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this is baseball history daily and I'm
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Tom a baseball Nostalgia Enthusiast and
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I'm just here to bring you a few minutes
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about today in baseball history and
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here's my co-host Robin to jump into
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September 6th 1995 Cal Ripken Jr of the
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Baltimore Orioles plays in his
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2131st consecutive major league game to
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surpass Lou Gehrig's 56-year record when
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the game becomes official in the middle
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of the fifth inning Rifkin takes a
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Victory lap around Camden Yards during a
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22-minute standing ovation from the
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sellout crowd Rifkin went 2-4 including
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a home run in Baltimore's 4-2 win over
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September 6 2001 during the Diamondbacks
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Giants game Barry Bonds becomes the
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fifth player in major league history to
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hit 60 home runs in a season he joins
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Babe Ruth's Roger Maris Mark McGuire and
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Sammy Sosa bonds the oldest to join this
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Elite group reaches the historic Plateau
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the quickest needing only 141 games to
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September 6 1976 Dodgers catcher Steve
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Yeager is seriously injured when the
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jagged end of teammate Bill Russell's
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broken bat strikes him in the throat
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while he is waiting in the on Deck
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Circle he had nine pieces of wood taken
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out of his neck during a 98-minute
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surgery Jaeger later invented a throat
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protector that hangs from every
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September 6 1977 the Angels acquired
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Slugger Dave Kingman from San Diego for
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cash consideration nine days later the
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Yankees will buy Kingman making him the
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first player to wear four uniforms in
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four divisions in the same year Kingman
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who started the season with the Mets
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will hit 26 home runs to set the mark
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for the most by a player with more than
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two teams that was September 6th this
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our extensive collection of radio
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broadcasts captures game's most iconic
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moments they are retold to you by those
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who lived it these broadcasts narrate
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more than just a game they paint a vivid
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picture of the era and the legends that
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shaped it have a quick listen
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good afternoon ladies and gentlemen on
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today we're out of the Polar ground that
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historic old home of the New York Giants
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nestled in the league of poop and fluff
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on the island of Manhattan hi there
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everybody this is Rob keiner welcome to
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another big league game from Houston
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Texas here at Cole Stadium I know good
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afternoon everyone to Baseball fans
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everywhere this is Bill Slater with Al
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Helper and Bill Corum greeting you from
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break stadium in Detroit
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to another baseball broadcast brought to
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you direct from wrinkly Theodore well
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it's another beautiful day here in
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Yankee Stadium we'll then Scully along
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with Jerry do I get an owl helper
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today as we wrap up today's show thank
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you Robin for today's highlights you can
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