May 16 in baseball history: Into the night
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MAY 16, 1939 | PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – On this date in 1939 the American League finally played a game under the lights – four years after the National League pioneered the trend. The game took place at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. The Cleveland Indians beat the home team Philadelphia Athletics (today’s Oakland A’s) 8-3 in ten innings . Night games are so prevalent today, it’s hard to imagine a time when all games were played during the day. That slowly began to change in 1935. The Cincinnati Reds played the first night game at Crosley Field in Cincinnati May 24, 1935. Crosley was the only ..read more
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OCT 23: Durocher Recognized
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OCTOBER 23, 1951 | NEW YORK, NY – The season was going very well for the Brooklyn Dodgers the summer of ’51. They took sole possession of first place on May 13th, stayed there the rest of May, all of June, and all of July. Brooklyn had a 13 game lead – their biggest – on August 11th. Then everything changed. The New York Giants, lead by manager Leo Durocher, caught fire. After struggling most of the year – losing 11 games in a row at one point – the Giants made a dramatic comeback. On this date in 1951 Durocher was voted “Manager of the Year. This was when there was only one such award in majo ..read more
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Aug 28: Unlikely source
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AUGUST 28, 1990 | HOUSTON, TEXAS • Ryne Sandburg of the Chicago Cubs hit his 30th home run of the season on this date in 1990. It helped the Cubs beat the Houston Astros at the Astrodome. It was the second year in a row the future Hall of Famer hit at least 30 home runs, the first major league second baseman to do that. Sandburg wasn’t done in 1990 either. He ended up with 40 home runs that year. He hit an even 30 in 1989. Ryne Sandburg played 16 years in the major leagues, his first with the Philadelphia Phillies, but as a result of a classic ill-advised trade on the part of Philadelphia, wa ..read more
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AUG 27: A star is born
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AUGUST  27, 1955 | BROOKLYN, NEW YORK • On this date in 1955 a young, raw, Brooklyn-born, former basketball star from the University of Cincinnati showed some of his promise. Sandy Koufax got his second major league start for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He two-hit the Cincinnati Reds 7-0. The 19-year old struck out 14. As a kid, Koufax showed more promise in basketball. So much so that he got a scholarship to the University of Cincinnati. In an odd twist of fate, the freshman basketball coach, Ed Jucker, was the varsity baseball coach. When ..read more
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August 31- Hodges unloads
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AUGUST 31, 1950 • BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS • Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers (today’s Los Angeles Dodgers) became the 4th player in major league history to hit 4 home runs in a game* on this date in baseball history (1950). The slugging first baseman’s four round-trippers and a single helped the Dodgers beat the Boston Braves (now in Atlanta) 19-3. Hodges had 17 total bases that day. Hodges had at least 25 home runs nine times in his career. He had 100 RBI or more seven times. He finished with a .273 lifetime average and 370 home runs – at the time, the most by a right-handed hitter. Gil Hodge ..read more
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NOV 27: Winning all the trophies
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NOVEMBER 27, 1956 | NEW YORK, NY – When Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe won the Cy Young award on this date in 1956 he became the only player in major league baseball history to win all 3 major post-season awards: Rookie of the Year (1949), Cy Young Award (1956), Most Valuable Player (also in 1956). Newcombe was among a handful of Black Negro League stars finally invited to the “White” majors after Jackie Robinson broke the “color barrier” in 1947. According to SABR (the Society for American baseball research), Newcombe was the third black pitcher to appear in a major league game after D ..read more
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Dec 17 – Then there was one
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DECEMBER 17, 1891 – INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – The National League (NL) was the only “major” league left standing on this date in 1891 when the American Association (AA) folded. The National League announced at its winter meetings in Indianapolis that four AA teams, the Baltimore Orioles (today’s New York Yankees), St. Louis Browns (today’s Baltimore Orioles), Louisville Colonels (defunct) and the Washington Senators (today’s Minnesota Twins) would be absorbed by the NL making it a 12-team league. Several other American Association teams ..read more
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Dec 14 – Star with an *
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DECEMBER 14, 1985 | HOUSTON, TEXAS – The Man who broke Babe Ruth’s single season home run record died of lymphatic cancer on this date in 1985. Roger Maris was just 51 years old. Maris and New York Yankee teammate Mickey Mantle gave most baseball fans one of the most exciting summers in baseball history in 1961 as they both chased Babe Ruth’s record of 60 home runs in a season. But as Jerome Holtzman wrote in the Chicago Tribune, “His heroic accomplishment, which began as a dream, turned into a nightmare” because Maris was going against a popular te ..read more
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DEC 9 – DiMaggio autograph seeker
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DECEMBER 9, 1987 | WASHINGTON, D.C. • New York Yankee great Joe DiMaggio gave thousands of autographs during and after his Hall of Fame career, but Joltin Joe was an autograph seeker on this date in 1987. DiMaggio sent a baseball to the White House where President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev were meeting. DiMaggio had been one of 126 guests at a White House state dinner the night before. He met President Reagan who introduced him to the Soviet leader. DiMaggio made the autograph request, and both Reagan and Gorbachev soun ..read more
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