2007: Former Yankee outfielder Bill Robinson dies at the age of 64. A quality hitter unappreciated during his three seasons in New York (partly because fans were hoping his arrival on the scene before the 1967 campaign would cushion the blow of the impending retirement of Mickey Mantle, and also because the Bombers had sent fan favourite Clete Boyer to Atlanta for him), Robinson would go on to a distinguished career in the NL, principally with the Pirates. 

 

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2006: At the Stadium, the Devil Rays sting the Yankees 19-6. Tomas Perez ties a Major League record with 4 doubles as he goes 5-for-5. New York starter Randy Johnson is chased in the third inning and takes the loss.  Tampa Bay will win just 2 more road games this year.

 

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2003: Andy Pettitte puts in a quality start in Anaheim, yielding 2 runs on 9 scattered hits over 8 innings of work, before relinquishing the ball to Antonio Osuno for the close. The Yanks pepper Halos starter Kevin Appier for 5 hits in the 1st and push across 4 runs on their way to the 6-2 victory.

 

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2001: Andy Pettitte goes 6 solid innings before yielding to the bullpen. Alfonso Soriano, Tino Martinez and Jorge Posada homer as the Bombers roll to a 9-3 win over Toronto at the SkyDome.

 

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1997: The Yankees ship Mariano Duncan to the Blue Jays in exchange for cash and minor league prospect Angel Ramirez.

 

 
1991: During a game at the Stadium‚ Oakland outfielder Jose Canseco is bombarded with assorted objects by unruly Yankee fans. Included among the items are an inflatable sex doll‚ a transistor radio‚ and a head of cabbage. Oakland escape with a 10-8 victory‚ and Canseco strokes a double in 4 at bats.



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1978: At the Stadium, the Yankees pummel the Twins 7-3 before 46,711 fans on hand for Oldtimers Day. PA announcer Bob Sheppard tells the crowd that Bob Lemon will be the manager through 1979, then become General Manager."...and...," Sheppard intones, "...the manager in 1980 and hopefully for many seasons to come after that will be number one. . . Billy Martin " As it happens, it won't take that long. Martin will again take the helm of the Yankees during the 1979 season only to get fired again.

 

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1969: The string of 33 scoreless innings compiled by Yankee reliever Jack Aker comes to an end as the A's rally for 3 runs to top the Bombers 6-5. A's starter Vida Blue is credited with his first MLB victory.

 

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1966: The Yankees edge the White Sox‚ 2-1‚ on Mickey Mantle's 14th homer in 24 games. The Mick moves ahead of Lou Gehrig into 6th place on the all-time homer list with the blast.



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1959: Dave LaPoint, who compiled a 13-19 record as a left-handed spot starter for the Yankees from 1988 through 1990, is born. Happy 51st, Dave!

 

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1952: In Chicago‚ the first place Yankees‚ having lost 6 of their last 7 games‚ look like they'll drop another as the White Sox build a 7-0 lead through 6 innings behind Billy Pierce. New York score 3 in the 7th to cut the lead‚ then score 3 in the 9th off Harry Dorish. Dorish loads the bases for Mantle‚ who takes him downtown with his 2nd grand slam in three days. Allie Reynolds then shuts down the Sox to give New York a 10-6 win.



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1951: Before a Stadium crowd of 70‚972‚ the Yankees sweep the White Sox‚ 8-3 and 2-0. Joe DiMaggio powers two homers off Lew Kretlow in the opener‚ and ex-Sox Bob Kuzava  outduels Saul Rogovin to win the nitecap. With yesterday's game rained out‚ the Sox are now 6 1/2 lengths out of first place.

 

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1930: Babe Ruth contributes a pair of singles and a walk‚ but Lou Gehrig supplies the heavy artillery in New York's 12-3 win over the host A's. After Ruth opens the 4th with a single‚ Gehrig hits his 30th homer to left-center field. In the 5th‚ Babe walks and Gehrig triples to center; a Ruth single in the 7th is followed by a Gehrig smash over the right field wall. Lou adds a double in the 2nd and his 6 RBIs make it easy for Hank Johnson to pick up the win. Gehrig's hitting moves him into the AL lead at .390‚ as Al Simmons (.386) is hitless.

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1929: The lively ball is threatening the popularity of the National pastime in the opinion of the majority of major and minor league baseball managers and officials polled by the United News (as noted in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette). Ten major league managers favor a return to the dead ball‚ four like the present ball‚ one doesn't care what kind of ball is used‚ and another failed to express an opinion. John P. McGraw and Wilbert Robinson are the leaders of the group who would return to the dead ball. Yankee skipper Miller Huggins steadfastly sticks by the lively ball‚ but admits it might aid the game to help the pitcher. "We've got to play this game the ways the fans want it played‚" Huggins said. "They build the stadiums and they pay the Ruths and Gehrigs. And they like the home runs. "



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1928: The Indians score 8 in the first and 9 in the 2nd in a 24-6 romp over the Yankees at Cleveland. Eventual loser George Pipgras makes a quick exit, allowing 5 hits and getting no outs in the first. Johnny Hodapp of the Indians becomes the first AL player to get 2 hits in an inning twice in a game when he strokes a pair of singles in both the 2nd and 6th innings. Hodapp and Joe Sewell each have 5 of the Tribe's  27 hits as Joe Shaute coasts home with the win. The 24 runs is the most ever scored against the Yankees in a single contest. The sputtering Yanks have seen their lead over the A's shrink from 11 1/2 games to 6 in one week.

 

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1919: In defiance of Ban Johnson's order that no action be taken until Carl Mays is returned to good standing‚ Boston owner Harry Frazee (below) trades Mays to the Yankees for pitchers Bob McGraw, Allan Russell, an unnamed third player to be chosen‚ and a reported $20‚000 cash (The New York Times gives a figure of $40‚000).

 


1916: Pitching for the 7th place Browns, Dave Davenport (shown below with other members of the Browns - Davenport is in the back row, third from the right)  throws two complete game wins over the first place Yankees‚ besting Ray Caldwell and Reb Russell 3-1 and 3-2 respectively. This singular effort will never again be matched against the Yankees‚ though Boston's Don McMahon will get credit for beating them twice in one day in relief in 1966. The Red Sox‚ losers of two to the Tigers today‚ remain in second place, a 1/2 game behind the New Yorkers.

 


1903: Cy Young (below) goes the distance for Boston in a 15-14 loss to the Highlanders. New York had been shut out in their two previous matches in the series. Patsy Dougherty leads the Boston offense by hitting for the cycle‚ but Cy gets little defense as Boston make 8 errors behind him. New York starter Jack Chesbro is lifted in the 6th for Harry Howell‚ while Willie Keeler has 4 hits to lead the Highlander offense. The game lasts 2 hours and 10 minutes.

  

2005: The Yankees acquire pitcher Shawn Chacon from the Rockies in exchange for minor league pitchers Ramon Ramirez and Eduardo Sierra. Ramirez was signed by the Yankees in a deal with the Hiroshima Carp.



2002: At Tropicana Field, the Yankees back Andy Pettitte with two homers, a solo shot by Jorge Posada and a grand slam by Robin Ventura to beat the Devil Rays 9-1.

 

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1999: Andy Pettitte fails to finish what he starts, departing in the 3rd inning against the White Sox after surrendering 3 runs on 8 hits. The real villain of the piece for the Yankees, however, is reliever Dan Nault, on whom the roof caves in with 6 runs in the 5th. The Pale Hose hosts go on to an 11-3 victory.

 

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1996: Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th career HR‚ a 2-run walkoff blast in the 9th‚ to lift the Yankees to a 3-2 win over the visiting Royals. The Yankees now lead by 12 games.

 

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1995: The Yankees obtain David Cone from the Blue jays in a trade for minor league pitchers Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis‚ and Mike Gordon. The team also trade OF-DH Danny Tartabull  to the A's for OF-DH Ruben Sierra and minor league pitcher Jason Beverlin.

 


1983: In a controversial ruling, AL President Lee MacPhail upholds the Royals' protest and overrules his umpires in their call in the 'Pine Tar Game,' announcing that George Brett's home run will stand even though the decision on the field complied with the rules as written.

 


1977: In New York‚ a Thursday afternoon crowd of 40‚918 cheer as New York unleash a 15 hit attack to thrash the Orioles 14-2. The Yankee barrage includes homers by Graig Nettles‚ Thurman Munson and Roy White.



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1974: At Fenway‚ the Red Sox break out of a 3-3 tie with the Yankees to win‚ 8-3. It is their 10th straight win over the Yanks at home, and their 19th in their last 20 games with the Bronx Bombers. Bill 'Spaceman' Lee goes the distance for the Sox.

 

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1971: Myril Hoag, the only Yankee player to go 6 for 6 in a 9-inning game in the 20th century, dies at the age of 63.

 

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1962: On Old Timers Day at the Stadium‚ White Sox knuckleballer Eddie Fisher loses a 3-0 shut out when he surrenders 7th inning homers to Mickey Mantle and Johnny Blanchard, as the Yankees win 4-3.



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1961: The Yanks buy first baseman Bob Hale from Cleveland. This will make veteran Earl Torgeson, signed on June 17‚ expendable. They'll release Torgy as a player in early September and sign him as a coach.

 


1960: With relief help from Bobby Shantz, Whitey Ford, who leaves with an upset stomach‚ picks up a 4-0 win over the Indians. Tony Kubek‚  Mickey Mantle and Clete Boyer homer for the pinstripers. The Yanks sweep‚ winning the nitecap‚ 9-2‚ and take over 1st place by 3 percentage points.



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1959: The White Sox take over first place for good by toppling the Yankees 4-3 behind pitcher Billy Pierce. Al Smith‚ with a 2-run homer in the 8th‚ provides the winning margin. The Sox will go 13-9 against the Yankees this year‚ the first time since 1925 that Chicago is over .500 for the season against the Bombers.

 

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1958: For the 6th time in his career‚ Mickey Mantle homers from both sides of the plate. New York beat the Athletics 14-7, as the Yankees pick up a game on Boston and open up a 15-game lead in the AL.  now leads the AL by 15 games. Mantle and KC's Bob Cerv are one behind Jackie Jensen (29) in the home run race.



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1943: In a charity game for the Red Cross at the Stadium‚ Babe Ruth heads a team of former Yankees against Ted Williams' team‚ which consists of the University of North Carolina Cloudbusters.Johnny Sain walks the Babe in the latter's one plate appearance‚ as the old time Yanks lose 8-5.

 


1940: Charlie 'King Kong' Keller clouts 3 HRs and Joe DiMaggio adds 2 HRs-each hitting back-to-back homers twice-for the Yankees in a 10-9 win over Chicago in the first game of a doubleheader. Skeeter Webb is 5-for-6 with a homer for the Sox. The Pale Hose rebound for an 8-4 win in the nitecap.

 

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1938: After taking the first 3 games in St. Louis‚ the Yankees are stopped by Browns pitcher Oral Hildebrand, who tops New York 4-3. All three Yankee scores come on solo home runs‚ by Joe DiMaggio‚ George Selkirk‚ and Lou Gehrig. New York now leads the Indians by a game‚ and the Red Sox by three.



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1936: In the 6th inning of a 16-6 Yankee win in Detroit‚ the Tigers' Goose Goslin drives a ball in the gap in right center. Right fielder Joe DiMaggio and center fielder Myril Hoag, in for a slumping Jake Powell‚ sprint for the ball and collide‚ the ball bounding by for an inside-the-park homer. Both players are knocked unconscious but appear unhurt: Dimag stays in though Hoag is replaced. He'll play tomorrow and collect a single‚ then collapse in his hotel room on the 30th with a blood clot on the brain. Hoag will be operated on successfully at Harper Hospital and will be out the rest of the season‚ but he'll return to play six more years. New York win the game on 20 hits‚ scoring 4 runs in each of the first two innings‚ and three apiece in the 4th and 5th. Lou Gehrig scores 5 runs and has two doubles‚ single and home run number 31 with two aboard to pace the visitors. Tommy Bridges is the loser while Johnny Murphy, who relieves Monte Pearson in the 4th‚ is credited with the win. George Selkirk adds a homer for the Yankees‚ who have now hit 122 on the year.

 

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1932: At Cleveland‚ Babe Ruth has 3 hits‚ including his 27th and 28th homers of the campaign thus far, and drives in 7 tallies to personally account for the Yankees' 10-4 win over the Tribe. Ruth is still suffering from an injured leg but is needed today because Ben Chapman is ill. Red Ruffing fans 10 in the victory.

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1924: The Yankees take a pair from the White Sox, winning the opener‚ 8-3 behind Joe Bush. They score 10 runs in the first inning in the nitecap‚ then hang on for a 12-10 win. After the Yanks bat around‚ Babe Ruth greets reliever Mike Cvengros with a 3-run homer‚ his 31st.



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1922: The Yanks move back into first when Sad Sam Jones beats Ray Kolp 7-3. Kolp lasts just 2 innings before Bill Bayne takes over for the final 7 and allows 2 runs. Ken Williams hits his 23rd but Whitey Witt counters with a 3-run homer.

 

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1890: Elmer Miller, the first Yankee ever to bat in a World Series game (as the leadoff man for Miller Huggins in the 1921 fall classic), is born.



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2007: Andy Pettitte has a solid outing against the Orioles at Camden Yard (AKA Yankee Stadium South), giving up 3 runs on 8 hits in 7 innings of work, but his opposite number Jeremy Guthrie is even better, as the hosts emerge from the contest with a 4-2 win.

 

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2002: Jason Giambi has a homer and 5 runs scored as the Yankees double up the Indians 14-7. Nick Johnson also goes long to back David Wells.

 

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1997: Andy Pettite makes a quality start, scattering 9 hits over 7 2/3 innings, but his offense will be unable to overcome a 3-run third by the Mariners, as Joe Girardi's two-run seventh-inning double off Seattle southpaw Jeff Fassero will the best the Yankee bats can muster. The visitors from Seattle hold out for a 3-2 victory.

 

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1995: At Kansas City's Kaufman Stadium, rookie Andy Pettitte evens his record on the year to 6-6 with a 1-0 squeaker over the Royals. Mike Stanley knocks in DH Dion James with a 4th inning single for all the offense that will be needed by Dandy Andy, who also gets setup help from Bob Wickman, and the last 3 outs from closer John Wetteland.

 

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1978: The Yankees win the first game of their doubleheader with the Indians 11-0‚ but the Tribe  rebound to win the second contest 17-5. Duane Kuiper ties a Major League record with 2 bases-loaded triples in the nightcap‚ only the 3rd player (after Bill Bruton and Elmer Valo) to do so in the 20th century. He hits one in the 1st and another in the 5th inning.

 

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1975: In the first of a twinbill with the Yankees at Shea Stadium‚ Red Sox center fielder Fred Lynn makes a great running catch to save the game for pitcher Bill Lee. Lee wins‚ 1-0‚ and then Roger Moret applies a double coating of whitewash with a 6-0 nitecap victory. Though largely unnoticed at the time, a rookie named Ron Guidry makes his debut in the second game, though, and notches Jim Rice as his first Major League strikeout victim. The losses deal a severe blow to the Yanks' pennant hopes as well as to Bill Virdon's chances of holding onto his job as New York's manager.

 

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Elsewhere in the 5 boroughs, Alex Rodriguez is born. Happy 35th to A-Rod!

 

 
1973: Thurman Munson singles home the winner in the bottom of the 12th to give the Yankees a 1-0 win over Brewers starter Jim Colburn. The Bombers maintain their hold on first place, 1 1/2 games in front of the Orioles.



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Off the field, Enrique Wilson, utility infielder for the Yankees from 2001 through 2004, is born. ¡Cumpleaños feliz, Enrique!

 

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1970: The Yankees defeat California‚ 5-2‚ behind Mel Stottlemyre ‚ who is helped by ever-crafty shortstop Gene Michael in the 9th. With the score tied‚ Michael pulls the hidden ball trick on Angel pinch-runner Jarvis Tatum. The Yanks score 3 in 10th to win.

 

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1956: Good pitching trumps good hitting every time... and vice versa: 4 Yankee hurlers surrender 26 hits to the Kansas City A's (to their own side's 13)  over 14 innings (including 5 hits apiece to Hector Lopez and Vic Power), but still hold on to win 10-9.

 

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1951: The White Sox, now 3 1/2 games behind the Yankees and the Red Sox, open a 4-game series in New York. Trailing 3-1 in the 9th‚ the Sox make it 4-3 before rain and the home team delay the game. Yankee rookie sensation Gil McDougald is ejected for stalling‚ and Casey Stengel uses 5 pitchers in the inning. Finally‚ the score reverts to the 8th inning and the Yanks win as the game is called after 30 minutes.

 

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1949: Three homers are lost in a rain-shortened game at the Stadium between the Yankees and the Indians. In the bottom of the first, Tommy Henrich goes deep off Bob Feller with two on and no one out. In the top of the second, Joe Gordon bangs a solo shot with one out off Ed Lopat. One inning later, Cleveland pitcher Sam Zoldak (shown below) hits a solo homer with one out off Lopat. Zoldak loses his only career round-tripper with the washout.

 


1945: The Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from the Yankees in an unexpected waiver deal‚ confounding fans and the other AL teams. Borowy‚ 10-5 with the Yankees‚ was put on waivers‚ apparently to solve a roster problem‚ and was passed over by all 7 AL teams who assumed the Yanks would pull him back if claimed. The Cubs snatch him for $97‚500‚ and he will help the Northsiders win the pennant with an 11-2 record‚ including 3 wins over the Cardinals down the stretch.

 


1933: Johnny Kucks, pitcher on 4 Yankee pennant winners and 2 championship clubs in the 1950s, is born. Happy 77th, Johnny!

 

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1922: Elam Vangilder gives up a home run to Wally Pipp in the 4th but leads 2-1 going in to the 8th inning. The Yankees jump on the Browns' starter and reliever Ray Kolp for 4 runs before the Brownies tie with 3 in the 9th. Dave Danforth is summoned from the bullpen, and offers New York pinch hitter Fred Hofman a pitch 'that sailed a foot.' When umpire Brick Owens exams the ball‚ he rules that  it was doctored‚ earning Danforth an automatic 10-day suspension. Wayne Wright then comes on and serves up a game-winning home run to Wally Schang. The Yankee margin of victory is 6-5.

 

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1921: In an exhibition game in Cincinnati‚ Babe Ruth is 3-for-5 with 6 RBIs. One of his hits is a homer to dead center‚ the first ball ever to clear the center field at Crosley Field. In his next at bat‚ Ruth hits an even longer smash that reaches the bleachers in straightaway center. The next hitter to clear the center field wall will be Ethan Allen in 1929. Ruth strikes out on 3 change-ups against rookie Pete Donohue ‚ who is so excited he goes to the wrong bench. For Donohue‚ he will later say this was one of the most memorable moments of his life.

 


1905: Leo Durocher is born. Though 'Leo the Lip' achieved his most lasting renown (and his entry in to the Hall of Fame) as a manager, he began his playing career as a Yankee, and played a vital role in sustaining the Bronx Bombers' pennant drive down the stretch in 1928 .

 

The red-letter day -

1928: In the opening game of a doubleheader with the Tigers, Yankee outfielder Bob Meusel hits for the cycle, and becomes the only man in AL history thus far to do so three times in his career. (Only Babe Herman has equaled the mark in the NL.)

Detroit rookie righthander Vic Sorrell and the Yankees' Waite Hoyt are tied at 1-1 after 11. 12 hits and 2 walks in the 12th‚ all off Sorrell‚ score 11 New York runs to set an MLB record for the biggest extra-inning storm ever for the frame (the same two combined for 11 runs in the 12th inning on May 14‚ 1923: NY-8‚ Det-3‚ which is a record for 2 teams). Detroit take the nitecap‚ outslugging New York‚ 13-10. Harry Heilmann hits a grand slam‚ in the 2nd‚ and adds a triple and single to drive in 8 runs. Earl Whitehill is the winner‚ though reliever Elam Vangilder belts a homer.

 

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On other 26ths of July...

2008: At Fenway, Andy Pettitte gets the start and goes six strong innings before handing things over to the bullpen. Robinson Cano's 3 RBI on 3 hits pace the visitors' offense as the Yankees roll 10-3.

 

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2005: Randy Johnson has one of his finest starts as a Yankee in a 4-0 win over Minnesota at the Stadium, striking out 11 while allowing only two hits over eight innings. A-Rod's leadoff second-inning home run provides all the offense that will be needed.

 

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1998: Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada both deliver 2-run homers, helping to back David Wells to a 6-3 win over the White Sox.

 

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1996: The Yankees unleash a 21-hit barrage and bat around twice to whip the Royals 15-1. This is the most hits New York have collected in 9 innings since August 25‚ 1984‚ when they had 23 against Seattle. Jimmy Key (below) is the easy winner‚ giving up 3 hits in 7 innings. Pat Kelly‚ who had sat out the first half of the season recovering from surgery‚ makes his debut and promptly pulls  a hamstring.

 

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1987: Catfish Hunter is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

 

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1977: The Yankees open their final series of the year with Baltimore by tying the O's at 4-4 on a Cliff Johnson two-run pinch homer in the 9th. Reggie Jackson then leads off the 10th with a solo homer for the walkoff win.

 

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1967: After winning the opening game of a doubleheader with the Twins at the Stadium 6-1‚ the Yankees play their second 18-inning game this year in the nitecap, losing this one 3-2 to Minnesota. Rod Carew walks‚ steals second, continues to third on catcher Russ Gibbs' errant throw‚ and scores on Rich Rollins' single. Al Worthington's win over Thad Tillotson takes 4 hours and 20 minutes.

 

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1962: One of the stranger incidents in the history of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry occurs after the Bombers thrash Boston 13-3 at the Stadium. Following the game, pitcher Gene Conley and utility infielder Pumpsie Green of the Red Sox mysteriously disappear - they leave the team bus in traffic to find a rest room and fail to return. Conley decides he wants to fly to Israel‚ and takes a cab to Idlewild (now JFK) airport‚ but is refused a ticket because he does not have a visa. Conley was the loser in the game‚ walking in 2 of the 8 earned runs allowed ikn 2 2/3 innings of work. Green did not play. Jim Bouton is the winner‚ blanking the Hubmen for 6 innings.

 

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1961: Johnny Blanchard ties a Major League record by hitting his 3rd and 4th home runs in 4 at bats over 3 games. He drives in 4 of the Yankee runs in a 5-2 victory over the White Sox at the Stadium. New York manage just 6 hits, but 4 are homers‚ including one by Mickey Mantle following Blanchard's first-inning shot. Blanchard will end the year with 21 homers in 243 at bats‚ the first player in history to hit 20 or more in fewer than 250 trips to the plate.



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1957: Mickey Mantle hits his 200th career homer, off Jim Bunning. The shot comes with the Yankees trailing in the bottom of the 9th, but the Bombers come up short, 3-2.

 

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1955: The Yankees release pitcher Ted Gray, who will be signed by Baltimore, who will be signed by Baltimore‚ his 4th AL team this year. Only  2 other players have played for 4 AL teams in one season.

 

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1953: At Briggs Stadium‚ the crowd of 49‚717 watch the Tigers and the Yankees split a doubleheader, as well as a game 1 fight between Billy Martin and Detroit's Matt Batts. The Tigers prevail in the lidlifter 5-3, and then the Yanks bounce back and then some to roll 14-4 in the second contest. Mickey Mantle connects for two homers‚ reaching Al Aber in the first game and Steve Gromek in the nitecap.

 

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1952: Mickey Mantle supplies the Yankee fire power again‚ hitting a grand slam - the first of his career - into the upper deck in left center at Briggs Stadium off Ted Gray, but  New York lose 10-6 in 11 innings. Steve Souchock comes up with the key blow for the Bengals, delivering a pinch grand slam. Bob Hogue takes the loss for the Bombers.



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1948: Babe Ruth makes his last public appearance‚ at the New York premiere of the film 'The Babe Ruth Story'.  He will die 3 weeks later.

 


1941: The Yankees roll over the White Sox 11-3‚ collecting 14 hits. But Sox reliever Johnny Hallett strikes out Joe DiMaggio in the 6th‚ the first K for the Yankee Clipper since June 8.

 

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1940: Spud Chandler beats the White Sox with his bat‚ knocking in 6 runs with a single and 2 home runs‚ one a grand slam off Pete Appleton. The 6 RBI by a pitcher ties the Major League record held by George Uhle, Wes Ferrell, and Appleton himself. Joe Gordon also goes long, his 7th homer in 8 games. Tonight's game was the last night game for the Yankees this year: their record after dark is 3-2.

 

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1939: At Yankee Stadium‚ the Yankees score in all 8 innings to beat the Browns 14-1. Bill Dickey leads the 20-hit attack by slamming three straight homers. Red Ruffing coasts to the win‚ scattering St. Louis safeties.

 

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1936: Umpire Bill Summers (below) is forced out of the game after he is hit in the groin by a pop bottle thrown from an unruly crowd of 50‚000 at Comiskey Park. The throng are upset with an out call at first on Ray Radcliff in the 8th inning of the second game of a doubleheader with the Yankees. Judge Landis‚ on hand to watch the game‚ offers a $5‚000 reward over the PA system for the culprit‚ but only draws more boos. The deluge of pop bottles finally abates when Jimmy Dykes pleads through a megaphone from the pitcher's mound. The Yanks sweep the pair from the Sox‚ 12-3 and 11-8 (in 11 innings). Lou Gehrig hits his 29th with two aboard to start New York's scoring in the opener. Joe DiMaggio and Tony Lazzeri add round trippers to make it easy for Johnny Broaca. Sugar Cain is the losing pitcher. In the nitecap‚ Gehrig adds another homer‚ while Zeke Bonura homers and drives home 4 runs for the Sox. DiMaggio has one hit‚ a triple. The sweep increases New York's lead to 9 1/2 games. Landis will state tomorrow that he is considering a ruling that all beverages at ballparks henceforth be served in  paper cups.

 

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1933: Lou Gehrig is thrown out of the second game of  a doubleheader‚ a 9-4 loss to Boston. Home plate arbiter Bill Summers tosses him in the 4th for excessively heckling the umps. Had it been the first game‚ Lou's consecutive-game streak would have ended. New York win the first game‚ 2-0



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1931: The Yankees split a doubleheader with the White Sox, taking the 2nd game 22-5 with an MLB record-tying 9 players scoring 2 or more runs each. Pat Caraway, who had given up 11 runs to Boston in 4 2/3 innings on the 23rd‚ is shelled in the debacle‚ the worst loss in Sox history. Chicago win the opener‚ 5-4‚ despite collecting just 5 hits off Hank Johnson. One of the hits is a hiomer by Lu Blue in the 3rd inning‚ his first and only homer in his 2 seasons in a Chicago uniform. But Lu will collect 127 walks this year‚ a club mark not topped until another first baseman, Frank 'Big Hurt' Thomas‚ does it in 1991.

 
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1924: At Chicago‚ Babe Ruth strikes out with the bases loaded in the 9th‚ then belts the game-winning home run in the 14th‚ off Sarge Connolly, to give the Yankees a 5-4 win over the Sox.

 

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1922: A western road trip gets off to a bad start for the Yankees as tempers flare in the dugout at St. Louis.  First, fisticuffs break out between Bob Meusel and Wally Schang (below); no sooner have teammates separated them than Babe Ruth and Wally Pipp have a punchup of their own. The players then take out their frustrations on the Browns, beating them 11-6. Ruth bangs two homers‚ Pipp adds another‚ and Schang chips in with a two-run triple.

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1920: Caution pays... In Boston, Sad Sam Jones (below) walks Babe Ruth four times (three of them intentionally) and fires a three hitter at the rest of the Yankee lineup as the Red Sox roll 9-0.

 

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1907: Cleveland win a pair over the New York Highlanders‚ 7-5 and 8-3‚ to move a half game behind the league-leading Chicago White Sox. The Sox lose today‚ 4-3 to the A's. The Highlanders' Hal Chase (below) has his 33-game hit streak stopped in game one. It began on June 24. It will be the longest in franchise history until Joe DiMaggio's string in 1941.