Rookie P Jon Gray sets a Rockies team record by striking out 16 batters in shutting out the Padres, 8 – 0. Tom Murphy homers twice and has 5 RBIs to lead Colorado’s offense. Gray also becomes the second Rockies pitcher to strike four batters in an inning, doing so in the 2nd, and sets another team mark with six consecutive Ks. Read More September 17, 2016
At Comiskey Park, with the score 1 – 1 in the bottom of the 8th, Sox OF John Cangelosi leads off with a drive to the right field corner. A fan leans out of the stands and appears to touch the ball as he tumbles onto the field. Anticipating an interference call, Yankee OF Claudell Washington slows down, while the speedy Cangelosi easily reaches third base. The umps don’t see any interference and Cangelosi remains on third, and scores on a sacrifice fly. The Sox win, 2 – 1. Read More July 4, 1986
The Players Association approves two All-Star Games in 1960, to be held at Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium and New York’s Yankee Stadium. The players would like to have them played within four days of each other. Read More October 21, 1959