Wei-Lun Pan of the President Lions comes closer than anyone else in Chinese Professional Baseball League history until then to a perfect game. Pan throws the 6th no-hitter in league annals and walks none but a Kuo-Ching Kao error at first base costs him the perfecto. He beats the Chinatrust Whales, 7 – 0. No one in the CPBL had ever gone a game without allowing a hit or walk.

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Wei-Lun Pan of the President Lions comes closer than anyone else in Chinese Professional Baseball League history until then to a perfect game. Pan throws the 6th no-hitter in league annals and walks none but a Kuo-Ching Kao error at first base costs him the perfecto. He beats the Chinatrust Whales, 7 – 0. No one in the CPBL had ever gone a game without allowing a hit or walk.

Justin Morneau goes 5 for 5 and ends his day with a game-winning homer in the 11th inning as the Twins beat the Tigers. Denard Span chips in a 4 for 4 performance.

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Justin Morneau goes 5 for 5 and ends his day with a game-winning homer in the 11th inning as the Twins beat the Tigers. Denard Span chips in a 4 for 4 performance.

In the 2007 All-Star Game, Ichiro Suzuki goes 3 for 3 with the first inside-the-park homer in All-Star Game history to win the MVP award. The American League wins for the 10th straight decision, the second-longest run in Midsummer Classic history. Josh Beckett gets the win and Chris Young the loss. The National League makes it 5 – 4 in the 9th and loads the bases with two away but Francisco Rodriguez retires Aaron Rowand to end the contest.

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In the 2007 All-Star Game, Ichiro Suzuki goes 3 for 3 with the first inside-the-park homer in All-Star Game history to win the MVP award. The American League wins for the 10th straight decision, the second-longest run in Midsummer Classic history. Josh Beckett gets the win and Chris Young the loss. The National League makes it 5 – 4 in the 9th and loads the bases with two away but Francisco Rodriguez retires Aaron Rowand to end the contest.

Norichika Aoki is the fastest in Nippon Pro Baseball history to reach 500 career hits, taking 373 games. It beats the old record pace by 13 games and is 30 fewer than Ichiro Suzuki took.

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Norichika Aoki is the fastest in Nippon Pro Baseball history to reach 500 career hits, taking 373 games. It beats the old record pace by 13 games and is 30 fewer than Ichiro Suzuki took.

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2003 – Houston explodes for nine runs in the first inning (a franchise record) and coasts to an 11-2 blast over Cincinnati, completing a four-game sweep. Geoff Blum gets two hits and two RBIs in the opening frame. Craig Biggio becomes the 40th player in major league history to reach 500 doubles in his career . Richard Hidalgo drives in four as the Astros extend their lead in the weak Central Division to two games, even though they are just five games above the .500 mark. 

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2003 – Houston explodes for nine runs in the first inning (a franchise record) and coasts to an 11-2 blast over Cincinnati, completing a four-game sweep. Geoff Blum gets two hits and two RBIs in the opening frame. Craig Biggio becomes the 40th player in major league history to reach 500 doubles in his career . Richard Hidalgo drives in four as the Astros extend their lead in the weak Central Division to two games, even though they are just five games above the .500 mark. 

In an open letter, Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, Ted Williams’ oldest daughter, urges former Senator John Glenn and President Bush to help in preventing her half-brother, John Henry, from freezing the body of their dad at a cryonics lab in Arizona. She believes it her father’s wish to be cremated and not frozen.

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In an open letter, Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, Ted Williams’ oldest daughter, urges former Senator John Glenn and President Bush to help in preventing her half-brother, John Henry, from freezing the body of their dad at a cryonics lab in Arizona. She believes it her father’s wish to be cremated and not frozen.

The American League defeats the National League, 4 – 1, in the All-Star Game. Baltimore’s Cal Ripken Jr. thrills the crowd by hitting a home run and winning the MVP award at the affair. Derek Jeter and Magglio Ordonez also homer for the Junior Circuit.

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The American League defeats the National League, 4 – 1, in the All-Star Game. Baltimore’s Cal Ripken Jr. thrills the crowd by hitting a home run and winning the MVP award at the affair. Derek Jeter and Magglio Ordonez also homer for the Junior Circuit.