Back when 500 home runs was a much more exclusive club, Reggie Jackson entered the elite club with his 500th career home run in 1984. Playing for the California Angels at the time, Jackson blasts his milestone home run off Kansas City pitcher Bud Black in the bottom of the seventh inning in what would [...]
This Day in History
On this date in 2001, Major League Baseball cancels all games for security reasons and for the deep mourning for all the lives that have been lost following the terrorist attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Yankee Stadium is evacuated as a precautionary measure.
With all games today featuring 9/11 memorials, [...]
In 1969, the New York Mets move into first place for the first time in their history (according to www.nationalpastime.com). The Amazins, with their double-header sweep of the Montreal Expos at Shea Stadium, take a game lead over the second-place Cubs. The Mets hang on to win the division and eventually defeat the heavily favored [...]
On this date in 1965, Los Angeles Dodgers ace Sandy Koufax pitches a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium (according to www.nationalpastime.com). It is Koufax’s 4th no-hitter, a team record. Cubs pitcher Bob Hendley gave up only 1 hit in the 1-0 loss, but the hit and a Cubs error is enough to [...]
On this date, in 1916, two pitching greats pitched their final games by special arrangement. Christy Mathewson beat Mordecai Brown 10-8. Mattewson, it seems, was already nearly retired when he returned that year to the Reds to be their manager. With Brown coming to town, the team billed the game as the final meeting of [...]
