TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 20

2008  Mike Piazza announces his retirement

2006  Barry Bonds hits his 714^th HR to tie Babe Ruth

2005  Twins pitcher Carlos Silva beats Milwaukee 7-1 –threw only 76 pitches in the game

2000  Rickey Henderson plays 1^st game for Seattle – hits a leadoff HR for them – 76^th time in his career – ends with 81

1999  NY Mets beat Milwaukee in both games of a double header – Robin Ventura hit a grand slam in each game – 1^st to do so

1996  Michael Jordan wins his 4^th NBA MVP – 30.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.2 steals

1995  Houston which had been down 3 games to 1 in Western Conference semi finals beats Phoenix in game 7 115-114 – 2^nd time in history such a comeback occurred in NBA

1988  Mike Schmidt hits his 535^th HR to move pass Jimmie Foxx on HR list

1984  Roger Clemens gets his 1^st MLB win – ends with 354, 4,672 strikeouts, 3.12 ERA

1983  Steve Carlton moves pass Walter Johnson to become #2 all time strikeout leader with 3,510

1976  Carl Yastrzemski ties MLB record with 5 HRs in 2 games

1964  Philadelphia beats San Francisco to end Juan Marichal’s 12 game win streak

1964  Buster Mathis beats Joe Frazier to make the Olympic team – Mathis will get hurt and Frazier will win gold

1960  St. Louis Cardinals are now 10-3 at home and 2-17 on road

1948  Joe DiMaggio hits for the cycle plus hits an extra HR – did the same 11 years ago – only player in MLB history to do so

1948  Cleveland Indians get 18 walks vs. Boston – won the game 13-4

1946  Cubs pitcher Claude Passeau makes his 1^st error since 9/21/41 – ending 273 consecutive errorless chances

1941  Lefty Grove wins his 20^th straight game at Fenway 4-2 over Detroit

1919  Babe Ruth hits his 1^st career grand slam – also won as pitcher

1900  2^nd modern Olympics open in Paris