1989 Orioles

The 1989 Baltimore Orioles rose from the ashes of a 107-loss season (which famously began with a record 21-consecutive losses) in 1988 and battled for the American League East pennant. The Orioles held first place for 98 days before eventually being eliminated on the next-to-last day of the season by the Toronto Blue Jays. The team's 33-win improvement ranks as one of the greatest in history. Closer Gregg Olson won the BBWAA's Rookie of the Year Award and Craig Worthington won the Sporting News rookie award, while other key contributors included Mickey Tettleton, Randy Milligan, Cal Ripken Jr., Phil Bradley, Jeff Ballard and Bob Milacki.

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• ...that Feng-Hsin Wang (pictured) became the youngest pitcher to win a game in the Taiwanese professional ranks?
• ...that the 1918 International League was the only minor league to survive the 1918 season?
• ...that Drew Henson set three different batting records while in high school?
• ...that Caleb Thielbar was the first major leaguer named Caleb since 1871 - but by less than a month?
• ...what South Atlantic League record Corey Dickerson tied?
• ...what unusual play Jesús Sucre was involved in during his first MLB at-bat?
• ...that Joshua Magee had the most hits in consecutive at-bats of any minor league player from 2005-2011?
• ...that Scott Tedder was a NCAA Division III Player of the Year in basketball then won a batting title his first summer in the minors before playing alongside fellow college basketball star Michael Jordan in 1994?
• ...what Nick Ahmed did to be named Mills Cup MVP in 2012?
• ...that Curtis Partch served up a grand slam to the first batter he faced in the majors?
• ...that notable events in 1942 in the Negro Leagues included a Negro National League strikeout record, major league tryouts promised and not delivered and in-season deaths of two players?
• ...that Federico Castagnini was the first player raised in Italy to be picked in the MLB amateur draft?

• Javier Baez becomes the second player in Florida State League history to hit four home runs in a game.
• Mark Appel of Stanford University is selected first overall by the Houston Astros in the 2013 Amateur Draft.
• The Bern Cardinals became the first Swiss team to play in a European Cup.
• Faulkner University (logo pictured) wins the 2013 NAIA College World Series
• Linfield College wins the 2013 Division III College World Series.

• 1893 - Piggy Ward reaches base for the 17th consecutive plate appearance, the all-time MLB record.
• 1927 - Jack Scott hurls complete games in both ends of a doubleheader, the last major leaguer to do so. He wins the opener, 3-1, and loses the nightcap, 3-0.
• 1942 - Paul Waner (pictured) connects for his 3,000th hit, doing so against Rip Sewell and the Pittsburgh Pirates, the club he spent almost his entire career with.
• 1972 - The United States Supreme Court rules against Curt Flood in his challenge of the antitrust exemption for baseball.
• 1989 - Dwight Gooden becomes the second-quickest pitcher in MLB history to 100 wins. Only Whitey Ford reached that level quicker.

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