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On September 23, 1998, Chicago Cubs OF Sammy Sosa, after surpassing Roger Maris's single-season record of 61 bombs, clubbed his 64th and 65th home runs of the year during their 8-7 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers (fuck the Brewers). These dingers would tie him with Mark McGwire of the rival St. Louis Cardinals for the…
Continue reading ➞ On This Day in 1998: Sosa Hits 64th and 65th Bombs
On July 23, 2009, Chicago White Sox legend Mark Buerhle became the 18th pitcher to throw a perfect game in major-league history, versus the Tampa Bay Rays. The Southside southpaw was just the sixth pitcher in MLB history to throw both a perfect game and a no-hitter, which he did against Texas on April 18,…
Continue reading ➞ On This Day in 2009: Mark Buehrle’s Perfect Game
On June 28, 2009, New York Yankees 13-time All Star RP Mariano 'Mo" Rivera became the second major-league pitcher to convert 500 career saves behind longtime San Diego Padres RP and Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman in a Subway Series interleague matchup with the New York Mets at Citi Field. This game also featured Rivera's…
Continue reading ➞ On This Day in 2009: Mariano Rivera Records 500th Save
On April 30, 1974, legendary P Nolan Ryan started a game for the California Angels (now the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) against the Boston Red Sox. In the first inning of the game, when Red Sox INF Doug Griffin was attempting to lay down a bunt versus Ryan, he was beaned in the head…
Continue reading ➞ On This Day in 1974: Nolan Ryan Knocks Out Doug Griffin
In honor of the three-game series between the Washington Nationals and New York Mets that took place from Monday to Wednesday this week, I decided to revisit a game from a past Nats-Mets series. On April 19, 2013, Mets SP Matt Harvey became the first pitcher in the modern era to win his first four…
Continue reading ➞ On This Day: Mets Fans Heckle Stephen Strasburg at Citi Field
Since I don't have it in me to write up a 2018 Cubs season preview this week, I am inaugurating a series of baseball history posts that are easy for lazy bloggers to research and schedule ahead of time. On March 8, 1930, legendary player Babe Ruth became the highest-paid player up to that point…
Continue reading ➞ On This Day in 1930: Babe Ruth Becomes Highest-Paid MLB Player of His Time