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Sunday, June 12, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 12

2007 Justin Verlander of Detroit no hits Milwaukee – gave up 4 walks – it is 6th in Detroit history and 1st ever at Comerica Park
2004 San Francisco beats Baltimore 9-6 – in the game Barry Bonds hit his 675th HR and Rafael Palmeiro hit his 537th to pass Mickey Mantle
2002 LA Lakers sweep New Jersey to win 3rd straight NBA title
2001 Gary Sheffield hit a HR for a 1-0 win over Atlanta. It was the 3rd time he had hit a HR in a 1-0 win this season – a MLB record
1997 1st inter league game played – San Francisco beats Rangers 4-3
1991 Chicago Bulls win NBA championship for 1st time – Jordan scored 30 and Pippen had 32
1991 Steve Avery of Braves beats NY Mets 6-1 – he also had 4 hits
1984 Boston beats LA Lakers 111-102 to win 15th NBA title – Cedric Maxwell scored 24
1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 rounds for heavyweight title
1975 Billy Williams hits his 400th HR – ends career .290 average, 426 HRs, 1,475 RBI
1970 Dock Ellis of Pirates no hits SD – later he would say he pitched with the after effects of an LSD trip he went on the prior night
1967 Longest night game in MLB history (22 innings, 6 hours 38 minutes) – Washington beats White Sox 6-5
1959 Casey Stengel gets his 1,000th win as NYY manager – career 3,766 games, 1,905 wins
1954 Bob Feller gets his 2,500th strikeout – ends with 2,581
1948 Citation wins the Belmont and is the 8th Triple Crown winner
1939 Hall of Fame dedicated in Cooperstown – among those present were Ty Cobb, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Walter Johnson, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Cy Young
1928 Lou Gehrig hits 2 HRs and 2 triples for 5 RBI in 15-7 win over White Sox

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