2004 – On Father’s Day with his dad present, Ken Griffey, Jr. nails a 6th-inning fastball off Cardinal hurler Matt Morris over the right field wall at Busch Stadium for his 500th career home run. The Reds center fielder becomes the 20th major leaguer and the sixth-youngest (34) to reach the milestone.

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On June 20, 2004 – On Father’s Day with his dad present, Ken Griffey, Jr. nails a 6th-inning fastball off Cardinal hurler Matt Morris over the right field wall at Busch Stadium for his 500th career home run. The Reds center fielder becomes the 20th major leaguer and the sixth-youngest (34) to reach the milestone.

At Shea Stadium, Hall of Fame catchers Carlton Fisk, Johnny Bench, Gary Carter, and Yogi Berra take part in a pregame ceremony to honor Mike Piazza for hitting the most home runs as a catcher in baseball history. The Mets’ backstop established the new mark, breaking Carlton Fisk’s record, with his 352nd home run on May 5.

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On June 18, 2004 At Shea Stadium, Hall of Fame catchers Carlton Fisk, Johnny Bench, Gary Carter, and Yogi Berra take part in a pregame ceremony to honor Mike Piazza for hitting the most home runs as a catcher in baseball history. The Mets’ backstop established the new mark, breaking Carlton Fisk’s record, with his…

At New Hampshire’s Holman Stadium, the Nashua Pride of the independent Atlantic League celebrate the 32nd anniversary of the Watergate break-in by giving away Richard Nixon bobbleheads to the first 1,000 fans in attendance. The minor league promotion, which included free entrance to anyone named Woodward or Bernstein and eighteen and a half minutes of silence to match the time of the gap in the infamous Watergate tape, had no reports of stolen signs during the game.

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At New Hampshire’s Holman Stadium, the Nashua Pride of the independent Atlantic League celebrate the 32nd anniversary of the Watergate break-in by giving away Richard Nixon bobbleheads to the first 1,000 fans in attendance. The minor league promotion, which included free entrance to anyone named Woodward or Bernstein and eighteen and a half minutes of silence to match the time of the gap in the infamous Watergate tape, had no reports of stolen signs during the game.

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2004 – Brad Lidge has a four-strikeout seventh inning against the Brewers during a 5-4 victory.  The last three come after Lidge had filled the bases with a hit batsman, a balk, a wild pitch on strike three and a walk. Milwaukee starter Ben Sheets also joins the record books with a “perfect inning”, fanning Pete Munro, Craig Biggio and Jose Vizcaino in the third on nine pitches. Dan Miceli gets the win. 

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2004 – Brad Lidge has a four-strikeout seventh inning against the Brewers during a 5-4 victory.  The last three come after Lidge had filled the bases with a hit batsman, a balk, a wild pitch on strike three and a walk. Milwaukee starter Ben Sheets also joins the record books with a “perfect inning”, fanning Pete Munro, Craig Biggio and Jose Vizcaino in the third on nine pitches. Dan Miceli gets the win. 

2004 – In an Orioles-Giants interleague game, Barry Bonds hits a home run, the 675th of his career, and Rafael Palmeiro hits his 536th and 537th to move past Mickey Mantle into 11th place on the career list. It is only the third time in major league history that two players with 500 homers connect in the same game. Willie Mays and Ernie Banks did it in 1970, and Mays and Hank Aaron both homered in 1971.

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2004 – In an Orioles-Giants interleague game, Barry Bonds hits a home run, the 675th of his career, and Rafael Palmeiro hits his 536th and 537th to move past Mickey Mantle into 11th place on the career list. It is only the third time in major league history that two players with 500 homers connect in the same game. Willie Mays and Ernie Banks did it in 1970, and Mays and Hank Aaron both homered in 1971.

The Yankees lose to the Padres‚ 10 – 2‚ to end New York’s 13-game interleague winning streak‚ the longest such streak since the advent of interleague play.

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On June 11, 2004 The Yankees lose to the Padres‚ 10 – 2‚ to end New York’s 13-game interleague winning streak‚ the longest such streak since the advent of interleague play.

The Cubs down the Cardinals‚ 12 – 3‚ scoring 10 runs in the 4th inning. Chicago ties a team record with 11 hits in the frame‚ 9 of them consecutive.

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On June 10, 2004 The Cubs down the Cardinals‚ 12 – 3‚ scoring 10 runs in the 4th inning. Chicago ties a team record with 11 hits in the frame‚ 9 of them consecutive.

At Turner Field, Julio Franco becomes the oldest player in baseball history to hit a grand slam. The 45 year-old Dominican first baseman’s first inning bases-loaded home run proves to be the difference as the Braves beat the Phillies, 8-4.

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At Turner Field, Julio Franco becomes the oldest player in baseball history to hit a grand slam. The 45 year-old Dominican first baseman’s first inning bases-loaded home run proves to be the difference as the Braves beat the Phillies, 8-4.

2004 – Mark Prior makes his season debut for the Cubs‚ but the Cubs lose, 2 – 1‚ to the Pirates. Prior goes 6 shutout innings. The Cubs hit the million mark in attendance‚ their quickest in history.

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2004 – Mark Prior makes his season debut for the Cubs‚ but the Cubs lose, 2 – 1‚ to the Pirates. Prior goes 6 shutout innings. The Cubs hit the million mark in attendance‚ their quickest in history.

At Turner Field, the 45-year old Julio Franco hits a home run with the bases loaded in the 1st inning, to became the oldest player in major league history to hit a grand slam as the Braves beat the Phillies, 8 – 4.

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At Turner Field, the 45-year old Julio Franco hits a home run with the bases loaded in the 1st inning, to became the oldest player in major league history to hit a grand slam as the Braves beat the Phillies, 8 – 4.