New York Yankees president Al Rosen resigns after a year and a half on the job. Rosen continually found himself in disagreements with Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner.
1979 – Ray Knight drives in six runs to lead the Reds to a 16 – 4 clipping of the Cardinals in St. Louis.
The Red Sox beat the Brewers, 8 – 2, scoring four in the 7th and four in the 8th, to increase their lead in the AL East to nine games over Milwaukee, 12 1/2 over Baltimore, and 14 games over the 4th-place Yankees. In the 7th, the Sox have George Scott on second base and Butch Hobson, playing his first game in weeks because of muscle spasms, on first base. On a Frank Duffy single, Scott scores on a close play, prompting an argument by Brewers catcher Charlie Moore. No time is called, however, and Hobson strolls around the bases to score from first, while Duffy is finally thrown out trying for third base. Carlton Fisk accounts for the other three runs in the inning with his 13th homer of the year.
Against the Phils, Pete Rose beats out a 9th-inning bunt to keep his hitting streak alive. It looks dead when Pete is retired in the 8th inning while still hitless, but the Reds score four runs to give Rose the chance to hit again. Mike Schmidt can’t handle Rose’s bunt. The Reds win, 7 – 2.
On July 19, 1977 Tom Seaver at 1977 ASG in Yankee stadium, returning back to NYC for the first time after Mets dealt him to Cincinnati. He would also return again in August to face the Mets & Jerry Koosman and later return in October to announce the World Series games between Yankees and Dodgers….
While pursuing Hank Aaron’s home run record, Sadaharu Oh of the Yomiuri Giants breaks a record held by Babe Ruth when he draws his 2,057th base on balls.
At Yankee Stadium, the National League scores four times in the opening inning off Jim Palmer, en route to a 7 – 5 All-Star Game victory. Don Sutton, hurling three scoreless innings, is named the game’s MVP.
On July 19th in 1976 The Boston Red Sox fire manager Darrell Johnson and replace him with Coach Don Zimmer. With Tom Yawkey recently deceased Jean Yawkey wanted him fired for not putting Rudi and Fingers in the game the day they were traded for, besides the other struggles he was having.
1976 – The Mets’ Dave Kingman tears ligaments in his thumb diving for a ball in a 4 – 2 loss to the Braves. Kingman, who already has 32 home runs for the season, will hit only five more after being sidelined for six weeks.
On July 19, 1975, New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson is ruled out for using an illegal bat that has too much pine tar. The umpire’s ruling, which is based on the pine tar exceeding the 18-inch limit, negates Munson’s first inning RBI single against the Minnesota Twins. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Other Resources & Links…
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