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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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...what record Koichi Hada tied in 1974?
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June 5: Today's featured birthday is that of Robinson Chirinos, who turns 39.

1935 - White Sox rookie John Whitehead loses his first game after starting his career with wins in his first eight starts.
1949 - Happy Chandler reinstates those players banned for jumping to the Mexican League. Within 11 days, Lou Klein will be back in the major leagues. Sal Maglie will make the most notable return.
1963 - Mickey Mantle runs into a chain link fence in Memorial Stadium. He fractures a bone in his left foot and damages his knee. He will miss 61 games.
1974 - There is a major fight in the A's clubhouse between Reggie Jackson (pictured) and Billy North. Jackson injures his shoulder and Ray Fosse, who tries to break up the fight, will miss 12 weeks with a crushed disk in his neck.
1981 - Nolan Ryan walks two to reach 1,777 bases on balls in his career, breaking Early Wynn's all-time major league record. Amazingly, Ryan still has over a decade to go.

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