SPORTS HISTORY JULY 27

2009 Washington’s Josh Willingham hits 2 grand slams in the game – 13th time in MLB history
2005 Ryan Freel of the Reds steals 5 bases in the game
2004 Twins Corey Koskie is hit 3 times by White Sox pitchers – ties MLB record
2003 Braves Marcus Giles ties MLB record with 4 consecutive doubles
2003 Gary Carter and Eddie Murray are inducted into the Hall of Fame
1998 Sammy Sosa hits a grand slam – it is his first and 248th HR
1996 A bomb explodes at Atlanta’s Olympic Park killing one person
1992 Houston begins a 26 game road trip – Republican National Convention being held in Astrodome
1988 Tommy John commits 3 errors on one play vs. Brewers – MLB record
1985 Mets score 16 unearned runs in a 16-4 win over the Astros
1984 Pete Rose gets his 3,053rd single passing Ty Cobb’s MLB record
1983 Gaylord Perry gets his 3,500th strikeout – 1982 Rickey Henderson is caught stealing 3 times in the game – 1st player since 1916 to get caught 3 times – but he did manage to steal his 95th
1968 Denny McLain gets his 20th win of the season – record now 20-3 – ends season 31-6 with 1.96 ERA
1953 Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons are inducted into the Hall of Fame
1950 Stan Musial’s 30 game hitting streak comes to an end, but everybody else on the team got a hit
1946 Rudy York of the Red Sox hits two grand slams in the same game – had 10 RBI on the day