TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 8TH

1921 - Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, & held in jail until 4 PM.
1927 - Tony Lazzeri hits 3 HRs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11.

1935 - Lou Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds & leaves the game.

1939 - Herb Adderley, Philadelphia, NFL hall of famer (Packers, Cowboys) is born.

1950 - Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs).

1955 - Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax.

1961 - Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs

(Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas).

1966 - NFL & AFL announce plans to become NFC & AFC in 1970.
1969 - Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG).

1976 - Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks.

1976 - Lindsay Davenport, Palos Verdes CA, tennis star (Olympics-gold-96) is born.
1977 - Nolan Ryan notches his 4th career 19-strikeout game.
1978 - Braves draft Bob Horner #1.

1980 - 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63).

1982 - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75.

1983 - Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player is born.

1986 - Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Balt Orioles beat Yankees 18-9.
1989 - Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate

broadcaster Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia

 if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season .

1991 - College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3.
1991 - Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds.
1992 - NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time.

1994 - Nicholas Joseph Mills, son of Chris Evert & Andy Mills is born.

2001 - Ray Bourque plays the final game in his NHL career.

2013 - Serena Williams defeats Maria Sharapova to win the French Open in tennis.

2014 - Rafael Nadal wins his ninth French Open title.