Tuesday, April 22, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 22ND

1876 - First NL game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5.
1876 - Philadelphia Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run.
1898 - Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0.
1906 - 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece.
1914 - Babe Ruth's first professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win.
1915 - NY Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for first time.
1947 - First NBA Championship - Philadelphia Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2.
1954 - NBA adopts 24-second shot clock & 6 team-foul rule.
1955 - KC Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2.
1959 - Chicago White Sox beat KC Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning
Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, & 3 errors.
1966 - Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating NY Mets 8-4.
1970 - NY Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher.
1981 - Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts.
1988 - Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana).
1991 - Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park.
1993 - Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox.
1995 - George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title in Las Vegas.
2004 - Pat Tillman, football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976).

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