This Day in Baseball - The Daily Rewind
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October 7, 2001 San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds extends his major league record for home runs in season to 73 as he drives a 3-2 first inning knuckleball off Dodgers
pitcher Dennis Springer over the right field fence. The blast also secures two
more major league records for Bonds; as he surpassed Babe Ruth’s .847 slugging
percentage in 1920 with a .863 season slugging percentage and crushed Mark
McGwire’s 1998 mark of one HR every 7.27 at bats by homering in every 6.52
at-bats.
October 7, 1936 - The Brooklyn Dodgers fire future Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel.
Thirteen years later, Stengel will be hired by the New York Yankees and will
lead the team to five straight World Championships. Stengel will eventually
conclude his Hall of Fame career with the cross-town New York Mets.
October 7, 1969 - The St. Louis Cardinals trade outfielder Curt Flood to the Philadelphia
Phillies in a blockbuster deal involving slugging first baseman Richie Allen.
Flood will refuse to report to the Phillies and will take baseball to court
over the reserve clause that binds a player perpetually to one team.
October 7, 2001 - On the last day of the season,
Rickey Henderson of the San Diego Padres bloops a double down the right field
line off Colorado Rockies' pitcher John Thomson to become the 25th major
leaguer to collect 3,000 career base hits.
October 7, 1950 - At Yankee Stadium, rookie pitcher Whitey Ford gets the win against Bob
Miller and the Philadelphia Phillies 5 - 2 as the Yankees complete the World
Series sweep of the "Whiz Kids." The sweep of the Phillies gives the
Yankees their 13th World Championship, all coming since the acquisition of “The
Babe”.
Historical Recap performed by:
Robyn Newton from - Robyn Says
September 14 - Griffeys Homer in same game
September 13 - Mays hits 500th!
September 12 - Yaz Collects 3000 hit
September 11 Berra ties record
World Series Ace Stan Coveleski
September 10 - Pedro Martinez is brilliant in New York
September 9 - Koufax is perfect
September 8 Todd Hundley joins Mickey Mantle
September 7 - Boston Massacre
September 6 Cal Ripken, Jr. plays in his 2,131st consecutive game to surpass Lou Gehrig
September 5 McGwire slugs his 60th home run
September 4 - Ron Guidry wins 20th
September 3 - Pedro Martinez punchesout his 3000th batter
September 2 Dave Stieb gets his no hitter
September 1 Tom Seaver sets strikeout record
August 31 - The Bagwell trade
August 30 - Stengel begins and ends on the same day
August 29 - Ruth Suspended
August 28 Boston Red Sox sign free agent Ken “Hawk” Harrelson
August 27 Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brock’s single-season stolen base record
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