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| 1944 |
At the Polo Grounds, with over 50,000 fans looking on, the New York major league teams face each other in a six-inning three-team game (a team played consecutive innings against the other two teams then sat out an inning) to raise money for war bonds. The charity contest, billed as the Tri-Cornered Baseball Game, ends with the Dodgers scoring five times and the Yankees and Giants tallying one and no runs, respectively.
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| 1968 | Cardinals right-hander Bob Gibson tosses his fifth consecutive shutout as he blanks the Pirates, 3-0, in the first game of a doubleheader played at Busch Stadium. The future Hall of Famer's accomplishment is one shy of the major league mark, set earlier in the month by Don Drysdale of the Dodgers. |
| 1993 | Hall of Fame (1969) catcher Roy Campanella dies at 71 after a heart attack in Woodland Hills (CA). The wheel-chair-bound former Brooklyn Dodgers backstop, permanently disabled in a 1958 traffic accident, ten-year career included three NL MVP seasons, 242 home runs, 856 RBIs, and five World Series appearances. |
| 1999 | At Candlestick Park, Todd Hundley's second homer of the day, a ninth-inning three-run shot to deep right field off Giants' closer Robb Nen, sparks the Dodgers' 7-6 comeback win. Ellis Burks had put San Francisco ahead in the bottom of the eighth, 6-4, with a three-run homer off Alan Mills. |
| 2011 | Three days after Jim Riggleman's sudden resignation, the Nationals name senior advisor Davey Johnson as the team's manager for the remainder of the season. The 68-year-old former skipper compiled an 1148-888 (.564) record during his 14 years in the dugout with the Mets, Dodgers, Reds, and Orioles, finishing lower than third place only on three occasions. |
5 Fact(s) Found