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On July 23 in Baseball History...​
  • 1890 - Harry Stovey of Boston's Players League club becomes the first Major League player to reach 100 career home runs.

  • 1956 - Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg are officially inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York.

  • 1964 - Kansas City A's rookie Bert Campaneris sends Minnesota to defeat 4-3 with two home runs in his Major League debut. The first comes on the first pitch thrown to him by Jim Kaat. The 21-year-old Cuban and Bob Nieman are the only players since 1900 with two home runs in their first Major League game.

  • 1965 - Dick Stuart homers in a Major League record twenty-third different park when he connects at Shea Stadium in Philadelphia's 5-1 win.

  • 1974 - The National League triumphs 7-2 in the All-Star Game at Pittsburgh. Write-in choice first baseman Steve Garvey of the Dodgers is the game's MVP.

  • 1978 - The Yankees win their fifth straight, 3-1, over the White Sox. At the Chicago airport, Billy Martin, reacting to reporters' questions about Reggie Jackson and George Steinbrenner, replies, "The two deserve each other. One's a born liar; the other's convicted." The remarks will cost Billy his job.

  • 1991 - Rob Dibble, just back from a three-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at - and hitting - Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo in an 8-5 Reds loss.

Baseball Birthdays on July 23... ​


Baseball Deaths on July 23... ​

 
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VolPack22 said:
1997-2003 Nomar was about as good as it gets offensively from the SS position. Those slash lines in 1999 and 2000 are pretty darn impressive.
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I have a Nomar story.
My daughter grew up playing soccer and was a big Mia Hamm fan. We got word that she was going to attend a lady Vols game because she played with and is friends with Angela Kelly(former coach).
After the game they had some no name freshmen signing autographs at one end of the stadium and everyone was gathered there, getting autographs and hoping Mia would come sign as well. I quietly took my daughter to the other area, where the elevator to the press box was. After a while my daughter was getting impatient and was wanting to get her ball signed by the no name players, when the elevator opened and out came Nomar, pushing a baby stroller! I knew then that it was only a matter of time and about 2 minutes later Mia Hamm walked off the elevator, signed my daughters ball, took a pic with her and went in her way. My daughter was only 1 of 2 girls to see her that night and I had nothing to get signed by Nomar.
My daughter would’ve killed me if I had some baseball guy, write his name on what is now her Mia Hamm autographed soccer ball!!😂
 
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cobbwebb0710 said:
I have a Nomar story.
My daughter grew up playing soccer and was a big Mia Hamm fan. We got word that she was going to attend a lady Vols game because she played with and is friends with Angela Kelly(former coach).
After the game they had some no name freshmen signing autographs at one end of the stadium and everyone was gathered there, getting autographs and hoping Mia would come sign as well. I quietly took my daughter to the other area, where the elevator to the press box was. After a while my daughter was getting impatient and was wanting to get her ball signed by the no name players, when the elevator opened and out came Nomar, pushing a baby stroller! I knew then that it was only a matter of time and about 2 minutes later Mia Hamm walked off the elevator, signed my daughters ball, took a pic with her and went in her way. My daughter was only 1 of 2 girls to see her that night and I had nothing to get signed by Nomar.
My daughter would’ve killed me if I had some baseball guy, write his name on what is now her Mia Hamm autographed soccer ball!!😂
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Should have had him sign your chest and never washed it off 🤣

That’s a pretty cool story bro!
 
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If any of you want to join our Fantasy League

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For those wanting to play FPL again or try it for the first time. The league code to join is ‘zfp2q5’ without the ‘ ‘ of course.

If youve never played before it’s simple and free. The members here would be glad to answer any questions anyone has about how to play.
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