TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 13

2009 Lions start where they left off last year – lose to New Orleans 45-27 – Drew Brees threw 6 TDs
2009 Ichiro Suzuki gets his 200th hit for the 9th straight year – MLB record
2007 The NFL fines Bill Belichick $500,000 and the Patriots $250,000 for illegal videotaping of the Jets during the game
2004 Sammy Sosa hits his 30th HR – only 3rd player in history to hit 30 or more 10 seasons in a row
1998 Sammy Sosa hits his 61st and 62nd HR to pass Maris and pull into a tie with Mark McGwire
1997 Tom Candiotti of the Dodgers hits 3 batters in the 1st inning and one in the 2nd to tie MLB record
1992 Buffalo beats the 49ers 34-31 as Buffalo has 488 total yards and SF 598 – Jim Kelly throws for 403 yards and 3 TDs and Steve Young 449 and 3 TDs
1987 White Sox beat Seattle 2-0 – Chicago had 2 hits and the Mariners had one
1983 Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base for the 3rd consecutive year
1982 Joe Niekro beats his brother Phil 5-3 – only Phil’s 4th loss of the season
1974 Philadelphia uses a NL record 27 players in the game and St. Louis uses 24 tying a MLB record 51 – Philadelphia won 7-3 in 17 innings
1971 Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR – ends with 586
1969 Barry Bonds is the 4th player in MLB history to have 30 steals and 30 HRs – will do it 4 more times in his career including a 40-40 year
1965 Willie Mays hits his 500th HR – ends with 660
1964 Minnesota beats Baltimore 34-24 – outran them 313 yards to 40 – Unitas and Tarkenton both throw 2 TDs
1951 Cardinals play an unusual double header – beat Giants in the afternoon and lose to the Braves at night
1942 Cubs shortstop Lennie Merullo makes 4 errors in the 2nd inning (MLB record) – also made one in the 1st game of the double header
1936 Cleveland’s Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 batters – he was only 17 years old
1909 Ty Cobb hits his 9th HR of the season – all inside the park