TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 24

2007  John Smoltz gets his 200^th win – 1^st pitcher in MLB history with 200 wins and 150 saves – ends with 213 wins and 154 saves

2002  Shawn Green hits his 5^th HR in 2 games to tie MLB record, but Dodgers lose 14-3 to Arizona

2000  Isiah Thomas and Bob McAdoo inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame

2000  Mark McGwire hits his 20^th HR in his 35^th game

1995  White Sox and Rangers play longest double header in MLB history – 7 hours 39 minutes

1995  Dennis Eckersley gets his 300^th save – 6^th to do so – ends with 390 and 197 wins

1994  Philadelphia beats St. Louis 4-0 – Cards set MLB record by stranding 16 without scoring

1993  Luis Polonia of Angels is caught stealing 3 times to tie AL record

1992  Al Unser Jr. wins the Indy 500

1990  Edmonton beats Boston 4 games to 1 to win Stanley Cup

1988  A power outage in Boston Garden occurs during NHL finals

1987  Al Unser Sr. wins the Indy 500

1984  Tigers tie MLB record with 16^th straight road win – record 35-5 – will end 104-58 and win World Series

1972  Pitcher Don Rose of Angels gets his 1^st MLB win and hits his 1^st HR – will not win or HR again – ends career 1974 with 1-4 record and will manage just one more hit

1969  Rookie Joe Sipin of San Diego makes his MLB debut and gets 2 triples – played only 68 games with 229 at bats – these are his only triples

1964  Lou Brock steals home for the 1^st time in his career

1957  Cubs rookie Frank Ernaga hits a HR and triple in his 1^st 2 at bats – will play 29 games in his career and have 2 HRs and 2 triples