To show their displeasure about tomorrow’s impending strike, fans at the Devil Ray-Angel game begin throwing foul balls back onto the field at Edison Field, and over 100 people are ejected for throwing trash. New words are added to the traditional seventh-inning rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” as many of the fans in attendance begin to chant, “Don’t strike! Don’t strike! Don’t strike!”.

Mark Bellhorn becomes the first National Leaguer and joins Carlos Baerga as the only other switch-hitter to homer from both sides of the plate in the same inning. The Cub infielder connects off southpaw Andrew Lorraine to start Chicago’s 10-run fourth-frame and then goes deep again with a three-run homer with two outs off Jose Cabrera in the team’s eventual 13-10 victory over the Brewers at Milwaukee’s Miller Park.

The International Olympic Committee votes to drop baseball from the Olympics and replace it with golf. The reason is that the competition does not draw the best players, since Major League Baseball does not release its players to play.