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Theme: current events
Date: Sep 10, 2006
When Ryan Howard hit his 52nd home run of the season, he broke the record for second year players set 59 seasons ago by this Pittsburgh great.
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Ralph Kiner.
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"There really is a Big Dodger in the Sky and I think he has come down and taken over Hersheiser's body."
by Tommy Lasorda
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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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| In January, 1936 after a 115 loss season and in an effort to change their misfortunes, the Boston Braves poll their fans for a new team name, Bees, which will last through the 1940 season. |
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