TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1906 — New York Yankees’ first baseman Hal Chase’s 22 put-outs ties record.
1929 — First legal forward pass in Canadian senior football thrown (Calgary).
1951 — Emil Zatopek runs 15km in record 44:54.6.
1956 — New York Yankees set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base; Mickey Mantle hits a 500-foot plus homer but Boston Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway Park. 1964 — Constellation (U.S.) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America’s Cup.
1964 — Cincinnati Reds’ Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Philadelphia Phillies 1-0. Philadelphia Phillies start a 10-game losing streak that gives the St. Louis Cardinals the pennant.
1970 — ABC-TV debuts “Monday Night Football,” with Howard Cosell, Don Meredith and Keith Jackson. The Cleveland Browns beat the New York Jets 31-21.
1970 — Oakland Athletics’ Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0. 1971 — American League approves Washington Senators’ move to Arlington (Texas Rangers).
1973 — New York Mets go into first place (at .500) after trailing 12.5 games.
1973 — Nate Archibald signs seven-year contract with NBA’s Kansas City Kings for US$450,000. 1980 — Richard Todd of the New York Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record).
1981 — Steve Carlton strikes out National League record 3,118th (Andre Dawson).
1982 — 2,251 turn out to see the Montreal Expos play the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.
1982 — New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 3-2 in exhibition; first hockey in Meadowlands (New Jersey).
1982 — NFL players begin a 57-day strike.
1986 — Miami Dolphins’ Dan Marino passes for six touchdowns versus New York Jets but the Jets win 51-45 in overtime; record 884 passing yards. 1986 — New Orleans Saints’ Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown. 1990 — Faye Vincent turns down Chicago White Sox bid to reinstate Minnie Minoso, 68, (so he can play in six decades) because it is a publicity stunt.
1990 — Oakland Athletics’ Bob Welch becomes the first 25-game winner in 10 years.
1990 — Pittsburgh Pirates’ player Bobby Bonds is second to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season.
2001 — Sports return to New York for the first time since the terrorist attacks with the New York Mets/ Atlanta Braves game at Shea Stadium. Mike Piazza hits a two-run home run in the 8th inning off Steve Karsay to win the game 3-2.
2008 — The United States claims the 2008 Ryder Cup golf trophy with a 16.5-11.5 victory over Europe. 2008 — Jose Molina hits the last home run in the 85-year history of Yankee Stadium in New York, to give the New York Yankees a 7-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles. The stadium will be demolished, replaced by a new US$1.3 billion Yankee Stadium across the way from the exisiting facility.