TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 4TH

1871 - First baseball league game (National Association of  Baseball Players),

(Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets first hit, a double

1919 - First legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)

1929 - Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9

1948 - Hurley Haywood, American race car driver, and three-time winner

of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is born

1965 - Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record

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