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This Day in History
Today, history will be made. Here is the today’s broadcast schedule: NLDS Game One - Arizona at Milwaukee 2 p.m. on TBS On this day in 2006, Trevor Hoffman sets the all-time saves record, as the Padres closer records his 479th career save, surpassing Lee Smith (according to nationalpastime.com). The 38-year-old Hoffman retired earlier this year with 601 career saves. However, Hoffman held the all-time saves record for less than 5 years, as Yankee great Mariano Rivera [...] On this day in 1988, the A’s Jose Canseco became the first player in Major League history to join the 40-40 club, when he swipes his 39th and 40th bases, according to nationalpastime.com. Canseco will finish the season with 42 home runs and 40 steals and help lead the Athletics to a World Series berth, [...] On this date 25 years ago, the Red Sox lead the AL East by 9 games, with the Angels leading the West. (There was no Central division in 1986. The Mets had a 19 game lead over their next closest team, the Phillies while Houston stood 10 games over the Reds. What a difference 15 [...] In 2002, Major League Baseball teams across the nation celebrate the first annual “Roberto Clemente Day”, according to nationalpastime.com. Each team’s recipient of the John Hancock’s Roberto Clemente Award will be recognized and the national recipient of the award, chosen from among the 30 club honorees, will be announced during the World Series. The Roberto Clemente [...] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
