2008 Felix Hernandez of Seattle hits a grand slam off of Johan Santana of Mets – 1st AL pitcher to hit a grand slam since 1971
2005 San Antonio beats Detroit in game 7 of NBA finals – Tim Duncan MVP
2003 Barry Bonds steals his 500th base – only player in MLB history with 500 HRs and 500 steals – ends with 762 HRs and 514 steals
1988 George Steinbrenner fires Billy Martin for the 5th time – Lou Piniella takes over
1986 San Francisco beats San Diego 18-1 – 14 Giants get a hit and 13 score to tie MLB record
1986 Atlanta beats Dodgers 6-5 in 9 innings, but leave 18 runners on base
1985 Laffit Pincay Jr. becomes the 2nd jockey to win $100 million in purses
1981 The longest game in professional baseball came to an end. Minor league teams Pawtucket and Rochester played 33 innings. Game began April 18 and ended tied after 32 innings. The next time Rochester was in town was today and it took just one inning and a total of 18 minutes for Pawtucket to win
1974 Mike Marshall gets his 3rd win over Giants in last three games – 21st, 22nd, and today
1972 Houston Rockets trade Elvin Hayes to Baltimore Bullets – will average 21.2 points per game and 12.7 rebounds for them in 9 seasons – will trade him back to Houston June 8, 1981
1971 Rick Wise of Philadelphia no hits Reds 4-0 – also hit 2 HRs
1967 Jim Ryan sets the mile record of 3:51:1 in Bakersfield, Ca.
1954 Harmon Killebrew makes his MLB debut as a pinch hitter – will be .256/573/1,584 and MVP in 22 seasons
1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs vs. Boston – 1st time 3 HRs by one player at Fenway
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