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| 1910 |
The legendary verse detailing the Cubs' double-play combination of Tinker to Evers to Chance, entitled That Double Play Again, is published for the first time. When the 'New York Evening Mail' republishes the same poem six days later, the newspaper will use the title by which the poem is best known, Baseball's Sad Lexicon.
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| 1931 | Thanks to an overflow crowd at Sportsman Park, routine fly balls become ground-rule doubles when the ball lands among the fans ringing the outfield walls. After collecting nine two-baggers in the opener, the Cubs and Cardinals combined to hit another twenty-three, including a record 13 by the Redbirds, in the nightcap, setting a major league mark of thirty-two doubles in the twin bill. |
| 1945 | Tommy Holmes goes 0-for-4 in the Braves' 6-1 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field to end his consecutive-game hitting streak at 37, which sets a modern National League record. The mark will stand for 33 years until Pete Rose surpasses it in 1978 en route to establishing a new standard of 44, remaining a game shy of the record set by Willie Keeler's 45-game streak over the 1896 and 1897 seasons with the NL's Baltimore Orioles. |
| 1966 | The National League All-Stars edge the AL, 2-1, in a game played at the newly-built Busch Stadium when hometown favorite Tim McCarver scores the winning run on Dodger shortstop Maury Wills's tenth-inning walk-off single, with Giants hurler Gaylord Perry getting the victory by tossing a scoreless ninth and tenth inning. The 105-degree weather and the 113 degrees on the playing surface causes nearly 150 people to need treatment for heat exhaustion. |
| 1992 | In the Braves' 7-4 victory over Chicago at Wrigley Field, Jeff Blauser becomes the fourth shortstop to hit three home runs in a game, joining the ranks of Ernie Banks (Cubs, 1955), Barry Larkin (Reds, 1991), and Freddie Patek (Angels, 1980). The Atlanta infielder had hit only 39 homers in the past six seasons. |
| 1995 | In a scene reminiscent of yesteryear, the first basemen leave their mitt in the field between innings throughout Montreal's 3-2 victory over the Cubs. The Expos' first baseman David Segui is sharing his glove with Chicago's Mark Grace, whose equipment did not arrive at Olympic Stadium due to a shipping error. |
| 2016 | Before the All-State Game at Petco Park, Major League Baseball announces that the leagues' batting championships will be named to honor two Hall of Famers known for their offensive prowess, Tony Gwynn (NL) and Rod Carew (AL). The late Padres' legend Gwynn, a career .338 hitter, shares the record with the Pirates' Honus Wagner with eight NL batting titles, and Carew, a lifetime .328 hitter, hit over .300 for 15 consecutive seasons (1969-83) while playing for the Twins and Angels. |
7 Fact(s) Found