Baseball Guru
07-12-2001, 05:30 AM
This Day in Baseball History - July 12
"Hitting is 50 percent above the shoulders." -TED WILLIAMS, Red Sox HOF OFer (1939-1960)
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(1901) With a 5-3 win over the A's, Red Sox legend Cy Young wins his 300th game.
(1932) After setting a major league record in the first game with nine doubles, the Cubs and Cardinals combined to hit another twenty-three two-baggers in the second game for an incredible total of thirty-two doubles in their doubleheader.
(1943) An Armed Forces All-Star team managed by Babe Ruth and featuring Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams play a fund-raising game against the Braves in Boston; the All Stars win on a Splendid Splinter's' HR, 9-8.
(1945) Braves' outfielder Tommy Holmes goes hitless ending his consecutive-game hitting streak at 37 which sets a NL record. The mark will stand until Pete Rose surpasses it in 1978.
(1949) The major league owners agree to install warning tracks in front of outfield fences.
(1949) The first All-Star game which includes black players is played at Ebbets Field; Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson and Don Newcombe represent the NL in an 11-7 loss to Larry Dolby and his AL teammates.
(1955) At Milwaukee's County Stadium, Stan Musial comes to bat in the bottom of 12th inning of a 5-5 All Star deadlock; AL catcher Yogi Berra complains about his feet hurting and Musial tells him "Don't worry, I'll have you home in a minute"......then 'the Man' hits a game-winning HR on the next pitch.
(1979) The White Sox are forced to forfeit game 2 of twi-night doubleheader against the Tigers due the behavior of disorderly fans during Disco Demolition Night. Mike Veeck's promotion involves admitting fans for .98 cents with a disco record, collecting the vinyl and then literally blowing them up in center field.
(1988) Terry Steinbach homers in his first at bat as an All-Star. The A's catcher becomes the first major league to have homered in his first major league at-bat (9/12/86) and also in the mid-summer classic.
(1989) Louisiana Lightning Rod Guidry retires from baseball.
(2000) In a six-player deal, the Reds trade Denny Neagle ( 8-2, 3.52) and outfielder Mike Frank to the Yankees for minor league third baseman Drew Henson, outfielder Jackson Melian and pitchers Brian Reith and Ed Yarnall.
(2000) The Phillies trade hurler Andy Ashby, 33, to the Braves for pitcher Bruce Chen and Jimmy Osting.
"Hitting is 50 percent above the shoulders." -TED WILLIAMS, Red Sox HOF OFer (1939-1960)
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(1901) With a 5-3 win over the A's, Red Sox legend Cy Young wins his 300th game.
(1932) After setting a major league record in the first game with nine doubles, the Cubs and Cardinals combined to hit another twenty-three two-baggers in the second game for an incredible total of thirty-two doubles in their doubleheader.
(1943) An Armed Forces All-Star team managed by Babe Ruth and featuring Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams play a fund-raising game against the Braves in Boston; the All Stars win on a Splendid Splinter's' HR, 9-8.
(1945) Braves' outfielder Tommy Holmes goes hitless ending his consecutive-game hitting streak at 37 which sets a NL record. The mark will stand until Pete Rose surpasses it in 1978.
(1949) The major league owners agree to install warning tracks in front of outfield fences.
(1949) The first All-Star game which includes black players is played at Ebbets Field; Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson and Don Newcombe represent the NL in an 11-7 loss to Larry Dolby and his AL teammates.
(1955) At Milwaukee's County Stadium, Stan Musial comes to bat in the bottom of 12th inning of a 5-5 All Star deadlock; AL catcher Yogi Berra complains about his feet hurting and Musial tells him "Don't worry, I'll have you home in a minute"......then 'the Man' hits a game-winning HR on the next pitch.
(1979) The White Sox are forced to forfeit game 2 of twi-night doubleheader against the Tigers due the behavior of disorderly fans during Disco Demolition Night. Mike Veeck's promotion involves admitting fans for .98 cents with a disco record, collecting the vinyl and then literally blowing them up in center field.
(1988) Terry Steinbach homers in his first at bat as an All-Star. The A's catcher becomes the first major league to have homered in his first major league at-bat (9/12/86) and also in the mid-summer classic.
(1989) Louisiana Lightning Rod Guidry retires from baseball.
(2000) In a six-player deal, the Reds trade Denny Neagle ( 8-2, 3.52) and outfielder Mike Frank to the Yankees for minor league third baseman Drew Henson, outfielder Jackson Melian and pitchers Brian Reith and Ed Yarnall.
(2000) The Phillies trade hurler Andy Ashby, 33, to the Braves for pitcher Bruce Chen and Jimmy Osting.