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Negro leagues teams play at Yankee Stadium for the first time ever

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[adrotate banner=”32″] On July 5, 1930, two Negro leagues teams play at Yankee Stadium for the first time ever. A crowd of about 20,000 fans watches the Baltimore Black Sox and New York Lincoln Giants split a doubleheader. Rap Dixon hits three home runs for Baltimore, while Chino Smith blasts a pair for New York….

Carl Reynolds hits 3 homeruns in consecutive innings

Carl Reynolds hits 3 homeruns in consecutive innings

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[adrotate banner=”41″] On July 2, 1930, Carl Reynolds of the Chicago White Sox hits three consecutive home runs in the second game of a doubleheader. Reynolds becomes only the second player in big league history to homer in three consecutive innings when he goes deep in the first three frames of the 15-4 White Sox…