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Friday, June 17, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 17

2009 Ivan Rodriguez catches his 2,227th game passing Carlton Fisk
2008 NY Mets fire manager Willie Randolph – record was 20-44
2008 Celtics beat LA Lakers to win 17th NBA title – Paul Pierce MVP
2001 Blake Stein of KC strikes out 8 straight Milwaukee hitters to tie AL record – MLB record is 10 by Tom Seaver
1994 Patrick Ewing tied NBA finals record with 8 blocks in game 5 of NBA finals – Walton, Olajuwon, and O’Neal
1994 Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 30th HR of the season – only 2nd player to hit 30 before the end of June (Babe Ruth in 1928 and 1930) - MATT WILLIAMS hit his 29th on June 29th, but did not make it to 30. John had me worried so I had to check from his comment yesterday.
1993 Outfielder Darren Lewis of San Francisco sets MLB record by playing in his 243rd consecutive game without an error
1992 Philadelphia trades Charles Barkley to Phoenix – he will win MVP in 1993
1987 Former KC Manager Dick Howser died
1983 Bob Welch of Dodgers blanks Reds 1-0 – the one run was his 1st MLB HR – had 2 HRs in his 17 seasons
1980 Venus Williams was born
1978 NYY Ron Guidry strikes out 18 Angels in a 4-0 win – record now is 11-0 with 1.45 ERA – ends season 25-3, 1.73 ERA and wins Cy Young award – the 18 is an AL record for a left handed pitcher
1976 ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets, and Spurs) merge with NBA
1973 Johnny Miller (279) wins 73rd US Open
1970 Chicago Cubs beat San Francisco as Willie Mays hit his 615th HR and Ernie Banks his 504th
1962 Jack Nicklaus (283) wins 62nd US Open
1960 Ted Williams hits his 500th HR – joins Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Mel Ott as the only ones to do so – ends career with 521
1954 Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight championship – it is his 47th straight win

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