TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY APRIL 11

2003  KC Royals win 8^th straight game to start the season and Detroit losses 9^th

1999  Dodgers vs. Colorado game rained out in LA – 1^st time in 856 games
1998  Michael Jordan gets his 5,000^th assist
1998  Reds beat Colorado 12-5 – 8 players in the game had 3 or more hits
1996  Greg Maddux loses to Padres 2-1 – ends MLB record 18 straight road wins
1980  3^rd baseman Darrell Evans of Giants makes 3 errors in an inning – ties NL record
1975  48,160 fans sit in 37 degree weather in Milwaukee to honor returning home town hero Hank Aaron
1967  Celtics lose to Philadelphia in division final – end Boston’s 8 year run
1966  30^th Golf Masters – Jack Nicklaus wins (288)
1966  Emmett Ashford becomes 1^st black umpire in MLB
1965  29^th Masters – Jack Nicklaus wins (271) 17 under par
1963  Warren Spahn wins his 328^th game most all time for left handed pitcher
1962  1^st game ever for the Mets – a loss – end season 40-120

1961  15^th NBA Championship – Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks 4 games to 1

1961  Carl Yastrzemski gets his 1^st MLB hit – ends with 3,419

1917  Babe Ruth of Red Sox pitches a 3 hitter vs. NYY – ends season with 24 wins, 2.01 ERA, 35 complete games