Saturday, May 24, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MAY 24TH

1902 - Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games,
not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918.
1963 - Joe Dumars, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons) is born.
1964 - Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300.
1967 - AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals.
1979 - Tracy McGrady, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors) is born.
1981 - Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500.
1987 - Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500.
1989 - NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching
30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season.
1990 - Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game.
2009 - Indianapolis 500: Hélio Castroneves wins in 3:19:34.6427 (241.913 km/h).

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