Panzram
07-27-2004, 09:36 AM
JULY 27 IN BASEBALL HISTORY
» 2000: The Blue Jays sink the Mariners, 7-2, giving Toronto manager Jim Fregosi his 1,000th win as a big league skipper. He joins Tom Kelly, who earlier this year won his 1,000th game.
» 1990: The Braves drop 10 runs on the Giants in the sixth inning to win, 10-1. The big inning features two home runs and six RBIs by Dale Murphy, just the third player in history to pull off the feat.
» 1979: The Brewers edge the Yankees 6-5 and Cecil Cooper becomes the fourth AL player this month to hit 3 HRs in a game.
» 1969: Seattle suffers another heartbreaker, losing 5-3 to Boston in 20 innings at Sicks' Stadium. Tommy Harper hits a HR in the top of the 20th for Boston, and Joe Lahoud hit one in the bottom of the inning for the losers.
» 1959: Organizational committee chairman William Shea announces that the Continental League has definite franchises planned for New York City, Houston, Toronto, Denver, and Minneapolis/St. Paul, with interest in 11 other cities. It envisions beginning play in 1961. New York City says it will build a stadium at the Flushing Meadow Park site.
» 1948: Hank Arft has a triple and a HR in his major-league debut with the Browns. He will hit .253 for his career.
» 1938: Hank Greenberg of the Tigers, who had hit HRs his last two at bats the day before, homers his first 2 times up to tie the ML record of 4 in a row.
» 1927: Mel Ott, 18 years old, hits his first major-league HR, an inside-the-park round-tripper. It is the only inside-the-park HR he will hit of his 511 career homers.
» 1893: Boston takes the NL lead for good by defeating Baltimore 6-2.
» 2000: The Blue Jays sink the Mariners, 7-2, giving Toronto manager Jim Fregosi his 1,000th win as a big league skipper. He joins Tom Kelly, who earlier this year won his 1,000th game.
» 1990: The Braves drop 10 runs on the Giants in the sixth inning to win, 10-1. The big inning features two home runs and six RBIs by Dale Murphy, just the third player in history to pull off the feat.
» 1979: The Brewers edge the Yankees 6-5 and Cecil Cooper becomes the fourth AL player this month to hit 3 HRs in a game.
» 1969: Seattle suffers another heartbreaker, losing 5-3 to Boston in 20 innings at Sicks' Stadium. Tommy Harper hits a HR in the top of the 20th for Boston, and Joe Lahoud hit one in the bottom of the inning for the losers.
» 1959: Organizational committee chairman William Shea announces that the Continental League has definite franchises planned for New York City, Houston, Toronto, Denver, and Minneapolis/St. Paul, with interest in 11 other cities. It envisions beginning play in 1961. New York City says it will build a stadium at the Flushing Meadow Park site.
» 1948: Hank Arft has a triple and a HR in his major-league debut with the Browns. He will hit .253 for his career.
» 1938: Hank Greenberg of the Tigers, who had hit HRs his last two at bats the day before, homers his first 2 times up to tie the ML record of 4 in a row.
» 1927: Mel Ott, 18 years old, hits his first major-league HR, an inside-the-park round-tripper. It is the only inside-the-park HR he will hit of his 511 career homers.
» 1893: Boston takes the NL lead for good by defeating Baltimore 6-2.