1869 The first rain out in professional baseball occurs as heavy rain postpones the Red Stockings game against the Anioch Nine.

1927 There is an unassisted triple play for the second consecutive day in the major leagues. During the ninth inning of a 1-0 game at Navin’s Field, first baseman John Neun saves the victory for the Tigers as he completes the rare play by catching a Homer Summa line drive, tagging Charlie Jamieson who was on first, and beating Glenn Myatt to second base.

1938 First baseman Lou Gehrig plays in his 2000th consecutive game and collects a RBI single helping the Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 12-5.

1961 Batting for Carl Yastrzemski, Red Sox pinch hitter Carroll Hardy bunts for a single in the eighth inning of 7-6 loss to the Yankees. He will be the only player to pinch-hit for both Captain Carl and Ted Williams.

1976 After an error sets up a six-run rally for the Padres in the eighth inning, the new Atlanta owner, Ted Turner, invites the 2,994 fans watching the Braves lose to the San Diego, 10-7 to come back the next night as his guests.

1979 In his major league debut, Tigers’ rookie Pat Underwood blanks the Blue Jays for 8 1/3 innings and beats his brother Tom, 1-0.

1980 Twins’ outfielder Ken Landreaux goes hitless in four at-bats and sees his 31-game hitting streak come to an end as the Orioles beat Minnesota, 11-1.

1997 Ila Borders becomes the first woman to play in a minor league game. The St. Paul Saints reliever gives up three runs to Sioux Falls without recording an out, but redeems herself the next day by striking out the side.

1999 Umpire Frank Pulli uses a television replay to take away a home run from Cliff Floyd of the Marlins in the fifth inning of 5-2 loss to the Cardinals.

2001 The Red Sox finally beat the Yankees in their eighth attempt, and for the first time in over a year since Pedro Martinez scoffed at the ‘Curse’. The right-hander was 7-1 with a 1.44 ERA when he said, “Wake up the Bambino and let me face him — I’ll drill him in the %#$” but after the comment he managed only seven more winless starts making it first time he did not win in seven straight starts since the first seven major league appearances as a rookie with the Dodgers.

2001 After 25 years in the organization, manager Felipe Alou, 66, is fired by the Expos, and replaced by Jeff Torborg, an old friend of owner Jeffrey Loria. The former Montreal skipper is the winningest manager in franchise history compiling a 691-717 record during his nine year tenure.

2005 Buddy Bell, who formerly managed the Tigers (1996-98) and the Rockies (2000-2002) becomes the first Kansas City manager in 19 years with previous experience to be hired as the team’s skipper. With the worst record in baseball, the Royals will respond by sweeping a three-game series with the Yankees.

1894 After going 0-for-6 in the first game of a doubleheader, Beaneater Bob Lowe becomes the first major leaguer to hit four home runs in one game helping Boston to beat Cincinnati and Elton ‘Icebox’ Chamberlain, 20-11.

1921 The Eddie Grant Memorial, built in memory of a former Giants player killed in World War I, is dedicated at the Polo Grounds. The five-foot high monument is located at the base of the clubhouse wall in center field.

1922 Traded between games of a doubleheader, Cliff Heathcote and Max Flack exchange their Cardinal and Cub uniforms respectively. The pair will both get hits for their new teams in the nightcap.

1927 Cubs’ shortstop Jimmy Cooney completes an unassisted triple play as he snares Paul Waner’s liner, steps on second to double up Paul’s brother, Lloyd, and then tags Clyde Barnhart coming from first for the third out.

1932 After dropping a twin bill, some White Sox players accuse George Moriarty of deliberately blowing calls against their team. The umpire, a former pale hose player himself, challenges them to a fight. After he knocks down pitcher Mike Gaston with one punch, skipper Lew Fonseca and backstops Charlie Berry and Frank Grubeeven even the score by thrashing the aggressive arbitrator.

1935 Babe Ruth plays his last major league game going hitless in one at-bat against the Phillies.

1938 A new Yankee Stadium attendance record is set as 81,841 fans attend a doubleheader against the Red Sox. The Bronx Bombers sweep the twin bill, 10-0 and 5-4.

1956 Mickey Mantle barely misses (18 inches) becoming the first player to hit a home run out of Yankee Stadium. The monster shot was still climbing as hit the facade in the upper stands.

1974 Sadaharu Oh becomes the first Japanese player to 600 home runs.

1977 Indian hurler Dennis Eckersley no-hits the Angels, 1-0.

1982 Cal Ripken’s consecutive game streak begins with the Oriole third baseman (position for the first 27 games during the streak) batting eighth against Blue Jays.

1987 Eric Davis becomes the first National League player to hit three grand slams in a month. His 19th homer of the season proves to be the difference in the Reds 6-2 victory over the Pirates.

1992 Yankees’ hurler Scott Sanderson beats the Brewers, 8-1, to become the ninth pitcher to defeat all 26 teams in the majors. The 6′5″ righty joins Nolan Ryan, Tommy John, Don Sutton, Mike Torrez, Rick Wise, Gaylord Perry, Doyle Alexander and Rich Gossage to accomplish this feat.

1998 In an emotional on-the-field ceremony, Dan Quisenberry becomes the sixteenth member of the Royals Hall of Fame. The sinkerball pitcher with a submarine delivery was diagnosed with a grade IV malignant astrocyma and underwent brain surgery to remove the tumor in January.

1998 Mark McGwire hits his 27th home run to establish a major league record for the most homers hit before the month of June. Last season, Ken Griffey Jr.’s set the previous mark with 24 round trippers in the first two months of the season.

2001 After ending a streak of five straight losses to the Yankees, Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez makes light of the Curse of the Bambino by suggesting someone should wake up the Babe so he could drill him with a pitch. Boston will not beat the Bronx Bombers again during their final seven meetings of the season.

2001 At Pac Bell, it takes 5 hours, 53 minutes and 18 innings for the Diamondbacks to defeat the Giants, 1-0. Erubiel Durazo’s double plating Steve Finley accounts for the game’s only run.

2001 Barry Bonds hits career homer No. 522 passing Willie McCovey and Ted Williams to move up to #11 on the all time list, and making him the number one lefty home run hitter in National League history. The round tripper is the 17th hit by the Giant outfielder in May breaking the record set by Mickey Mantle (1956) and Mark McGwire (1998).

2003 At Shea Stadium, the Braves go deep four times off former teammate Tom Glavine to tie a National League record by hitting 55 home runs in a calendar month. The New York Giants (July,1947) and the Cardinals (April, 2000) are the other teams to accomplished the feat.

Congratulations to Barry Bonds for hitting his 715th homerun. An amazing achievement!

1905 Dodger hurler Elmer Stricklett introduces the spitball helping Brooklyn to beat the Giants, 4-3.

1922 The Supreme Court rules that organized baseball is a sport and not a business which exempts major league clubs from antitrust laws and interstate commerce rules.

1950 The St. Louis Browns’ team psychologist resigns due to the lack of player cooperation.

1951 Baseball pitcher Billy Joe Davidson signs a record bonus that is reported to be $120,000 with the Cleveland Indians. The Marion, North Carolina native will never play a game in the majors.

1959 Gus Bell goes 5-for-5, including three consecutive home runs, helping the Reds beat the Cubs, 10-4.

1962 Buck (John) O’Neil, previously a scout with the Cubs, becomes the first black coach in major-league baseball after accepting job with the organization.

1962 Teammates Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew both hit first inning grand slams helping the Twins rout the Indians, 14-3.

1976 In a pitching match up that features the Niekro brothers facing one another, Astro Joe beat the Braves and Phil, 4-1. Adding insult to injury Joe hits his first and only home run in his 22-year career off his older sibling.

1979 At Dodger Stadium, Dusty Baker, Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Garvey, Gary Thomasson, Derrel Thomas, Joe Ferguson and Davey Lopes set a team record by hitting seven home runs as the Dodgers crush the Reds, 17-6.

1981 The Mets trade relief pitcher Jeff Reardon and outfielder Dan Norman, who was obtained from the Reds in the 1977 Tom Seaver trade, to the Expos for Ellis Valentine.

1982 LaMarr Hoyt’s 14-game winning streak ends as the Indians beat the White Sox, 5-2.

1985 The Phillies moved Golden Glove third baseman Mike Schmidt to first base replacing him at the hot corner with rookie Rick Schu.

1990 A’s Rickey Henderson theft of third base in the sixth inning of a 2-1 loss to Blue Jays breaks the 62-year old American League stolen base record of 892 held by Ty Cobb.

1996 Orioles’ Cal Ripken moves past Eddie Murray for first-place on the team’s home run all-time list by hitting his 334th career home run in a 9-8 loss to the Mariners.

2000 At Yankee Stadium, Randy Velarde completes the tenth unassisted triple play in major league history. With runners on first and second Shane Spencer hits a line drive to the A’s second baseman who catches the ball, tags out Jorge Posada coming from first base and steps on second tripling up Tino Martinez who took off for third to complete the rare event.

2000 At the age of 104, Fred Roberts, the oldest living Dodger fan, makes his first visit to Dodger Stadium. Wearing a jersey with the number 104, the World War I veteran cheers as Sean Green’s sixth inning grand slam helps to beat Al Leiter and the Mets, 4-1.

2002 Yankee fireballer Roger Clemens becomes the third major leaguer to strike out 10 or more batters in at least 100 games. Nolan Ryan (215) and Randy Johnson (175) are the other two hurlers to have accomplish the feat.

2003 The Red Sox trade All-Star third baseman Shea Hillenbrand (.303, 3, 38) to the Diamondbacks for 24-year old reliever turn starter Byung-Hyun Kim (1-5, 3.56).

1922 After being named only six days ago, Babe Ruth loses the captaincy of the Yankees for his actions during a game against the Senators at the Polo Grounds. After being thrown out at second base from the outfield, the ‘Bambino’ takes exception with the call and throws dirt into the face of umpire and then after being ejected he goes into the stands and attacks an heckling fan.

1923 Ty Cobb surpasses Honus Wagner ’s record for most runs score in a career. The ‘Georgia Peach’ crosses the plate for the 1,741 time.

1935 At Forbes Field, Babe Ruth as a member of the Boston Braves, hits three homers and a single. The ‘Sultan of Swat’s’ seventh inning solo shot of Gary Bush, which travels over 600 feet and clears the roof, will be the Bambino’s 714th and final home run.

1937 Future Hall of Famer Mickey Cochrane’s career ends after being beaned with an 3-1 inside fastball thrown by Yankee hurler Bump Hadley. Near death at first, the Tiger catcher/manager will spend six weeks in the hospital and will return to the team only as its skipper.

1951 In his major league debut, Giant outfielder Willie Mays goes O-for-5 against the Phillies, but makes three good plays in the outfield.

1982 In Chicago’s 2-1 loss to Padres, Cubs’ Fergie Jenkins becomes the seventh pitcher in major league history to strike out 3,000 batters.

1984 Beating the Angels 5-1, the Tigers tie the major league mark set by the 1916 Giants as they win their 17th consecutive road game in a row breaking the American League mark of 16 that was previously held by the 1912 Washington Senators.

1998 Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire becomes the first player in major league history to hit 25 home runs before June 1. Ken Griffey Jr. is the only other player to hit 24 home runs before the start of the sixth month.

1998 In a game which features two 100 mph pitches thrown by southpaw Randy Johnson, the Diamondbacks tie a 68-year old major league record as three double plays are started by the catcher.

2000 The Devil Rays released Doc Gooden (2-3, 6.63). The former Cy Young Award winner was acquired from the Houston Astros on April 13 for cash considerations giving him a chance to pitch for his hometown team.

2002 With four homers on Thursday (5/23), one on Friday (5/24) and two more on Saturday (5/25), Shawn Green becomes the first major leaguer to hit seven homers in three games. The Dodger outfielder’s nine home runs in a week also breaks a National League record, established by Ralph Kiner with eight and tied by Ted Kluszewski and Nate Colbert.

2002 Getting his 3,509th K, Diamondback southpaw Randy Johnson passes Walter Johnson to become seventh on the all-time career strikeout list. After fanning Shawn Green in the first to catch the ‘Big Train’, Dodger outfielder Brian Jordan swings and misses a 2-2 pitch in the second inning to become the ‘Big Unit’s’ historic victim.

2002 Former major league pitcher David Cone is hired as a part-time television analyst by the YES cable network. The assignment also includes serving as a studio analyst on selected pregame and post game shows, covering five games Staten Island Yankees (Class A) and being a WCBS announcer for the June 14th Yankees-Mets game.

1909 After beating the Cardinals a record 24 consecutive times, Giants’ legend Christy Mathewson finally loses to the Redbirds, 3-1. The winning streak spanned five seasons starting in May of 1904.

1935 At Crosley Field, the era of night time baseball begins as 20,000 fans watch the Reds beat the Phillies 2-1 in the first major league game ever played under the lights. During the pre-game ceremonies, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushes a button at the White House to illuminate the field.

1941 ‘Big Poison’ Paul Waner is signed by the Braves after being released by Brooklyn. The former Dodger joins his brother ‘Little Poison’ Lloyd on the Boston roster.

1956 Mickey Mantle goes 5-for-5 with an intentional walk in an 11-5 victory over the Tigers.

1964 The major league mark for shut-outs in one day is broken as seven teams do not cross home plate.

1967 Tommy McCraw drives in eight runs, including three home runs, to help the first-place White Sox beat the Twins, 14-1.

1978 In an inning which last over an hour, 15 runs score before the first out is recorded as the Florida State League’s Tampa Tarpons beat Daytona Beach,18-2.

1984 The Tigers tie a major league mark set by the 1916 Giants as Detroit defeat the Angels, 5-1 for their 17th consecutive road victory.

1994 At Busch Stadium, the Cardinals set a major league record as they leave16 men stranded on the bases. The Phillies take advantage of the Redbirds lack of timely hitting and beats St. Louis, 4-0.

1994 In a game against Milwaukee, Cal Ripken hits his 300th career home run.

2000 Shawn Estes pitches a seven-hitter and becomes the first Giants pitcher in 51 years (Monte Kennedy-1949) to hit a grand slam en route to handing the Expos their worst defeat in franchise history, 18-0. The San Bernardino native just misses joining Tony Cloninger as the only major league pitcher to hit two slams in a game.

2000 Mark McGwire becomes the fastest player to hit 20 home runs in one season reaching the mark in 35 games, six less than Mickey Mantle (1956) and his own record (1998).

2000 Sixteen Dodger players and three coaches are suspended by the commissioner’s office for going into the stands during the Wrigley Field scuffle with fans on May 16. The suspensions totaling 60 games for players and 24 games for coaches is the harshest penalty ever handed down by major league baseball.

2001 Cincinnati is finally shut out as Cubs’ starter Jon Lieber one-hits the Reds, 3-0. The span of 208 of games without being blanked establishes a new National League record with the 1931-33 Yankees (308) and the 1978-79 Milwaukee Brewers (212) being the only teams with longer streaks.

2001 Lana Blefary, the wife of former Oriole outfielder Curt Blefary, scatters the ashes of husband’s remains at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium. Although little of the stadium remains as the site is being demolished, she is still able to fulfill her husband’s last wishes.

2002 After a container is seen being dropped from low-flying plane hitting and bouncing off the stadium roof onto the street, Seattle hazardous materials crews close off the roads around Safeco Field for about an hour. The object turns outs to be the remains a unidentified man’s cremated ashes.

1890 A National League record is set as New York and Pittsburgh combine to steal seventeen bases in a single game.

1901 Scoring nine runs with two outs in the ninth, the Indians defeat the Senators, 14-13.

1910 In the top of the ninth inning in a game against Boston, Cincinnati’s outfielder Dode Paskert steals second base, third base as well as home plate. The thievery proves to be the margin of victory as the Reds edge the Doves, 6-5.

1935 The first-ever scheduled major league night game is rained out in Cincinnati.

1945 The Cardinals trade three time 20-game winner Mort Cooper to the Braves for pitcher Red Barrett. The Atherton, Missouri native was dissatisfied with his salary in St. Louis and had threaten to leave.

1948 Yankees’ slugger Joe DiMaggio hits three consecutive home runs (first two off Bob Feller) to help the Yankees defeat Indians, 6-5.

1962 Yankees’ first baseman Joe Pepitone hits two home runs in one inning helping the Bronx Bombers defeat the Kansas City A’s, 13-7.

1965 Mets’ outfielder Ron Swoboda takes up his position wearing a batting helmet - on his foot. After kicking the protective head gear it got stuck on his spikes, and manager Casey Stengel ordered the young player to go out to the field.

1970 After a 17-16, 15-inning loss to Padres, Giants’ manager Clyde King is fired and replaced by Charlie Fox. San Francisco is 4 games under .500, 19 -23, at the time of the dismissal.

1984 Tying an American League record, the Tigers win their 16th consecutive road game defeating the Angels, 4-2.

1991 In only his 15th major league start, Phillies’ hurler Tommy Greene no-hits the Expos, 2-0.

1998 Carl Pavano, making his major-league debut for the Expos, allows two runs one earned on three hits and strikes out six in the 3-2 win over the Phillies. The Southington, Connecticut native was acquired by Montreal in the Pedro Martinez trade with the Red Sox.

1999 Brady Anderson gets hit twice by a pitch in the same inning to set an American League record. The Oriole leadoff man, the third major leaguer to accomplished the feat, scores each time as the Birds tally ten runs in first inning routing the Rangers at Camden Yards, 16-5.

2000 Joining Babe Ruth and Ted Williams, Seattle’s Rickey Henderson draws his 2,000th career walk becoming only the third player in baseball history to reach the milestone.

2002 Becoming the 14th player in major league history and the second player this month, Shawn Green hits four homers in a game. The Dodger right fielder’s 6-for-6 performance in Milwaukee’s Miller Park, which also includes a single and double, breaks Joe Adcock’s 1954 major league mark for total bases by one with a total of 19.

2004 Surpassing Tommy Agee’s 1969 team record, Kaz Matsui sets a franchise mark with his fifth lead-off home run of the season and becomes the first Met to hit lead-off homers in consecutive games. The Japanese shortshop is also the first big league player to have his first five round trippers of his career be hit batting first in the first innings of a game.

2004 The River City Rascals, a member of the independent Frontier League announce a ‘Sports Criminals Night’ which will turned T.R. Hughes Ballpark into a giant cell block, with fans being thrown into a ‘dugout jail’ during the June 2 game against the Rockford Riverhawks. Although the promotion is intended to humorously poke fun at the media’s coverage of athletes in trouble, the team will cancel the event the next day after protests from the community.

1922 The Yankees, who have been sharing Polo Grounds with Giants since 1913, begin construction on their own stadium in the Bronx.

1938 White Sox pitcher Ted Lyons records his 200th career win beating the Senators, 9-2.

1942 Ted Williams is sworn into the U.S. Navy, but will remain with the Red Sox until he is called for active duty.

1963 Hitting the right-field facade, Mickey Mantle once again just barely misses becoming the first player to hit a home run out of Yankee Stadium.

1968 At Wrigley Field, Pirates’ slugger Willie Stargell hits three home runs and just misses a fourth in a 13-6 rout over the Cubs. ‘Pops’ also hit a single and a double which bounced off the railing in left field fence back onto the playing field.

1992 Replacing Tom Runnells , Felipe Alou is named as the manager of the Expos. The eventual second-place Montreal club is 17-20 at the time the Colorado native firing.

1990 In a 16-inning contest against the Reds at Wrigley Field, Cubs’ right fielder Andre Dawson is walked five times intentionally. The five intentional passes in one game establishes a major league record.

1995 After brawl which takes more than 30 minutes to sort out, ten players are ejected during ‘Strike Out Domestic Violence Night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

1999 After a stint on the disabled list and a rain out, Yankees’ righty Roger Clemens finally breaks the American League record for consecutive victories with 19.

2000 Scoring seven times in the ninth, the Brewers make their biggest comeback in franchise history knotting the score at 9 before only 3,913 fans at County Stadium. Jose Hernandez’s solo homer in the next inning completes the come-from-behind victory as Milwaukee beats the Astros, 10-9.

2001 For the second time this season, Barry Bonds homers in six consecutive games. His nine homers during this span games establishes a National League mark. Senators’ slugger Frank Howard’s 1968 feat of hitting 10 homers in six games major league is the major league record.

2002 In what appears to be a lopsided trade, the A’s trade a stunned Jeremy Giambi (.274, 8, 17) to Philadelphia in exchange for pinch hitter John Mabry (.286, 0, 3). The Oakland outfielder is also four years younger than the Phillies’ utility man, but he doesn’t meet the ‘Moneyball’ approach preached by GM Billy Beane.

2002 Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura approves a financing framework for a $330 million open-air stadium. The bill is the result a seven-year effort by the Twins to secure help from the state, but the plan has only tepid support from the club because team officials are unsure if they’ll be able to find $120 million for a required down payment and get a guarantee from major league baseball that a team will play in Minnesota for at least 30 years.

2003 Arturo Moreno purchases the World Champion Angels from Walt Disney for $184 million to becoming the third owner in the 43-year history of the franchise. The 56-year-old outdoor advertising tycoon, who is a fourth-generation Mexican-American, is the first Hispanic to have a controlling interest in a major league club.

1907 After the Giants lose to the Cubs, 3-0 to drop out of first place, players need to form a protective ring around umpires Hank O’Day and Bob Emslie as Pinkerton guards fire shots in the air trying to disperse unruly Polo Ground fans who have spilled onto the field.

1919 The Giants deal Jim Thorpe to Braves for the waiver price of $1,500. The Olympic star will play only 60 games in Boston and will finish his six-year major league career with a lifetime .252 average

1925 Tigers and Senators tie a nine inning major league record combining for nine double plays.

1927 For the second consecutive day, an umpire at Ebbets Field is the target of fan abuse. Arbitrator Frank Wilson needs a police escort after the Robins drop a twin bill to Cubs.

1930 After hitting three consecutive home runs at Shibe Park, 35-year old Babe Ruth decides in the 9th inning to bat from the opposite side (right-handed). With two quick strikes, the ‘Sultan of Swat’ crosses the plate to bat lefty, but A’s hurler Jack Quinn still strikes out the Bambino as Philadelphia beats the Yankees, 15-7.

1943 The White Sox defeat the Senators, 1-0, in 89 minutes making the contest the fastest nine-inning game in American League history.

1947 Joe DiMaggio and five other Yankees are slapped with $100 fines for not fulfilling contract requirements to do promotional duties for the Bronx Bombers.

1948 Joe DiMaggio hits for the cycle as he delivers two home runs, a triple, double and single helping the Yankees beat the White Sox, 13-2.

1952 Dodgers score a major league record fifteen first inning runs en route to a 19-1 victory over the Reds at Ebbets Field. After retiring the first batter, the next 19 Brooklyn batters reached base (10 hits, 7 BB & 2 HBP). Captain Pee Wee Reese reaches first base three times in the inning.

1957 Reaffirming their decision to bar females from the Fenway Park’s male-only press box, Boston baseball writers deny a seat to Doris O’Donnell, a feature writer following the Indians.

1959 Despite growing pressure to expand, major league owners, at a meeting at John Galbreath’s farm in Ohio, decline the option to add new teams to the existing American and National Leagues. Given there are no plans for expansion, Commissioner Ford Frick will announce at a later date that MLB will ‘’favorably consider an application for major league status within the present baseball structure by an acceptable group of eight clubs which would qualify under ten specifications.”

1969 The Mets are at .500 at the latest point of the season in team history. The 18-18 record is reached as Tom Seaver blanks the Braves at Atlanta Stadium, 5-0.

1986 Rafael Ramirez doubles four times in seven at-bats in Braves’ 13-inning victory over the Cubs, 9-8.

1992 Manager Buck Rodgers and 11 others are injured when the Angels’ team bus goes out of control and crashes into trees on the New Jersey Turnpike.

1996 In a 12-10 defeat of the Pirates, Larry Walker sets a Rockies’ club record with 13 total bases. The right fielder drives in a six runs with a pair of two-run homers, a triple and a double.

2000 Major League Baseball has its first six grand-slam day less than one year after establishing the mark with 5. Garret Anderson (Angels), J.T. Snow (Giants), Brian Hunter (Phillies), Jason Giambi (A’s) and Adrian Beltre and Shawn Green (Dodgers ) all contributed to the record. The National League also set a record with four of the six base-loaded homers.

2004 In his return to Texas, Alex Rodriguez is roundly booed by fans at the Ballpark in Arlington. The fans’ continue to show their displeasure as the Yankees’ third baseman drives a 2-1 pitch over the fence during his first inning at-bat.

2005 At the Ballpark in Arlington, the Rangers establish two team records as the club hits four homers in one inning and goes yard a total of eight time as they rout the Astros,18-3 in a Lone Star inter-league game.

2005 Before their inter-league game with the Athletics, the Giants pay homage Juan Marichal by dedicating a 9-foot bronze statue outside SBC Park The ‘Dominican Dandy’, who hurled for San Francisco from 1960-1973, joins Willie Mays and Willie McCovey as former player to have statues made in their honor.

2005 As Dae-Sung Koo stands in against Randy Johnson, Mike Piazza confides to David Wright in the dugout, “If he gets a hit, I’ll donate a million dollars to charity.” The Korean reliever batting lefty off the Yankee fire-balling southpaw, who was afraid to stand in the batter box in a previous game, promptly hits a 91-mph fastball to the wall in center for a double causing the Mets catcher to say he will be making a significant donation to a charity over the next 20 years.

1903 Due to Sunday restrictions in Cleveland, a major league game is played in Columbus, Ohio with the ‘hometown’ Indians defeating the New York Highlanders, 9-2.

1906 Rube Waddell’s no-hitter is broken up by Ty Cobb’s bunt single.

1925 In a 2-1 loss to the Senators, Indians’ outfielder Tris Speaker singles off pitcher Tom Zachary to reach the career 3000-hit milestone.

1939 In the first-ever televised baseball game, Princeton beats Columbia, 2-1, at Columbia’s Baker Field. The contest is aired on W2XBS, an experimental station in New York City.

1945 Every game on the American League schedule is rained out for the fourth consecutive day.

1963 At Colt Stadium, Don Nottebart throws the franchise’s first no-hitter as the Colt 45’s beat the Phillies, 4-1.

1970 Hank Aaron becomes the ninth major leaguer to have 3000 hits when he scratches an infield single off of Reds’ pitcher Wayne Simpson.

1971 Tom McCraw hits perhaps the shortest home run in baseball history. The 200-foot round tripper is the result of three Indians colliding trying to catch the ball, a short pop fly over second base.

1979 The Phillies beat the Cubs in a fifty-hit slugfest at Wrigley Field, 23-22. The 11 home runs hit in the game ties a major league mark.

1985 The Rangers fire manger Doug Rader and replace him with Mets’ third base coach Bobby Valentine.

1992 Using only 21 dates, the Blue Jays reach the one-million mark in attendance sooner than any team in major league history. The 1991 Blue Jays and the 1981 Dodgers shared the previous record .

1993 Mariners’ third baseman Mike Blowers becomes 13th player in major league history to hit grand slams in consecutive games.

1998 For only the 13th time in modern major league history, a perfect game is tossed as David Wells beats the Twins 4-0 in front of nearly 50,000 fans on Beanie Baby Day at Yankee Stadium.

2000 Recently released by the Mets, Rickey Henderson reaches an agreement to play with Mariners.

2005 With the first 10 pitches he throws as a major league, 22-year old Ervin Santana allows a collective cycle to first four Indian batters he faces; a triple by Grady Sizemore, a double by Coco Crisp, a single by Travis Hafner followed by a home run blasted by Ben Broussard. The Angels’ prized rookie right-hander will redeem himself by recording a five-hit shutout in his second major league start beating the White Sox, 4-0.