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Theme: 1995 in Review
Date: Mar 20, 2005

A rule change took effect on July 12, 1995 in order to speed up games. What was being done to speed the games up?

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QUOTE OF THE MOMENT 
"They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever saw I couldn?t understand why they couldn?t give me no justice."

by Satchel Paige

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IT HAPPENED TODAY... 
'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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DID YOU KNOW 
Mike Schmidt hit his first home run on September 16, 1972 off of Balor Moore of the Montreal Expos.