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April 24
⚾ Rickey Rakes the Legends
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April 24, 1987 -- In Cleveland, Rickey Henderson becomes the first player in baseball history to hit a home run off two different 300-game winners in the same game. The left fielder's solo homer in the eighth inning off Phil Niekro and his two-run blast in the ninth off Steve Carlton that gave the Yankees a 5-4 lead aren't enough to thwart the Tribe's 6-5 walk-off victory over the Yankees.
The 42-year-old left-hander, who relieved 48-year-old starter Phil Niekro, earned his 325th career victory.
This was the quintessential Ricky Henderson game, 2-4, 3 runs scored, walk, stole base and three RBIs. Todays quote explains what Rickey was, he was a run almost every game, he score with his legs and his bat. He walked in the first stole second stayed out of a double play and score on a hit. That was what Rickey brought every day.
The story post game was Dave Righetti, who had a win and 6 saves coming into the game allowing a walk, single, sac fly and walk off single. Although he will be an All Star he will never touch his 1986 season again.
More Rickey:
There is a story that once a team called to ask why his signing bonus check - a very sizable one - hadn't been cashed. The team was concerned there was a problem. They called his agent - whose former job had been towel boy in the A's locker room - and were told that Henderson was waiting for the interest rates to go up before cashing it. Another has him taking his first million dollar check and framing it on the wall - until the team called to tell him he had to cash it first.
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April 24, 1978 Philadelphia Philles vs Chicago Cubs
Schmidt dominates Cubs
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April 24, 1947, Johnny Mize of the New York Giants becomes the first major leaguer to hit three home runs in a game on five different occasions. The “Big Cat” hits his most recent trio against Johnny Sain of the Boston Braves. In spite of Mize’s barrage, the Giants lose the game, 14-5.
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Trivia:
How many miles did Rickey Henderson run stealing bases? Did he run a marathon?
Hint: The answer is below
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
April 24, 1945 – A.B. “Happy” Chandler becomes baseball’s second commissioner. The major league owners unanimously elect the former governor of Kentucky on the first ballot and reward him with a seven-year contract. Chandler succeeds Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the game’s first commissioner, who died in 1944. Baseball’s second commissioner will remain in the Senate during the first six months of his tenure in office.
April 24, 1946 — Former major leaguers Jesse Burkett, Frank Chance, Jack Chesbro, Johnny Evers, Clark Griffith, Tommy McCarthy, Joe McGinnity, Eddie Plank, Joe Tinker, Rube Waddell and Ed Walsh are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
April 24, 1948 - Bill Nicholson of the Chicago Cubs makes his bid to become the first player in Wrigley Field's 34 years of existence to reach its distant right centerfield scoreboard with a batted ball. Instead, the ball sails by on the right hand side, out of Wrigley altogether and onto Sheffield Avenue. Roberto Clemente, aiming for the other side, will come even closer on May 17, 1959. Close, but no cigar.
April 24, 1962, At Wrigley Field Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers strikes out 18 Chicago Cubs in a 10-2 win. The hard-throwing future Hall of Famer ties the record of 18 strikeouts in a single game, matching the mark of former Cleveland Indians great Bob Feller. In 1938, nineteen-year-old right-hander Bob Feller established the record, whiffing 18 batters in the Indians’ 4-1 loss to the Tigers at Cleveland Stadium.
April 24, 1966 At the Astrodome, San Francisco’s Willie Mays tags Jim Owens for a milestone, his 511th career homerun tying Mel Ott for most in National League history.
April 24, 1969 - After hitting home runs in his first two at-bats of the game against Dave Boswell, Reggie Jackson led off the 5th inning to face Twins reliever Dick Woodson. After throwing his first pitch high and tight, but behind Jackson, and with his second pitch sailing about four feet over Reggie's head, that was enough for Jackson. Reggie charged the mound and tackled Woodson and brought the pitcher down to the right of the mound. Jackson said he had visions of Tony Conigliaro getting hit in the eye by a pitched ball. "I could see the end of a career," he said. "When I came out of the dugout in the 5th," said Jackson, "I knew I was going down." "That's the kind of a manager Billy Martin is. If someone is beating his club, he's going to put a little fear in his heart." "I've been thrown at before, but not like that. And I can't sell popcorn. Baseball is my business."
April 24, 1978 — Nolan Ryan of the California Angels strikes out 15 batters for the 20th time in his career, but leaves in the 9th inning without a decision. The Seattle Mariners prevails over the Angels, 6 – 5, in the 12th.
April 24, 2008 The David Ortiz jersey, which was secretly buried in cement at the new Yankee Stadium in an attempt to curse the team, is acquired in a Jimmy Fund charity auction for $175,100. More than 280 bidders vied for the jersey.
Quote of the day:
". . . it wasn't until I saw Rickey that I understood what baseball was about. Rickey Henderson is a run, man!" - Mitchell Page
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Trivia Answer:
Rickey Henderson nearly ran a marathon in his career just stealing bases. His 1,406 steals, at 90 feet between bases, add up to 126,540 feet … or 23.97 miles; just over two shy of a marathon.
