1921 – Baseball fan Reuben Berman sues the New York Giants, claiming he suffered mental and physical distress after refusing to return a foul ball. He was awarded $100. 1978 – Duane Kuiper of the Cleveland Indians becomes the third player in MLB history to hit two...
1859 – The first intercollegiate regatta is held as Harvard beats Yale and Brown. 1933 – Joe DiMaggio’s 61 game hitting streak in the Pacific Coast League comes to an end. 1948 – Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance, showing up at the premiere of “The Babe Ruth...
1913 – Max Carey of the Pittsburgh Pirates scores five times in a game without getting a single hit. Carey reached base on an error and four walks, scoring each time he was on. 1940 – American John Sigmund begins what would be the longest solo swim ever, swimming for...
1941 – Red Sox pitcher Lefty Grove picks up career victory #300. 1946 – Nine players from the Spokane baseball team in the Western League die in a bus crash. 1965 – Casey Stengel resigns as manager of the New York Mets. 1968 – Pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, then with the White...
1921 – At the annual Harvard-Yale vs. Cambridge-Oxford track meet, Harvard’s Edward Gourdin becomes the first person to surpass 25 feet in the long jump. 1925 – Lou Gehrig hits his first of a record 23 career grand slams. 1930 – Pie Traynor of the Pittsburgh Pirates...
1923 – Future Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson records career strikeout #3,000. He’s the first pitcher in MLB history to reach that milestone and would finish his career with 3,508 Ks. 1926 – At Mitchell Field in New York, Babe Ruth catches a ball that had been...
