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Thursday, June 16, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 16

2009 Ivan Rodriguez played in his 2,226th game as catcher to tie Carlton Fisk
2005 46 year old Julio Franco gets 2 steals in a game vs. Reds – his 1st 2 steal game in 11 years
2001 John Olerud of Seattle hits for the cycle for the 2nd time of his career
1999 LA Lakers name Phil Jackson as head coach
1997 Chicago Cubs beat White Sox 8-3 – 1st meeting between them since 1906
1996 Bulls beat Seattle to win NBA title for the 4th time in 6 years – Michael Jordan is the first player ever to win 4 NBA Finals MVP awards
1995 St. Louis Cardinals fire manager Joe Torre
1995 Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL HR – hit #400 to 428 with Red Sox
1993 Michael Jordan scores 55 points in a Bulls win over Phoenix in game 4 of NBA finals – 2nd most ever (61 by Elgin Baylor in 1962)
1993 Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 100th HR – 4th fastest to reach the mark in MLB history – Mel Ott, Eddie Mathews and Tony Conigliaro did it faster
1991 Otis Nixon ties MLB record with 6 steals in the game (set in 1912)
1979 Carl Yastrzemski gets his 1,000th extra base hit – 15th to do so
1978 Tom Seaver of Reds gets his 1st and only no hitter of his 311 wins
1975 Milwaukee trades Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley to LA Lakers for 4 players
1969 Rod Carew steals home for the 6th time this season
1968 Lee Trevino (275) wins the 68th US Open
1951 Ben Hogan (287) wins his 3rd US open
1938 Boston’s Jimmie Foxx is walked MLB record 6 times in the game

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