On August 3, 1940 — During a road trip in Boston, Reds backup catcher Willard Hershberger is found dead in his room after he commits suicide by slashing his throat in Boston’s Copley Plaza Hotel. Having talked with his fragile player for hours after the game, Cincinnati skipper Bill McKechnie thought he had consoled the worn out backstop, who was distraught about leaving runners on base in every at bat with his 0-for-5 performance at the plate and for calling wrong pitches in the July 31, 5 – 4, 10-inning loss to New York. Hershberger’s father also committed suicide, in 1928.
5/7/2010: The Tigers and Indians played four innings in Cleveland before the rain ended the game after a 2 hour and 12 minute wait. Three homers were lost to the weather. Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run blast in the top of the first off David Huff. Grady Sizemore hit a solo shot in the bottom of the frame off Jeremy Bonderman and Travis Hafner hit a three-run homer off Bonderman in the third.
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May 7, 2010
