TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 23

2008  Felix Hernandez of Seattle hits a grand slam off of Johan Santana of Mets – 1^st AL pitcher to hit a grand slam since 1971

2005  San Antonio beats Detroit in game 7 of NBA finals – Tim Duncan MVP

2003  Barry Bonds steals his 500^th base – only player in MLB history with 500 HRs and 500 steals – ends with 762 HRs and 514 steals

1988  George Steinbrenner fires Billy Martin for the 5^th time – Lou Piniella takes over

1986  San Francisco beats San Diego 18-1 – 14 Giants get a hit and 13 score to tie MLB record

1986  Atlanta beats Dodgers 6-5 in 9 innings, but leave 18 runners on base

1985  Laffit Pincay Jr. becomes the 2^nd jockey to win $100 million in purses

1981  The longest game in professional baseball came to an end. Minor league teams Pawtucket and Rochester played 33 innings. Game began April 18 and ended tied after 32 innings. The next time Rochester was in town was today and it took just one inning and a total of 18 minutes for Pawtucket to win

1974  Mike Marshall gets his 3^rd win over Giants in last three games – 21^st, 22^nd, and today

1972  Houston Rockets trade Elvin Hayes to Baltimore Bullets – will average 21.2 points per game and 12.7 rebounds for them in 9 seasons – will trade him back to Houston June 8, 1981

1971  Rick Wise of Philadelphia no hits Reds 4-0 – also hit 2 HRs

1967  Jim Ryan sets the mile record of 3:51:1 in Bakersfield, Ca.

1954  Harmon Killebrew makes his MLB debut as a pinch hitter – will be .256/573/1,584 and MVP in 22 seasons

1927  Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs vs. Boston – 1^st time 3 HRs by one player at Fenway