TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 13

2009  Lions start where they left off last year – lose to New Orleans 45-27 – Drew Brees threw 6 TDs

2009  Ichiro Suzuki gets his 200^th hit for the 9^th straight year – MLB record

2007  The NFL fines Bill Belichick $500,000 and the Patriots $250,000 for illegal videotaping of the Jets during the game

2004  Sammy Sosa hits his 30^th HR – only 3^rd player in history to hit 30 or more 10 seasons in a row

1998  Sammy Sosa hits his 61^st and 62^nd HR to pass Maris and pull into a tie with Mark McGwire

1997  Tom Candiotti of the Dodgers hits 3 batters in the 1^st inning and one in the 2^nd to tie MLB record

1992  Buffalo beats the 49ers 34-31 as Buffalo has 488 total yards and SF 598 – Jim Kelly throws for 403 yards and 3 TDs and Steve Young 449 and 3 TDs

1987  White Sox beat Seattle 2-0 – Chicago had 2 hits and the Mariners had one

1983  Rickey Henderson steals his 100^th base for the 3^rd consecutive year 

1982  Joe Niekro beats his brother Phil 5-3 – only Phil’s 4^th loss of the season

1974  Philadelphia uses a NL record 27 players in the game and St. Louis uses 24 tying a MLB record 51 – Philadelphia won 7-3 in 17 innings

1971  Frank Robinson hits his 500^th HR – ends with 586

1969  Barry Bonds is the 4^th player in MLB history to have 30 steals and 30 HRs – will do it 4 more times in his career including a 40-40 year

1965  Willie Mays hits his 500^th HR – ends with 660

1964  Minnesota beats Baltimore 34-24 – outran them 313 yards to 40 – Unitas and Tarkenton both throw 2 TDs

1951  Cardinals play an unusual double header – beat Giants in the afternoon and lose to the Braves at night

1942  Cubs shortstop Lennie Merullo makes 4 errors in the 2^nd inning (MLB record) – also made one in the 1^st game of the double header

1936  Cleveland’s Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 batters – he was only 17 years old

1909  Ty Cobb hits his 9^th HR of the season – all inside the park