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1996 — Barry Bonds became the fourth major leaguer with 300 homers and 300 steals when he homered in the third inning of the ...
1969 — Houston’s Don Wilson beat the Cincinnati Reds with a 4-0 no-hitter at Crosley Field, one day after the Reds’ Jim Maloney no-hit the Astros and nine days after Wilson absorbed a 14-0 pounding by ...
1970 — Los Angeles Lakers guard Jerry West hits a 60-foot desperation shot at the buzzer to tie Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks. The Knicks outscore the Lakers 9-6 in the overtime ...
Having his own ties to Northeastern Oklahoma, former Major League Baseball pitcher Steve Crawford was happy to be invited to the Mickey Mantle Classic in Commerce, Oklahoma, last weekend at Commerce ...
1987 — Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers becomes the third player to score 30,000 points in his pro career. Erving scores 38 points to join Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Houston Astros starter Nolan Ryan surpasses 3,500 strikeouts, putting him ahead of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve ...
Dodt/Chicago Tribune) I wrote ... Such baseball stars as Stan Musial and Mickey Mantle opened centers in St. Louis and Dallas, respectively. These new and elegant centers dotted the suburbs.
The former slugger, who played 22 seasons in the majors with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox ... 13 Jimmie Foxx, 12 Mickey Mantle, 12 Stan Musial, 12 Albert Pujols, 12 Frank Robinson ...
Yet it doesn't compare to the men's record, held by the "1952 Topps Mickey Mantle," which sold for $ ... on May 17 against Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky.
“Can you imagine what Mickey Mantle’s average would be if he had ... organist and the days of one musician — such as former Chicago Cubs organist Gary Pressy, who played 2,633 straight ...
More than 25 million residents of Japan tuned into the first game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs ... ways away from Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. Babe Ruth hasn’t played ...