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| 1977 |
On its inaugural "Hate the Yankees Hanky Night," the Indians snap an 18-game losing streak against New York, sweeping a doubleheader at Cleveland Stadium with 4-3 and 5-4 victories. During the contests, the hometown fans enthusiastically waved white handkerchiefs inscribed with "I Hate the Yankees," a promotion organized by WWWE's popular sports radio talk-show host, Pete Franklin.
(Ed. Note: The team will continue the good-natured tradition every year, changing the promotion to "Beat the Yankees Hanky Night," and by 1982, it became known as "Hanky Night." - LP)  |
| 1989 | Deion Sanders, the fifth player selected overall in the 1989 NFL Draft, hits a home run as the Bronx Bombers rout the Mariners at the Kingdome, 12-2. Five days later, in his NFL debut with the Atlanta Falcons, the Yankee rookie returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown. |
| 1995 | When the game becomes official in the bottom of the fifth inning, Cal Ripken receives a standing ovation for over five minutes from the sellout crowd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards as he ties Yankee legend Lou Gehrig's record of 2,130 consecutive games. |
| 2007 | In a 10-2 rout of the Mariners at the Stadium, Alex Rodriguez becomes the fourth player in Yankees history to homer twice in one inning. Before the game, the limping third baseman went to the hospital to examine a sore right ankle and needed to talk his way into the lineup upon returning to the ballpark. |
| 2007 | Unknown at the time, Bob Sheppard works his last game at Yankee Stadium, a task he has performed over 4,500 times since becoming the team's P.A. announcer in 1951. Jim Hall, a longtime substitute, and Paul Olden, who will fill the position when the team moves to the new ballpark, replace 96-year-old 'Voice of God.' |
| 2010 |
Bill Mazeroski looks on as four Pirates teammates unveil a 14-foot, 2,000-pound statue commemorating his walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series. The work includes an actual section of the left-center field wall, which the second baseman homered over at the 406 mark off Yankee hurler Ralph Terry in the Pirates' 10-9 victory.
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6 Fact(s) Found