This Day in Baseball - The Daily Rewind
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April 9, 1981 Fernando Valenzuela was forced to start opening day for the Dodgers as Jerry Reuss injured himself 24 hours before the game.
Fernando would unleash the second greatest pitching streak in baseball history and turn the Dodger fan base upside down with is incredible performance.
As Vin Scully would say it was like a religious experience to see what he did.
August 3 - Phil Niekro, Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox, and Willie Wells are inducted the Hall of Fame
August 2 - Thurman Munson dies in plan crash
August 1 - Nate Colbert sets MLB record
July 31 - Nomar Gets traded and Pete Rose extends streak
July 30 largest induction class in HOF history
July 29 - Ron Hansen turns an unassisted triple play
July 28 - Two Perfect Games
July 27 - Tommy John makes 3 errors on one play
July 26th - Memorable Moments - Bench, DiMaggio, Ruth, Pumpsie Green
July 26 - Babe Ruth Final Speech
July 25
July 24 - George Brett Pine Tar (full radio call)
July 23 - Jackie Robinson gets inducted into the HOF
July 22 - Ken Griffey goes yard 3 times
July 21 - Pumpsie Green Debuts
July 20 - Christy Mathewson is traded
July 19 - Gwynn, Marichal and Wagner debut
July 18 - Cone is perfect
July 17 - Gibson strikesout his 3000th
July 16 - Joe DiMaggio extend his streak to 56 games - Vintage Baseball Reflections
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