TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY AUGUST 24

2005  Mets beat Arizona 18-4 – rookie Mike Jacobs gets 2 HRs – 1^st player in MLB history to get 4 HRs in 4 days since he made his debut

2003  Oakland hits 2 grand slams in the game – 1^st time in the 103 year history of the organization- had not hit one all year

2002  Baltimore loses to Toronto – will finish the rest of the season with a 4-31 record

1991  Seattle’s Rob Murphy pitches in his 121^st straight game without a win

1989  Pete Rose is suspended for life for gambling on baseball

1983  Baltimore infielder Lenn Sakata catches in the 10^th inning vs. Toronto – his only time as a catcher – Baltimore’s pitcher Tippy Martinez comes in as a relief pitcher, but Toronto manages to get 3 runners to 1^st base and Tippy picks them all off – Sakata hits a 3 run HR in the bottom of the inning for the win

1982  Royal catcher John Walthan steals his 31^st base – MLB record for catchers (1916) – ends season with 36

1975  Lou Brock steals his 800^th base – ends with 938

1974  Dodgers Davey Lopes steals 5 bases in the game

1972  Gordie Howe enters the NHL Hall of Fame

1971  Ernie Banks hits his 512^th and final HR

1963  John Pennel becomes the 1^st to pole vault 17 feet

1960  Cal Ripken born

1940  Ted Williams pitched the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit – gave up 3 hits and 1 run