TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY AUGUST 25

2001  NYY beat Angels 7-5, Roger Clemens record is now 17-1, Paul O’ Neill hit his 20^th HR – oldest player to have 20 HRs and 20 steals in a season – he is 38

2001  Texas beats Boston 8-7 in 18 innings – teams used 17 pitchers

1999  Royals pitcher Jeff Montgomery gets his 300^th save – only 10^th to do it and first to do it for one team

1998  Blue Jays Roger Clemens strikes out 18 KC batters – 1^st pitcher in MLB history to have 3 games of 18 or more

1996  Seattle connects on back to back HRs for the 17^th time this season – MLB record

1996  Yankees dedicate their 1^st monument in 47 years – Mickey Mantle

1993  Atlanta’s Fred McGriff and David Justice hit back to back HRs twice in a game vs. San Francisco

1986  Mark McGwire hits his 1^st HR – ends with 583

1985  Dwight Gooden becomes the youngest player to win 20 games in a season – ends with 24-4 record

1979  Angels beat Toronto 24-2

1968  NYY outfielder Rocky Colavito pitched 2 2/3^rd innings and beat the Tigers 6 to 5 – he played right field in the 2^nd game and hit a HR

1967  Dean Chance of Minnesota pitched his 2^nd no hitter of the month

1965  Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics signs the NBA’s highest contract – one more dollar than Wilt Chamberlain

1965  “Moonlight” Graham died – immortalized in “Field of Dreams”

1963  Cleveland players strikeout for a record 27 times in a double header (AL record) – combine with Boston for 44 (AL record)

1950  Sugar Ray Robinson wins the middleweight title

1922  Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in the highest scoring major league game – 51 hits, 23 walks, 10 errors