadelphia's Rube Waddell allows three hits in edging the Tigers 1-0 in the opener of a doubleheader. Waddell then pitches the nitecap as well, giving up eight hits before losing 2-1.
  • 1902 - Joe McGinnity of the National League's Baltimore Orioles is thrown out of the league for punching and spitting at an umpire. Due his popularity, 'Iron Man Mike' will be quickly reinstated.
  • 1903 - In their 2nd straight doubleheader, the Pirates and Giants again split, with the Bucs taking the opener, 5-0, behind Sam Leever. Christy Mathewson wins the nitecap for New York, 9-5, the 8th time he's whipped Pittsburgh this year. Matty scatters 10 singles and Ginger Beaumont's double.
  • 1903 - Ducky Holmes, White Stockings OF, has four assists in a game, tying the ML record. But his team still loses 11-3 to Cy Young and the Boston Pilgrims.
  • 1905 - The Giants run past the Pirates, 10 - 2, with Christy Mathewson defeating Deacon Phillippe. New York swipes five bases including a steal of home by Art Devlin.
  • 1908 - Pittsburgh regains first place as Nick Maddox (15-5) beats Brooklyn, 2-1 for his 8th win in a row. Maddox drives in both runs as well. Maddox, who won his last five games of 1907, has now won 20 games in 30 appearances, the quickest twenty-game winner ever (This mark will be tied by Russ Ford, in 1910; Boo Ferriss in 1945; and Cal Eldred in 1993).
  • 1908 - Nationals catcher Gabby Street stands at the base of the Washington Monument and catches the 13th ball dropped from the top, 555 feet up, duplicating the feat performed by Pop Schriver of the Chicago Colts on August 24, 1894. Billy Sullivan of the Chicago White Sox will repeat the catch on August 24, 1910. Street gets a $500 prize for his morning's efforts, then spends the afternoon behind the plate catching Walter Johnson's 3-1 win over Detroit.
  • 1908 - On the third try, Senator Gabby Street catches a ball thrown from the top of the Washington Monument. Scientists estimated the 555-foot drop the ball traveled had a force between 200 and 300 pounds.
  • 1909 - The Giants edge the Reds, 1-0, with Christy Mathewson winning this one, 1-0. Jack Rowan takes the loss when Larry Doyle walks in the 1st, goes to 3B on a ground out and scores on another grounder.
  • 1909 - Jack Taylor, former iron man pitcher in the NL, hurls two complete games in the Central League. On the mound for Dayton, he shuts out Terra Haute on two hits to win 4-0 in game one, then wins 1-0 in 11 innings in game 2. On June 4th, pitching for Grand Rapids in the same league, Taylor threw a 1-0 no-hitter over Fort Wayne.
  • 1912 - Thomas C. Noyes, president and part owner of the Senators, dies, opening the way for Clark Griffith to eventually become club owner.
  • 1913 - The Giants increase their NL lead to 10 games by smoking Eddie Stack and the Cubs, 8 - 2. Christy Mathewson rolls to his 22nd win, allowing eight hits. Johnny Evers collects three hits, including a homer in the 5th.
  • 1914 - The Reds use a triple and double steal in the 1st inning to score three runs and beat New York ace Christy Mathewson, 3 - 2. Al Demaree relieves Matty in the 6th, but Big Six takes his 4th loss in a row. The New York lead drops to a game.
  • 1915 - Babe Ruth pitches Boston to a 4 - 1 win over the Browns. At bat, the Babe is hitless.
  • 1916 - In Boston's 4 - 0 win at Cleveland, Jack Barry has four sacrifices for the Sox, tying a ML record.
  • 1917 - Reds rookie righthander Hod Eller fans the side on nine pitches in the 9th inning, beating the Giants 7 - 5, and breaking Slim Sallee's 10-game winning streak.
  • 1917 - Now with the Philadelphia Phils, Chief Bender, 34, pitches his 3rd straight shutout, winning 6 - 0 over the Cubs. In his last active season, Bender will turn in four shutouts and win eight with two losses and a 1.67 ERA. His mound partner from the glory days of the A's, Eddie Plank, will also close out his career, ending the season 5 - 6 for the St. Louis Browns with a 1.79 ERA.
  • 1919 - Phillies' catcher John Adams of the Philadelphia ties a National League record for backstops as he records seven assists in one game.
  • 1921 - At St. Louis, the largest crowd of the season cheer as the Browns sweep a pair from the Yankees, winning 5 - 4 and 10 - 0. Bayne strikes out seven of the 1st nine Yanks in game two on his way to a 10 K run.
  • 1926 - White Sox hurler Ted Lyons pitches a no-hitter beating the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 6-0.
  • 1926 - Rabbit Maranville, hitting .235, is released by the Dodgers.
  • 1926 - It takes Ted Lyons just 67 minutes to no-hit the Red Sox 6-0 for Chicago.
  • 1929 - Cubs 1B Charlie Grimm is sidelined for the rest of the regular season with a hand injury, but he'll be okay for the World Series.
  • 1930 - Chick Hafey hits for the cycle, as the Cards beat the Phillies at St. Louis 16 - 6.
  • 1931 - Babe Ruth becomes the first major leaguer to hit 600 career home runs as the Yankees defeat the Browns, 11-7.
  • 1931 - After belting #599, a grand slam in yesterday's game, Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run, off George Blaeholder of the Browns, as the Yankees win 11 - 7. Lou Gehrig homers immediately after the Babe's historic blow. In their 10 years as teammates, they will homer in the same inning 19 times and in the same game 72 times.
  • 1932 - Wes Ferrell becomes the first 20th-century pitcher to win 20 or more games in each of his first 4 seasons, beating Washington 11-5.
  • 1932 - Defeating the Senators, 11-5 at Washington's Griffith Stadium, Indian hurler Wes Ferrell becomes the first pitcher in this century to win 20 or more games in each of his first four seasons. The Greensboro, NC native, who will post a 23-12 record this season, won 21, 25, and 22 games for Cleveland during the past three years.
  • 1933 - The Yankees and White Sox play an 18-inning game which ends in a 3-3 tie.
  • 1936 - Babe Herman, who quit the Reds in a dispute over a bonus, rejoins the team on orders from Commissioner Landis.
  • 1936 - Wes Ferrell, in a tantrum for what he considers shabby support, walks off the mound during a Yankee rally and is suspended and fined $1,000 by Boston manager Joe Cronin. It is the second time in five days he has walked off the mound, having done it in Boston last Sunday in a game against the Senators. Ferrell, furious when he hears about the fine, says he will not pay it. "They can suspend me or trade me, but they're not getting any dough from me." The Red Sox lift the suspension in four days and will trade Ferrell after the season.
  • 1937 - Brooklyn OF Johnny Cooney ties the major-league record with 4 extra-base hits: 3 doubles and a triple.
  • 1940 - Rookie pitcher Charlie Frye belts a 2-run pinch homer to give the Phils a win over the Cubs.
  • 1947 - The first Little League World Series tournament is held in Williamsport, PA. The Maynard Midgets of Williamsport, with a tourney batting average of .625, win the World Series, 16 - 7.
  • 1947 - The first Little League World Series tourney is held at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. With a .625 team batting average, the hometown Maynard Midgets easily win the tournament, 16-7.
  • 1948 - Cleveland's streak of victories (8) shutouts (4) and scoreless innings (47) ends in the ninth inning when Bob Lemon walks Pat Seerey and yields home runs to Aaron Robinson and Dave Philley in a 3-2 loss to the White Sox.
  • 1948 - Representatives of Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela, meeting in Havana, agree to stage a 4-country round-robin 12-game tournament to be known as the Serie de Caribe (Caribbean Series) and to be launched in Cuba during February 1949. The Dominican Republic and Mexico will also later participate on a regular basis.
  • 1948 - After shutting out the White Sox for eight innings, Bob Lemon weakens and Chicago scores three runs to beat the Indians 3 - 2. Pat Seerey walks and Aaron Robinson and Dave Philley hit homers for Chicago. The runs break the 47-inning scoreless streak by Indians pitchers that started with the last three innings of the first game on August 15. The 1903 Cleveland team had had a run of 41 scoreless innings and Baltimore will extend the record in 1974 to 54 innings.
  • 1949 - A barrage of bottles from the Philadelphia stands as protest of a decision by umpire George Barr over a trapped fly ball results in the first forfeiture in the major-league in seven years. The Giants, who receive this forfeit, gave one away in 1942 when hordes of youngsters invaded the field.
  • 1951 - Bob Feller wins his 20th, stopping the Senators, 4 - 0, and keeping the Indians a game ahead of the Yankees. Feller is the American League's first 20-game winner.
  • 1951 - The Giants manage just one runs in seven innings off Reds knuckleballer Willard Ramsdell, but the wheels come off in "The Knuck" in the 8th: Eddie Stanky belts a leadoff homer, Lockman adds a 2-run shot, and Westrum finishes with a 3-run roundtripper off reliever Frank Smith. Spencer (9-4) wins in relief, 7 - 4. With their 10th straight win, the Giants move to seven 1/2 behind the rained-out Brooks.
  • 1951 - Major General Emmett O'Donnell is selected by the owners to be the new commissioner, but President Harry Truman overrules the decision stating the officer is needed in Korea in his post as commander of bombers.
  • 1952 - The Bradford Phillies and the Batavia Clippers of the Pony League play the first double no-hit game in league history. The Clippers win on a walk, sacrifice, WP, and SF. Jim Mitchell loses while Frank Etcherger wins.
  • 1953 - ML player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) and Allie Reynolds (AL) hire labor leader John Norman Lewis at $15,000 per annum to give legal advice to players in their negotiations with the owners.
  • 1961 - In their first appearance in Boston since moving to Milwaukee, the Braves defeat the Red Sox, 4 - 1. Spahn pitches the first inning, striking out rookies Chuck Schilling and Carl Yastrzemski. The exhibition game is for the benefit of the Jimmy Fund.
  • 1963 - In the Orioles sweep of the Angels, Orioles SS Luis Aparicio becomes the first ML player since George Case in 1945 to reach 300 career steals. The O's win, 7 - 4 and 3 - 2.
  • 1963 - Jerry Lynch's ML-record 15th pinch-hit home run gives the Pirates a 7 - 6 win in Chicago.
  • 1964 - In LA, Reds reliever Billy McCool pitches six 2/3 innings of stellar relief to beats the Dodgers, 3 - 2. McCool allows one hits and strikes out 9.
  • 1966 - Houston's Dave Giusti does it all today as he blanks to Reds 11 - 0 and drives in six runs on two bases-loaded doubles.
  • 1967 - Charlie Finley releases Ken Harrelson, making him baseball's first free agent. Harrelson is quoted as calling Finley a menace to baseball.
  • 1967 - Jim Maloney, who gave up nine hits on the 16th. allows just two hits, as the Reds beat the Giants, 2 - 0. Maloney pitches hitless ball over the past seven innings.
  • 1968 - Minnesota's Jim Merritt loses his shutout in the 9th when Mickey Mantle hits a pinch homer, but he wins 3 - 1. It is Mantle's 534th home run, tying him with Jimmie Foxx for 3rd on the all-time list.
  • 1968 - Monte Irvin is named special assistant to Commissioner William Eckert.
  • 1969 - Jim Merritt pitches Cincinnati back into the National League West lead with a 5 - 3 win at St. Louis.
  • 1971 - Mickey Lolich allows six hits as Detroit beats the Brewers 7 - 2. It is Lolich's 20th win of the year.
  • 1971 - Pitching in relief, the Reds Jim Merritt (1-11) records his only win of the year. A 20-game winner last season, Merritt, started the year with 11 straight losses, one short of the National League record.
  • 1972 - On his birthday, Jim Beauchamp of the New York Mets hits his first two home runs of the season. The second one comes in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Houston Astros.
  • 1972 - Phil Niekro and the Braves beat the Phillies 2 - 1 in 11 innings to snap Steve Carlton's 15-game winning streak. After retiring 19 batters in a row, Carlton (20 - 7) puts two runners on in the 11th, before Mike Lum singles home the winner.
  • 1973 - Cleveland's Walt Williams singles with two outs in the 9th, breaking up Stan Bahnsen's no-hitter. Bahnsen completes the one-hit shutout and the White Sox win, 4 - 0.
  • 1973 - Rick Wise hits the 2nd grand slam off his career, off Roric Harrison, as the Cards score seven runs in the 3rd inning. But the Braves score six runs in the 6th to win, 11 - 7.
  • 1974 - Red Sox pitcher Roger Moret earns a new contract from Tom Yawkey today by tossing a one-hitter against the visiting White Sox, to win, 4 - 0. Dick Allen's 7th inning single is the lone hit as Moret strikes out 12.
  • 1975 - The Reuschel brothers of the Cubs join forces to blank the Dodgers, 6-0. Rick goes 6 1-3 innings and Paul finishes the game for the first shutout thrown by siblings.
  • 1975 - Pitching brothers Rick Reuschel and Paul Reuschel combine to hurl the Cubs to a 7 - 0 victory over the Dodgers"”the first time brothers have collaborated on a shutout. Paul takes over when Rick is forced to leave in the 7th because of a blister on his finger.
  • 1977 - Pittsburgh's Rennie Stennett, batting .336 for the season, breaks his right leg sliding into 2B during a 5 - 4 loss to San Francisco. He will be out for the yerar, falling 12 plate appearances short of qualifying for the batting title, won by teammate Dave Parker at .338. Stennett will never again hit higher than .244.
  • 1977 - In his first appearance at Shea Stadium since being traded, Tom Seaver throws a 6-hitter against his former teammates and strikes out 11 helping the Reds defeat the Mets, 5-1. In addition to his work on the mound, 'Tom Terrific' hits a double and scores two runs.
  • 1977 - Graig Nettles' home run and double account for both Yankee runs in a 2 - 1 win over Texas. Ron Guidry picks up his 10th win of the year and Yankees cut the Red Sox lead to one-half game.
  • 1977 - Rick Dempsey returns to active duty after breaking his finger, and Brooks Robinson goes on the voluntary retired list.
  • 1977 - Tom Seaver makes his first appearance in Shea Stadium as a member of the Reds, and pitches a six hitter to beat the Mets, 5 - 1. Tom Terrific strikes out 11, has a double at the plate and scores twice.
  • 1978 - Ken Griffey drives in six runs, on two homers and a single, but it is not enough as his Reds lose, 14 - 9 to St. Louis.
  • 1979 - The Mets win a protested game against the Astros 5 - 0. With two outs in the 9th inning, Houston's Jeff Leonard flies to CF to apparently end the game. Umpire Doug Harvey rules that time had been called, and orders Leonard back to the plate. He then singles to left. The Mets were without a 1B, however, so the umps order Leonard to bat once more. He flies to LF to end the game.
  • 1980 - Rob Wilfong's 1st inning single is the only hit off Jack Morris. The Tiger ace beats the Twins, 4 - 2.
  • 1981 - In a Pioneer League game at Helena, Lethbridge's Sid Fernandez strikes out 21 Phillies batters. El Sid wins, 6 - 0.
  • 1982 - Milwaukee's Rollie Fingers records his 300th career save in a 3 - 2 win at Seattle, becoming the first player to reach that milestone.
  • 1982 - Brewer reliever Rollie Fingers become the first player in major league history to record 300 career saves as Milwaukee defeat the Mariners, 3-2.
  • 1983 - On the same day two minor leaguers, Vince Coleman & Donnell Nixon, break Rickey Henderson's single-season record by stealing their 131st base of the season.
  • 1983 - Class A outfielders Vince Coleman (Macon, South Atlantic League) and Donnell Nixon (Bakersfield, California League) each break Rickey Henderson's single-season record by stealing their 131st bases of the season. Coleman will finish the season with minor-league record 145 stolen bases, despite having missed 31 games with a broken hand. Nixon will tally 144. Jeff Stone (South Atlantic League) will swipe 123 while Len Dykstra will set a Class A Carolina League record with 105 thefts.
  • 1984 - Red Sox rookie Roger Clemens strikes out 15 and walks none as Boston whips Kansas City 11 - 1.
  • 1984 - At Detroit, Lance Parrish cracks a first-inning grand slam, off Larry Sorensen, and the Tigers drive by the A's, 12 - 6. Milt Wilcox goes six innings for the win.
  • 1985 - Manager Stan Wasiak of Vero Beach (Florida State League) becomes the first minor league manager to record 2500 wins as Vero Beach wins 3-2 over Miami. The win comes less then a week after Wasiak set the record for most wins. He has managed for 36 consecutive seasons.
  • 1986 - Newly acquired SS Spike Owen ties the 20th century major-league record by scoring six runs in Boston's 24 - 5 thrashing of Cleveland. Rookie blue chipper Greg Swindell takes the loss, his first ML decision.
  • 1986 - Spike Owens becomes the first major leaguer in 40 years to score six runs in a game as the Red Sox rout the Indians, 24-5.
  • 1987 - Dale Murphy hits his 300th career home run as Atlanta beats Pittsburgh, 5 - 4. He stroked his 1500th hit on August 5th.
  • 1987 - Andre Dawson belts his 39th and 40th home runs of the season and Lee Smith picks up his 30th save in Chicago's 7 - 5 win over the Astros.
  • 1989 - Cubs rookie OF Jerome Walton goes 0-for-4 in a 6 - 5, 10-inning loss to the Reds, ending his hitting streak at 30 consecutive games.
  • 1990 - For the last time this century, two rookie pitchers debut against each other as Paul Abbott of the Twins squares off against Jim Campbell of the Royals. Abbott is the loser as the Royals win, 8 - 7. He'll do better in his next outing, allowing three Texas hits in eight innings.
  • 1990 - Trailing 11 - 1 after seven innings, the Phillies score two in the 8th and nine more in the 9th inning to beat the Dodgers 12 - 11.
  • 1990 - Billy Hatcher ties a major-league record with four doubles to pace the Reds to an 8 - 1 win over the Cubs. Rick Mahler beats Mike Harkey. The only score for Chicago in Ryne Sandberg's 29th homer.
  • 1991 - In Helena, Montana, the Helena Brewers beat Idaho Falls, 28 - 0 in the Pioneer League. Helena has 27 hits, including six homers, but sets no records. The good news for Idaho Falls is no errors, and their last pitcher is 1B Loren Gress. He outpitches the real pitchers, giving up no runs and a hit in one 1/3 innings.
  • 1991 - After nearly two months off with a chronic backache, David Justice rejoins the Atlanta Braves in time for tonight's twinbill with the Reds. Even without him, the Braves are just two games behind the Dodgers in the National League West.
  • 1991 - Toronto manager Cito Gaston is hospitalized with a herniated disk and Gene Tenace takes over on an interim basis. He'll be 13-6 in his first 19 games to keep Toronto on top.
  • 1991 - Yankees OF Bernie Williams fans five consecutive times in a 7-4 loss to the Royals to tie the major league mark for a 9-inning game. He's consoled by Yankee hitting coach Frank Howard, one of the 28 batters who share the mark.
  • 1993 - The Tigers trade OF Rob Deer to the Red Sox for a player to be named. Deer will homer tomorrow in his first at bat for the Sox in a 3 - 2 loss to the Indians.
  • 1993 - After allowing a homer in a 3 - 2 loss to Houston, Phils pitcher Terry Mulholland breaks his right hand punching a water cooler. "It's stupid, but it really would've been stupid if I had hit it with my left hand," responds the southpaw.
  • 1996 - Welcome to the Bigs. Derek Jeter hits a home run off Jason Dickson's first ML pitch, but that's all the scoring for the slumping Yankees as the Angels' rookie wins, 7 - 1. Chili Davis has a pair of homers, the first off loser Jimmy Key (9 - 10).
  • 1996 - The Rockies end Andy Benes' 10-game win streak, beating the Cardinals, 10 - 2. The Rocks also claim Giants C Steve Decker, while the Giants claim the Rocks Trenidad Hubbard, essentially trading both waived players.
  • 1996 - Phils ace Curt Schilling faces 28 batters in a 2-hit, 6 - 0 win over the Dodgers. Schilling strikes out 12. Rookie Scott Rolen hits his 1st two ML homers, both off Hideo Nomo.
  • 1996 - Cal Ripken is 4-for-5 including a homer to lead the surging Orioles to a 10 - 5 win over the Mariners. The O's overcome a pair of homers by Alex Rodriguez to win their 16th in 22 games.
  • 1999 - In their current 4-game series against the Giants, the Dodgers start pitchers from four different countries, something they have done before, but this time, the Dodgers have three continents covered. In yesterday's 6 - 5 win it was Eric Gagne of Canada; In today's 9 - 4 win it is Jeff Williams of Australia; In tomorrow's 5 - 4 loss it will be Ismael Valdes of Mexico; and the next day it will be Chan Ho Park from Korea, in a 5 - 3 win.
  • 1999 - In a doubleheader with the White Sox, Orioles Brady Anderson leads off each game with a homer. This is the 3rd time in ML history and the first since Rickey Henderson on July 5, 1993. It's little help, however, as the Sox win both, 4 - 3 and 8 - 5.
  • 1999 - Orioles outfielder Brady Anderson becomes only the third player in major league history to lead off both games of a doubleheader with a home run. It doesn't help as the White Sox sweep the twin bill.
  • 2000 - Devil Rays P Bryan Rekar is arrested on a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery.
  • 2000 - Potomac's Esix Snead breaks Len Dykstra's Carolina League record of 105 steals by swiping his 106th. Snead has a batting average of .242 and OBA of .338. It's the 10th time in the last 20 years that a minor-leaguer has stolen 100 or more bases in a season. According to Howe Sports data, the eight thieves who stole 100 or more bases in the minors were :Vince Coleman, Macon (South Atlantic), 1983"”145: Donell Nixon, Bakersfield (California), 1983"”144: Jeff Stone, Spartanburg (South Atlantic), 1983"”123: Alan Wiggins, Lodi (California), 1980"”120: Marcus Lawton, Columbia (South Atlantic), 1985"”111: Snead: Dykstra, Lynchburg (Carolina), 1983"”105: Donell Nixon, Chattanooga (Southern), 1984"”102: Vince Coleman, Louisville (American Assoc.), 1983"” 101: Albert Hall, Durham (Carolina), 1980"”100.
  • 2000 - The Brewers defeat the Diamondbacks, 16-8, scoring eight runs in a 2nd inning which featured three home runs.
  • 2001 - In what is believed to be an OB first, Tim Raines Jr. and Tim Raines face each other in a double header between Ottawa and Rochester (IL). Each is 1-for-3 in the opener, while Jr. tops his dad in the nitecap, going 1-for-4.
  • 2001 - The International League's Triple-A game between Rochester Red Wings (Orioles) and Ottawa Lynx (Expos) features Tim Raines and his son Tim Jr. as opponents. It is believed to be the first contest involving a dad and his son facing each other during the regular season on the professional level.
  • 2002 - The Athletics win their 8th straight game behind Cory Lidle's 1 - hitter, beating Cleveland by a score of 6 - 0. Lidle gives up a 2 - out single to Ellis Burks in the 1st inning, walks the next batter, then retires the last 25 batters. It is the 4th straight start for Lidle in which he's been part of a shutout, but it is the only one he's completed.
  • 2002 - The Astros obtain RP Tom Gordon from the Cubs in exchange for minor league P Russ Rohlicek and two players to be named.
  • 2002 - In longest game ever played in Little League World Series history, Louisville, Kentucky beats Fort Worth, Texas in the US semifinal in 11 innings, 2-1. A record-setting with 49 strikeouts is recorded as Fort Worth's Walker Kelly strikes out 21 in nine two-hit innings and Louisville's Aaron Alvey fans 19 batter over nine no-hit inning.
  • 2002 - The Expos' first selection in the amateur draft (fifth overall), Clint Everts signs a deal with Montreal which gives him a $2.5 million signing bonus. The Houston Cypress Falls High School's right-hander along with teammate left-hander Scott Kazmir (Mets) are only the fourth pair of high school players selected in the first round of the same draft.
  • 2002 - The Cardinals defeat the Pirates, 4 - 1, for Tony La Russa's 1,887th career win as a manager, moving him into 10th place on the all - time list.
  • 2003 - Miguel Tejeda starts his 559th consecutive game to establish a team record. The A's shortstop, who has longest active streak in the majors last missed a game on May 1, 2000.
  • 2003 - Much to the delight of the 34,844 fans at Fenway Park and the embarrassment of the team's first baseman, the "˜Rally Karaoke Guy' makes his debut as a video of Kevin Millar as an LA City College freshman doing an impersonation of Bruce Springsteen's singing "Born in the USA," is shown on scoreboard prior to the start of the sixth inning. The video, which was played at clubhouse meeting in Texas as prank by a college now FBI agent friend, appears to be Boston's answer to the Rally Monkey of Anaheim as the Red Sox win their first game in a week beating the A's, 14-5.
  • 2003 - At Dodger Stadium, Vladimir Guerrero hit his 226th career home run breaking Andre Dawson's club record. The Expos' right fielder hits his milestone round-tripper off, a 454 feet shot over left field wall.
  • 2005 - Florida suspends their bat boy for six games after the 11-year old accepts former Marlin and current Dodger hurler Brad Penny's $500 dare to drink a gallon of milk in less than an hour without throwing up. The sixth grader, who is able to drink the quantity in the allotted time but cannot keep it down, will be offered by the Milk Processor Education Program a promise to pay off the dare and will cover the lost wages resulting from the suspension if he agrees to drink three glasses every 24 hours
  • 2005 - Using teammate Cliff Floyd's bat, Mike Jacobs hits a three-run home run in his first major league at-bat pinch-hitting in the fifth inning. The left-handed hitting backstop becomes the fourth Mets rookie to go deep in his big league debut joining Benny Ayala, Mike Fitzgerald and Kaz Matsui.
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