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On July 27 in Baseball History...​
  • 1890 - Brooklyn's American Association club holds a 13-8 lead over Columbus in the eighth inning at Long Island Grounds on a Sunday game when they run out of baseballs and are forced to forfeit. Brooklyn will win only 26 of 100 games and will disband on August 25.

  • 1927 - Mel Ott, 18 years old, hits his first Major League home run, an inside-the-park round-tripper. It is the only inside-the-park job of his 511 career homers.

  • 1945 - The Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from the New York Yankees in an unexpected waiver deal. Borowy, 10-5 with the Yankees, was put on waivers, apparently to solve a roster problem. The Cubs snatch him for $97,500, and he will help the Cubs win the pennant with an 11-2 record.

  • 1953 - Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. Along with them, the veterans committee enshrines Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, 19th-century manager Harry Wright, executive Ed Barrow, and umpires Bill Klem and Tom Connolly.

  • 1970 - The Expos beat the White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game, following the induction ceremonies for Lou Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, and Jesse Haines.

  • 1978 - The Yankees win the first game of a doubleheader 11-0, but the Indians rebound to win the second game 17-5. Duane Kuiper ties the Major League record with two bases-loaded triples in the nightcap, only the third player (after Bill Bruton and Elmer Valo) to do so in the twentieth century.

  • 1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson gets caught stealing three times by the Angels, across 13-innings. Not since 1932, has an American Leaguer been thrown out three times in a game.

  • 1983 - While picking up his first win as a member of the Royals, Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton as the third pitcher this season to reach 3,500 career strikeouts, fanning four Indians in a 5-4 victory to raise his total to 3,501.

  • 1984 - Pete Rose collects his 3,053rd career single off Steve Carlton in the seventh inning of Montreal's 6-1 win over Philadelphia, passing Ty Cobb as baseball's all-time singles king.

  • 1988 - Tommy John makes three errors on one play in the Yankees' 16-3 rout of the Brewers.

  • 1992 - Houston starts its club-record 26-game road trip with a grand slam by Eric Anthony. The Astros are sent away so the Republican National Convention can take over the Astrodome.

Baseball Birthdays on July 27... ​


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I think MLB should bring back the Hall of Fame Game and make it count towards the standings like the Field of Dreams Game. I think it would bring more attention to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony if they made it a weekend event similar to the All-Star game. They could do the ceremony on Friday, the HOF player’s game on Saturday and the actual game between the two teams on Sunday. They would obviously have to expand the capacity of Doubleday Field but I think they could pull it off if they did it right.
 
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Question of the day

no googling

Which was the last American League Team to move to the National League and which was the last National League Team to move to the American League?

Extra credit if you can also give me the reasons why they made the move?
 
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mad4vols said:
Question of the day

no googling

Which was the last American League Team to move to the National League and which was the last National League Team to move to the American League?

Extra credit if you can also give me the reasons why they made the move?
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Good sir,

Astros to AL
Brewers to NL

as far as the bonus goes, I'm out on that. lol
 
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mad4vols said:
Question of the day

no googling

Which was the last American League Team to move to the National League and which was the last National League Team to move to the American League?

Extra credit if you can also give me the reasons why they made the move?
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Astros to American League and Brewers to National league. Astros to American League to balance the leagues due to expansion and Brewers for same reason to even out Leagues!!!
 
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Brewers played in A.L. East when there were 26 teams I believe or fewer but anyway the split was 14 in A.L. and 12 N.L. that was reason for switch.. The Astros went from N.L. Westto A.L. West when Arizona and Colorado got expansions...
 
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