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Today in Sports History: May 28th
(Mackowiak, still wearing the hospital bracelet. Photo by Peter Diana, Post-Gazette) 5/28/1998 - Bonds walked with bases full With two outs and the bases loaded in bottom of the ninth inning, Barry Bonds stepped to the plate. The Diamondbacks held an 8-6 lead with Gregg Olson on the mound,...
Today in Sports History: September 30th
9/30/1972 - Clemente gets 3,000th hit in final AB In his final at-bat of the final game of the regular season, Roberto Clemente sends a pitch from the Mets' Jon Matlack to the outfield wall for a double. It was the 3,000th hit of his big league career, adding another accomplishment to one of the...
Today in Sports History: October 13th
10/13/1903 - Americans win first World Series In the eighth game of a best-of-nine series -- the first championship played between the American and National Leagues -- the Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0. The Americans, also known as the Pilgrims and later known as the Red Sox,...
Today in Sports History: June 26th
(Lloyd McClendon walks off with the base. Photo courtesy of AP Photos) 6/26/1981 - Magic Johnson signs 25-year dealThere are short contracts. There are long contracts. And then there's the contract Magic Johnson received in 1981. After just two seasons, Magic Johnson was already considered one of...
Today in Sports History: November 5th
(Foreman knocks down Moorer. Photo by Al Bello, Getty Images) 11/05/1946 - Connors breaks backboardChuck Connors of the Boston Celtics becomes the first player in professional basketball to shatter a backboard, which does during warmups. Unlike most occurrences of a backboard breaking, which...
Today in Sports History: December 31st
(Knievel jumps the fountains at the Caesar's Palace. File photo courtesy of UPI) 12/31/1967 - Packers win in Ice BowlIn one of the greatest, and coldest, NFL games in history, the Green Bay Packers narrowly beat the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Championship Game. The Packers' win came on a...
Today in Sports History: July 9th
(Photo of an AP article in the Fitchburg Sentinel, 1968) 7/09/1914 - Wagner climbs to 3,000 At the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner doubles off Erskin Mayer to earn the 3,000th hit of his career -- joining Cap Anson as the only men to do so. Wagner was one...
Today in Sports History: October 2nd
(Kobe Bryant and Scottie Pippen in Game 7 of the 2000 WCF. Photo by Tom Hauck, Getty Images) 10/02/1920 - Last tripleheader in baseballLess than a handful of tripleheaders have ever taken place in Major League Baseball. The last recorded series to have three games played on the same day was in...
Throwback Uniforms: Pirates and Reds (1979)
For the 30th anniversary of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, who won the World Series in seven games over the Baltimore Orioles, the Pirates held a reunion for the old players and managers. Phil Garner, Bert Blyleven, Bill Madlock, Chuck Tanner, Omar Moreno, Bruce Kison, Don Robinson, and the wife of...
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