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Thursday, July 14, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 14

2008 Josh Hamilton hits 28 HRs in the 1st round of the Home Run Derby
2002 Royals Raul Ibanez has 7 RBI in the first 2 innings – grand slam and 3 run HR
2002 NYY Mariano Rivera gives up a 2 out 9th inning grand slam to Indians Bill Selby and loses 10-7
1997 Rickey Henderson steals his 1,200th base – ends with 1,406
1995 LA Dodgers Ramon Martinez no hits Florida – gave up one walk
1994 Ozzie Smith becomes all time shortstop assist leader – moves pass Luis Aparicio
1992 AL beats NL 13-6 in All-Star game – get record 19 hits
1988 Ken Griffey gets his 2,000th hit
1988 Mike Schmidt moves pass Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR
1978 Houston reliever Ken Forsch gets both wins in a double header vs. Montreal
1977 Carl Yastrzemski gets his 2,655th hit – moves pass Ted Williams as Red Sox all time leader – ends with 3,419
1974 Rangers Billy Martin is ejected from both games of a double header
1973 Tom Weiskopf (276) wins the 102nd British Open
1972 Catcher Tom Haller of Tigers hopes to have luck with the home plate umpire – his brother Bill – Detroit loses 1-0
1972 Red Sox shortstop Juan Beniquez sets a record for AL shortstops – commits 3 errors in each of the last 2 games
1968 Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR – ends with 755
1967 Eddie Mathews hits his 500th HR – ends with 512
1956 Mel Parnell no hits the White Sox – 1st Red Sox no hitter since 1923
1951 Citation becomes the 1st horse to win $1 million in his career
1951 CBS broadcasts the first color telecast of a sporting event – a horse race

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