San Francisco sells P Bob Shaw to the Mets.
On June 10, 1966 San Francisco sells P Bob Shaw to the Mets.
The Yankees and Athletics make a trade with New York acquiring P Fred Talbot and C Billy Bryan in exchange for pitchers Bill Stafford and Gil Blanco‚ and promising OF Roger Repoz.
On June 10, 1966 The Yankees and Athletics make a trade with New York acquiring P Fred Talbot and C Billy Bryan in exchange for pitchers Bill Stafford and Gil Blanco‚ and promising OF Roger Repoz.
Washington Senators centerfielder Don Lock hits a three-run homer in the 1st inning against the Boston Red Sox and righthander Phil Ortega makes it stand for a 3 – 2 win. Ortega strikes out 7 batters in a row.
Washington Senators centerfielder Don Lock hits a three-run homer in the 1st inning against the Boston Red Sox and righthander Phil Ortega makes it stand for a 3 – 2 win. Ortega strikes out 7 batters in a row.
Rocky Mount Leafs teammates Dick Drago and Darrell Clark each pitch 7-inning no-hitters against the Greensboro Yankees, Drago winning 5 – 0 in the opener. His roommate Clark wins, 2 – 0, in the nightcap.
Rocky Mount Leafs teammates Dick Drago and Darrell Clark each pitch 7-inning no-hitters against the Greensboro Yankees, Drago winning 5 – 0 in the opener. His roommate Clark wins, 2 – 0, in the nightcap.
Roberto Clemente’s sixth and final career home run off Sandy Koufax is another no-doubter. It comes during Koufax’s final season, the net result being one less shutout for Sandy and one more moon shot for Clemente. There was “only Bob Clemente’s 9th-inning home run spoiling Sandy’s bid for his 36th career shutout,” writes Frank Finch of the Los Angeles Times. “One of the few people who wasn’t fooled by Sandy’s slants was Clemente, who at .325 is making a strong bid for his third consecutive league batting crown. ‘I’m hitting the ball good,’ said the temperamental Pirate star. ‘I feel strong.’ He certainly looked robust when he tied into an outside pitch and sent it into the upper deck in right field. Ron Fairly didn’t even move, it was so solidly hit.”
Roberto Clemente’s sixth and final career home run off Sandy Koufax is another no-doubter. It comes during Koufax’s final season, the net result being one less shutout for Sandy and one more moon shot for Clemente. There was “only Bob Clemente’s 9th-inning home run spoiling Sandy’s bid for his 36th career shutout,” writes Frank Finch of the Los Angeles Times. “One of the few people who wasn’t fooled by Sandy’s slants was Clemente, who at .325 is making a strong bid for his third consecutive league batting crown. ‘I’m hitting the ball good,’ said the temperamental Pirate star. ‘I feel strong.’ He certainly looked robust when he tied into an outside pitch and sent it into the upper deck in right field. Ron Fairly didn’t even move, it was so solidly hit.”
At Minneapolis, the Yankees (6-20) edge the Twins, 3 – 2. Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, and Joe Pepitone, with the game-winner in the 9th inning, hit homers for New York.
At Minneapolis, the Yankees (6-20) edge the Twins, 3 – 2. Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, and Joe Pepitone, with the game-winner in the 9th inning, hit homers for New York.
In the course of Pittsburgh’s 8 – 0 shellacking of the lowly New York Mets, in which the latter’s total of 4 hits is equaled by Roberto Clemente, the Pirate right fielder hits one ball, leading off the 4th, that the young Ron Swoboda, playing left field for the Mets that day, will recall, some thirty years later, as “the hardest ball I ever saw hit.” Bucs beat writer Les Biederman concurs: “The first hit by Clemente was one to remember. It started out on a line toward the right-center fence and came within inches of clearing the wall at the 436-foot sign. It bounced off the wall right back into rookie Billy Murphy’s hands.” “The ball got there so fast, and bounced back to Murphy so hard,” notes Dick Young of the New York Daily News, “that the speedy Roberto got only two bases.” “But,” adds Biederman, “the blast caused a rumble through the stands and no doubt unnerved Jack Fisher.”
In the course of Pittsburgh’s 8 – 0 shellacking of the lowly New York Mets, in which the latter’s total of 4 hits is equaled by Roberto Clemente, the Pirate right fielder hits one ball, leading off the 4th, that the young Ron Swoboda, playing left field for the Mets that day, will recall, some thirty years later, as “the hardest ball I ever saw hit.” Bucs beat writer Les Biederman concurs: “The first hit by Clemente was one to remember. It started out on a line toward the right-center fence and came within inches of clearing the wall at the 436-foot sign. It bounced off the wall right back into rookie Billy Murphy’s hands.” “The ball got there so fast, and bounced back to Murphy so hard,” notes Dick Young of the New York Daily News, “that the speedy Roberto got only two bases.” “But,” adds Biederman, “the blast caused a rumble through the stands and no doubt unnerved Jack Fisher.”
The Braves win their first game in Atlanta by beating the Mets, 8 – 4.
The Braves win their first game in Atlanta by beating the Mets, 8 – 4.
At Fenway Park, Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson hit back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning off Dave Morehead, to lead the Baltimore Orioles to an 8 – 1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Jim Palmer pitches a five-hit complete game and helps himself by hitting a homer in the 2nd.
At Fenway Park, Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson hit back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning off Dave Morehead, to lead the Baltimore Orioles to an 8 – 1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Jim Palmer pitches a five-hit complete game and helps himself by hitting a homer in the 2nd.
On the nationally-televised Hullabaloo, a program which showcases rock and roll groups, host Soupy Sales is joined by his two sons, Tony and Hunt, to perform Meet the Mets, with the unlikely tune also accompanied by the show’s go-go dancers halfway through the song. The Sales’ children were on the program as guests musicians, featuring their rock and roll band, Tony and the Tigers.
On the nationally-televised Hullabaloo, a program which showcases rock and roll groups, host Soupy Sales is joined by his two sons, Tony and Hunt, to perform Meet the Mets, with the unlikely tune also accompanied by the show’s go-go dancers halfway through the song. The Sales’ children were on the program as guests musicians, featuring their rock and roll band, Tony and the Tigers.
