Saturday, May 4, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MAY 4TH

1871 - First baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), 
(Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double.
1918 - Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4.
1919 - First legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3).
1929 - Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9.
1949 - Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives).
1965 - Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record.
1973 - Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20.
1974 - 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr. aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04.
1975 - Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time.
1980 - White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, 
becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958.
1982 - Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, 
removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans.
2002 - Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as a Giant, leading his team to a 3-0 win over Cincinnati. Bonds is the first player to hit 400 homers for one team and 100 with another.

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