2013 – With a 1st-inning single off Toronto’s R.A. Dickey, Ichiro Suzuki gets his 4,000 hit between Japan (1,278) and the United States (2,722). He is only the third player to reach the milestone at such a high level, following Ty Cobb and Pete Rose, who both collected all their hits in the United States major leagues. Only one other Japanese player, Isao Harimoto, had 3,000 hits.

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2013 – With a 1st-inning single off Toronto’s R.A. Dickey, Ichiro Suzuki gets his 4,000 hit between Japan (1,278) and the United States (2,722). He is only the third player to reach the milestone at such a high level, following Ty Cobb and Pete Rose, who both collected all their hits in the United States major leagues. Only one other Japanese player, Isao Harimoto, had 3,000 hits.

2013 – The Rangers score 11 times in the 3rd inning to hand the Astros a 16 – 5 loss. The 11 runs are the highest single-inning total in the majors this year. Houston utility player Jake Elmore replaces C Carlos Corporan in the 4th, then moves to the mound to pitch a scoreless 8th inning; it is only the 14th time in history that a player has appeared at both positions in the same game; Elmore had not played either position in the majors previously.

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2013 – The Rangers score 11 times in the 3rd inning to hand the Astros a 16 – 5 loss. The 11 runs are the highest single-inning total in the majors this year. Houston utility player Jake Elmore replaces C Carlos Corporan in the 4th, then moves to the mound to pitch a scoreless 8th inning; it is only the 14th time in history that a player has appeared at both positions in the same game; Elmore had not played either position in the majors previously.

Corendon Kinheim sets a Hoofdklasse record with 20 1st-inning runs in a 26 – 0 romp over the ADO Lakers. Bryan Engelhardt drives in six runs that inning and nine on the day, going 6 for 6 with two home runs, a double and five runs. Dirk van ‘t Klooster scores three of his five runs in the 1st. Odion Gouverneur and Rick van de Post are the battered pitchers. Leon Boyd and two relievers combine on a two-hitter for Kinheim.

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Corendon Kinheim sets a Hoofdklasse record with 20 1st-inning runs in a 26 – 0 romp over the ADO Lakers. Bryan Engelhardt drives in six runs that inning and nine on the day, going 6 for 6 with two home runs, a double and five runs. Dirk van ‘t Klooster scores three of his five runs in the 1st. Odion Gouverneur and Rick van de Post are the battered pitchers. Leon Boyd and two relievers combine on a two-hitter for Kinheim.

Ryne Sandberg earns his first win as a manager when the Phillies stop the Dodgers’ ten-game winning streak, 3 – 2, as Michael Young drives in the winning run when SS Hanley Ramirez bobbles a potential inning-ending double play grounder with the bases loaded. Prior to the loss, the Dodgers had been just the third team since 1900 to win 42 of 50 games.

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Ryne Sandberg earns his first win as a manager when the Phillies stop the Dodgers’ ten-game winning streak, 3 – 2, as Michael Young drives in the winning run when SS Hanley Ramirez bobbles a potential inning-ending double play grounder with the bases loaded. Prior to the loss, the Dodgers had been just the third team since 1900 to win 42 of 50 games.

Clayton Kershaw blanks the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, 5-0, giving the Dodgers their first double-digit winning streak since 2006. The team’s 42 victories in their last fifty games, including a 25-3 mark since the All-Star break, equals the 1941 Yankees and 1942 Cardinals for the best record for that span of games since 1900.

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Clayton Kershaw blanks the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, 5-0, giving the Dodgers their first double-digit winning streak since 2006. The team’s 42 victories in their last fifty games, including a 25-3 mark since the All-Star break, equals the 1941 Yankees and 1942 Cardinals for the best record for that span of games since 1900.

Miguel Tejada is suspended for 105 games, one of the longest in baseball history, after he reportedly tested positive on multiple occasions this season for Adderall, an amphetamine used to treat attention-deficit disorder. The 39 year-old Royals infielder, a six-time All-Star, apologizes to the organization, his teammates, and the Kansas City fans, explaining his medical condition requires medication, but that he was wrong to take it while re-applying for a Therapeutic Use Exemption.

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Miguel Tejada is suspended for 105 games, one of the longest in baseball history, after he reportedly tested positive on multiple occasions this season for Adderall, an amphetamine used to treat attention-deficit disorder. The 39 year-old Royals infielder, a six-time All-Star, apologizes to the organization, his teammates, and the Kansas City fans, explaining his medical condition requires medication, but that he was wrong to take it while re-applying for a Therapeutic Use Exemption.

Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announces Ryne Sandberg has been named as the interim manager of the team, replacing Charlie Manuel, who won more games than any other skipper in franchise history. During his nine seasons in the Philadelphia dugout, the 69 year-old, who had never been selected as the NL Manager of the Year, led the club to five consecutive division titles and a world championship in 2008.

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Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announces Ryne Sandberg has been named as the interim manager of the team, replacing Charlie Manuel, who won more games than any other skipper in franchise history. During his nine seasons in the Philadelphia dugout, the 69 year-old, who had never been selected as the NL Manager of the Year, led the club to five consecutive division titles and a world championship in 2008.

A proposal that would dramatically increase the number of plays that can be reviewed during a game is presented at the quarterly Owners Meetings by a committee consisting of Braves president John Schuerholz and former major league skippers Joe Torre and Tony La Russa. The rule change, which will be formally voted on by the owners in November, will allow a manager to inform an umpire that he wants to initiate a play review, with challenges being permitted once in the first six innings and twice more from the seventh through the end of the game, without any provision to cover the possibility of an obviously missed call late in the game when all of a team’s challenges have been used.

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A proposal that would dramatically increase the number of plays that can be reviewed during a game is presented at the quarterly Owners Meetings by a committee consisting of Braves president John Schuerholz and former major league skippers Joe Torre and Tony La Russa. The rule change, which will be formally voted on by the owners in November, will allow a manager to inform an umpire that he wants to initiate a play review, with challenges being permitted once in the first six innings and twice more from the seventh through the end of the game, without any provision to cover the possibility of an obviously missed call late in the game when all of a team’s challenges have been used.

2013 – At the quarterly owners meeting held in Cooperstown, NY, Commissioner Bud Selig announces a plan to expand video review, which is now limited to home runs, significantly. Under the proposal, a manager will have the right to request up to three reviews per game – one in the first six innings and two in the last three – and will not otherwise be allowed to argue such “reviewable” calls. A number of decisions will remain non-reviewable, however. The plan still needs to be fleshed out, in particular by defining which calls are reviewable and which are not, before being submitted for formal approval at the next winter meetings. The Player’s Union and Umpires Association will also need to agree to the changes.

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2013 – At the quarterly owners meeting held in Cooperstown, NY, Commissioner Bud Selig announces a plan to expand video review, which is now limited to home runs, significantly. Under the proposal, a manager will have the right to request up to three reviews per game – one in the first six innings and two in the last three – and will not otherwise be allowed to argue such “reviewable” calls. A number of decisions will remain non-reviewable, however. The plan still needs to be fleshed out, in particular by defining which calls are reviewable and which are not, before being submitted for formal approval at the next winter meetings. The Player’s Union and Umpires Association will also need to agree to the changes.

An intentional walk is not always a great strategy, as an Eastern League game between the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and New Britain Rock Cats demonstrates. New Hampshire leads, 5 – 3, entering the bottom of the 7th and final inning of the second game of a doubleheader, but allows New Britain to tie the game with three doubles. With runners on second and third base and one out, the Fisher Cats elect to walk Reynaldo Rodriguezintentionally to set up a double play, but it goes horribly wrong as P Alan Farina’s fourth ball goes a foot over the catcher’s head and to the backstop, allowing Angel Morales to score the winning run from third base.

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An intentional walk is not always a great strategy, as an Eastern League game between the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and New Britain Rock Cats demonstrates. New Hampshire leads, 5 – 3, entering the bottom of the 7th and final inning of the second game of a doubleheader, but allows New Britain to tie the game with three doubles. With runners on second and third base and one out, the Fisher Cats elect to walk Reynaldo Rodriguezintentionally to set up a double play, but it goes horribly wrong as P Alan Farina’s fourth ball goes a foot over the catcher’s head and to the backstop, allowing Angel Morales to score the winning run from third base.