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Theme: Rules Date: Apr 10, 2005
According to the rule book (2005) if a team protests a play, that wasn't a judgment call (which cannot be protested), and it is found that the protested decision violates the rules, the League President will only allow a replay if…
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Rule 4.19: "The violation adversely affected the protesting team's chances of winning the game."
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"Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded."
by Yogi Berra
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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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| n August 24, 1976 Seattle's new team decided on the name of Mariners which was selected from 15,000 entries in a contest. Roger Szmodis of Washington is given credit. |
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