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Theme: 50 years ago in 1956
Date: Mar 19, 2006
After misplaying a wind-blown fly ball off the bat of Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams then would make an over-the-shoulder catch of a shot by Yogi Berra. After the catch, Williams would do this twice in the direction of the "jeering section" on his way to the dugout.
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"At night time, you just try to keep him out of jail." On one-time New York Yankee teammate David Wells.
by David Cone
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'17 - Philadelphia's Grover Cleveland Alexander went the distance in both games of the Phillies' 5-0 and 9-3 sweep of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
'57 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves recorded his 41st career shutout with an 8-0 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Spahn's shoutout set a major league record for lefthanded pitchers.
'70 - Billy Williams of the Cubs asked to be kept out of the lineup, snapping his National League record of 1,117 consecutive games played. His record was broken in 1983 by Steve Garvey.
'81 - The Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners played the longest game in Fenway Park's history, 19 innings, before the game was suspended with the score tied 7-7. The Mariners won 8-7 in 20 innings when the game resumed the next day.
'86 - Billy Hatcher's homer in the top of the 18th inning gave the Houston Astros an 8-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The two teams played 14 innings the day before and used a major league record 53 players in the game.
'90 - Bobby Thigpen set a major league record with his 47th save in a 4-2 Chicago White Sox victory over Kansas City. Thigpen broke the record set by Dave Righetti of the New York Yankees in 1986.
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| The Chicago White Sox installed Astroturf in the infield of Comiskey Park in April of 1969. |
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