TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 21

2009  Tony LaRussa of St. Louis wins his 2,500^th game as manager – only 3^rd to ever do so

2005  NYY down 11-7 score 13 runs in the 8^th to beat Tampa Bay 20-11 – 77 combined total bases ties AL record

1994  Steffi Graf loses in the first round at Wimbledon – 1^st time a defending champion lost in the first round of a major

1988  LA Lakers beat Detroit 108-105 in game 7 of NBA finals – James Worthy had triple double with 36 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists – all three Lakers series went to a game 7

1986  Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson signs with the Kansas City Royals

1974  Braves fire manager Eddie Mathews – played 15 years with the franchise – record 149-161 as manager

1973  Dave Winfield of San Diego hits his 1^st HR – ends with 465

1971  Ken Harrelson announces his retirement from baseball to play pro golf

1970  Brazil beats Italy 4-1 to win World Cup

1970  In 2^nd game of a doubleheader, Cesar Gutierrez goes 7 for 7 in a 12 inning game to tie MLB record set in 1892 – he will have 7 total hits in 1971 and 128 for his career

1968  Cubs beat Reds 3-2 – they are Chicago’s first runs in 48 innings to tie MLB record

1964  Philadelphia’s Jim Bunning pitches a perfect game vs. Mets – Mets get only 3 hits in the doubleheader

1959  Hank Aaron hits 3 HRs as Braves beat Giants 13-3 – surprisingly this is his only 3 HR game of his career total of 755 HRs

1950  Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000^th hit – ends with 2,214

1941  Red Sox lose to Browns 13-9 – it is Lefty Grove’s 1^st loss at Fenway in 20 straight games

1939  NYY announce that Lou Gehrig will retire