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Today in Sports History: May 26th
(Griffey runs into the wall. Photo by Gary Stewart, AP Photos) 5/26/1987 - Bird steal beats PistonsFirst it was John Havlicek. Then it was Gerald Henderson. Now it was Larry Bird's turn to make a famous steal, and his was bigger than both of theirs.With 17 seconds left in regulation, the Detroit...
8/05/2001 - The Miracle at Jacobs Field
(Kenny Lofton touches home or the winning run. Screengrab courtesy of ESPN) Normally when you think of the greatest single-game comebacks, you don't think of Major League Baseball. A 9-2 game counts as a blowout, and even if a team makes it up, it's still just seven runs. It's not as wowing as the...
Today in Sports History: September 27th
(Happy birthday yellow first down line!) 9/27/1914 - Lajoie joins 3,000 clubCleveland third baseman Nap Lajoie, the first player in baseball to ever be intentionally walked with the bases loaded, gets the 3,000th hit of his career against the New York Yankees. Lajoie would finish with 3,242 hits...
Today in Sports History: May 6th
(Perry waves to crowd. Photo courtesy of Associated Press) 5/06/1982 - Perry wins his 300th game Gaylord Perry, pitching for the Seattle Mariners, wins the 300th game of his big league career. Perry, 43 at the time, would finish his career with 314 wins and 3,534 strikeouts, and was the first...
Washburned Away
It's one thing to hope the A's offense will put up a few crooked numbers against a not-so-good Seattle Mariners squad, but today's performance on the scoreboard made you go "OOOOOOOOO..." As in, "Ooooooooo, that's ugly." After receiving an other-worldly 16 runs of support in his last outing, Joe...
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