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On August 10 in Baseball History...​
  • 1889 - New York Giants pitcher Mickey Welch strikes out as the first pinch hitter in Major League history.

  • 1901 - Frank Isbell of the Chicago White Sox set an American League record by stranding 11 teammates on the basepaths.

  • 1904 - Jack Chesbro is knocked out by the White Sox after pitching 30 complete games in a row. For the year he will win 41 games, pitching 48 complete games out of 51 starts for the New York Highlanders. All are post-1900 records.

  • 1929 - Grover Alexander beats the Phils 7-1 for his 373rd and last National League victory. He pitches four scoreless relief innings for the Cardinals to win 11-9 in the 11th inning.

  • 1934 - Babe Ruth announces 1934 is definitely his final season as a regular player. He says he will seek a managerial role and will pinch-hit.

  • 1944 - Red Barrett of the Boston Braves threw only 58 pitches to beat the Cincinnati Reds, 2-0, in a nine-inning game.

  • 1957 - Mickey Mantle became the first player to clear the center-field hedge at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium when his 460-foot homer hit the base of the scoreboard. The Yankees beat the Orioles, 6-3.

  • 1969 - Cesar Tovar of Minnesota broke up the second no-hit bid against the Twins by a Baltimore pitcher. Tovar singled with none out in the ninth off Mike Cuellar. Earlier in the year, Tovar singled with one out in the ninth to spoil Dave McNally's bid.

  • 1971 - Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins hit his 500th home run in the first inning off Baltimore's Mike Cuellar to become the 10th player to hit 500 or more in a career. Killebrewalso hit No. 501 off Cuellar, but the Orioles won, 4-3.

  • 1971 - Sixteen baseball researchers at Cooperstown form the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

  • 1981 - Major League Baseball resumed play after a two-month strike. In the Cardinals-Phillies game at Philadelphia, attended by 60,561 fans, Pete Rose broke Stan Musial's National League hit record when he singled for his 3,631st hit. It came off Mark Littell in the eighth inning.

  • 1987 - Phillies pitcher Kevin Gross becomes the second pitcher in eight days to be ejected for scuffing the baseball when umpires discover sandpaper in his glove during the fifth inning of a 4-2 win over the Cubs. Like Joe Niekro, Gross will be suspended for 10 games.

  • 1995 - Ball Night at Dodger Stadium turned into the first forfeit in the majors in 16 years. Los Angeles forfeited a game to the St. Louis Cardinals after fans threw souvenir baseballs onto the field three times. The game was called with one out in the bottom of the ninth.

Baseball Birthdays on August 10... ​


Baseball Deaths on August 10... ​

 
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So I’m not going to bash on the USWNT but I heard something today that made me laugh.
“The women’s national team should’ve focused a little more on soccer and a little less on social justice. They fought to be equal to the men, well they accomplished it, they sucked just as equally as the men did!!”
😂
 
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cobbwebb0710 said:
So I’m not going to bash on the USWNT but I heard something today that made me laugh.
“The women’s national team should’ve focused a little more on soccer and a little less on social justice. They fought to be equal to the men, well they accomplished it, they sucked just as equally as the men did!!”
😂
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Very ironic set of circumstances lol
 
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cobbwebb0710 said:
So I’m not going to bash on the USWNT but I heard something today that made me laugh.
“The women’s national team should’ve focused a little more on soccer and a little less on social justice. They fought to be equal to the men, well they accomplished it, they sucked just as equally as the men did!!”
😂
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Women's Sports should worry about Women's Sports and stop comparing to the Men.... It is what it is and it will never change..
 
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