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  1. In 1932, Lou Gehrig hits 4 HR's in a game vs. the A's. He narrowly missed a 5th. His teammate, Tony Lazzeri, hits for the "cycle". In 1971, the Cubs Ken Holtzman tosses the second no-hitter of his career, besting the Cincinnati Reds, 1-0. Holtzman scores the only run of the game, in the third inning. In 1989, Nolan Ryan tosses his 2nd one-hitter of the season and 11th overall. He gives up only a first-inning single to Harold Reynolds, as Texas tops Seattle,6-1............"It's A Miracle"..................
  2. What was the date for the "last game played at Mike Carter Field" by the Roughnecks ????
  3. In 1979, Detroit Tiger pitcher, Pat Underwood makes is MLB debut versus Toronto. He pitches 8 1/3 innings of shutout ball. The Blue Jays pitcher this day is Tom Underwood, Pat's brother. Pat gets the win allowing only 3 hits. One of the hits is by Toronto's 2B, Danny Ainge. Ainge's hit is in the 8th inning. With his team trailing, and with one out, Ainge get's picked off by Underwood. Now an NBA coach, I will bet he never forgot that play, and instills the attitude of "think where you are at all times on the field/court" in his players now !! In 1968, LA pitcher Don Drysdale's shutout streak apparenty ends when D i c k Deitz is hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and no outs in the 9th inning, but umpire Harry Wenelstedt rules Dietz did not try to avoid the pitch. Coach Herman argues the call and gets tossed by Wendelstedt. Dietz then pops out, and the next two batters make out. LA wins, 3-0, and Drysdale's 5th straight shutout ties the MLB record set in 1904. .......Dietz was "out and it was ugly too !"
  4. In 1956, my favorite player, Mickey Mantle, hits one of the most memorable homer's of his career. In the second game of a doubleheader versus the Washington Senators, he takes a pitch from Camilo Pascual and sends it high and deep in Yankee Stadium. The ball hits the top of the facade and was still "climbing" when hit the facade. The top of the facade was 396 feet, but experts have figured the "flight path of the shot" and said that the ball would have traveled over 600 feet had it not hit the top of the stadium. The Mick hit another homer in the opener and would go on to lead the league with 52 dingers for the year. He also led in BA (.353) and RBI's (130) to win the "Triple Crown". Washington would struggle along until they took off the Texas to "spend more time on the range". :lol:
  5. In 1936, ...Crosley Field, Cincinnati's Sammy Byrd hiits a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth giving the Reds a 4-3 win over Pittsburgh. Bucs starter Bob Swift loads the bases and reliever Cy Blanton serves up just one pitch to Byrd. Byrd will hit only one more homer this year and then retire next March 10th to play professional golf....... In 1969, Pittsburgh Pirate rookie Al Oliver ties the major-league record with three errors in one inning, as Pitt loses to SF, 3-0. In 1979, now Texas Ranger Al Oliver hits three home runs in a 7-2 win over the Twins in Texas. In 1980, Ranger hurler, Ferguson Jenkins wins his 250th career game a 3-1 two-hitter over Oakland. In 1991, the Philadelphia pitcher, Tommy Greene throws a 2-0 no-hitter versus the Montreal Expos. He strikes out 10 and walks 7 on this day. The victory gives Greene one fewer career win (6) than Nolan Ryan has no-hitters (7). In 2002, Shawn Green of the Dodgers hits 4 home runs, a single and a double versus the Milwaukee Brewers. This breaks the previous mark for total bases of 18 set in 1954. Joe Adcock set the old mark with 4 homers and a double, while a member of the Milwaukee Braves.
  6. In 2002, Jeremy Giambi is traded to the Phillies, from Oakland, for John Mabry. Giambi will homer in his first two Philly at bats on the 25th, and will be the first player in MLB history to hit eight homers in each league before the All-Star break. That, plus brother Jason's 41, will give the Giambi boys the record for homers by brothers in the same year. Jason's 41 and Jeremy's 20 give them 61homers. That tops the 59 hit by Joe (46) and Vince DiMaggio (13) in 1937. In 1990, Andre Dawson sets a MLB record when he is intentionally walked five times during a 16-inning 2-1 Cub win over the Reds. The Reds issue a total of 7 intentional passes that day, that ties a MLB record set by Houston in 1984. In 1968, the Cardinals fall 2-0 to the Dodgers. LA hurler, Don Drysdale's streak of scoreless inning's reaches 27 . He will go on to pitch 6 straight shutouts and a total of 58 consecutive scoreless innings. That record is eclipsed by current Ranger pitching coach, Orel Hershiser, in 1988. Orel threw 59 straight "scoreless inning's". In 1963, at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle leads off the 11th inning of game with Kansas City. KC's Bill Fischer fools Mickey on a slow curve. Then the next pitch is sent within two feet of going out of Yankee Stadium. Mantle said that "it was the hardest ball I ever hit. That was the only homer I ever hit that the bat actually bent in my hands." Dr. James McDonald, a physicist who studies long-ball trajectories, said that the ball would have traveled 620 feet had it not hit the facade.
  7. Tyler needed to support the Wildcatters, and then the Roughnecks, ........but Tyler is a "big talker-little doer" area. So, now that we are without a baseball team and it is our own fault. Nobody goes to the games, but take the team away and the whining begins. Hey folks, if you have a team, you need to go see them play !! Number 2 !!!!!!- Tyler has had some good players here, look at Brent's list in the previous post, but how would most people here know that,..... because they never went to the games !!
  8. A couple of other interesting facts about Aaron's 715th shot. The manager of the Braves that day was Eddie Mathews, who played with Aaron from 1954 to 1968. This duo hit a total of 1227 homers together. Mathews was also known as kind of an "enforcer" while patrolling third base with the Braves. Tyler's own "baseball treasure", Red Murff, told me of a time when Mathews came to his "rescue" during a game. Seems that Ole Red "brushed back" a hitter, who took exception to the pitch, and made his way to the mound to discuss the pitch, up close, with Red. Red tells it that "Eddie intercepted the disgruntled hitter, saying to him that it would better for his health if he turned around and went back to the plate and continued to bat". Red said that the batter looked at Mathews and quickly realized that Eddie was probably correct, and went back to finish his "at bat".
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