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The 2010 European Cup was the 47th European Cup. Held in June and September in Brno, Rotterdam and Barcelona, it featured Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Baseball League winning their third title, their first in 25 years. Former major leaguers in the tournament included Gene Kingsale, Jim Brower, Eddy Garabito, Pat Ahearne, Dusty Bergman and Greg McCarthy as well as future major leaguer Junior Guerra. Danny Gonzalez and Jakub Hajtmar won the pool MVPs, while Juan Pablo Angrisano drove in Jairo Ramos Gizzi with the winner in the title game.

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The Heidenheim Heideköpfe (logo pictured) win their 7th Bundesliga-1 championship. Jared Mortensen is the MVP of the finals.
The Montpellier Barracudas win the French Division I title for the first time in 28 years. Ben Couvreur is named finals MVP.
The Pericos de Puebla take their third Mexican League pennant.
Japan wins the 2023 U-18 Baseball World Cup for their first world junior title.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws the 100th no-hitter in Nippon Pro Baseball history.

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September 24: Today's featured birthday is that of Gorman Heimueller, who turns 68.

1929 - Tom Zachary wins to improve to 12-0. No one in major league history has since finished a season with as many wins without taking a loss.
1940 - Jimmie Foxx hits his 500th career home run, going deep against George Caster. It is one of four Red Sox homers that inning, a record.
1974 - Al Kaline (pictured) cracks a double off of Dave McNally for his 3,000th hit.
1992 - Dave Winfield drives in four runs to become the first 40-year-old player to have 100 RBI in a major league season.
2001 - Tuffy Rhodes hits his 55th home run of the season, tying Sadaharu Oh's NPB record. Daisuke Matsuzaka surrenders the shot. Rhodes will be pitched around when his club faces Oh's Daiei Hawks with a chance to break the record, creating controversy, and he will end the season at 55.

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