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April 25
⚾ Rick Monday makes a historic save
TODAY ON THE DAILY HIGHLIGHT
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April 25, 1976, At Dodger Stadium Chicago Cubs center fielder Rick Monday becomes a national hero when he saves an American flag from being burned by two fans (a father and son) at Dodger Stadium. During the fourth inning of the game, two fans race onto the field and head for the outfield, where they prepare to ignite an American flag. Monday runs in from center field and snatches the flag, prompting an ovation from the fans at Dodger Stadium. Although the Cubs lost 5 – 4, 10-inning loss to Los Angeles Monday was the clear winner.
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April 23, 1965 Los Angels Angels vs New York Yankees
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April 25, 1901, At Bennet Park, in Detroit, the Detroit Tigers made their American League Debut facing the Milwaukee Brewers, the Tigers staged an incredible comeback. Down 13-4 in the bottom of the ninth, they had rallied to within 4 runs of the lead, panicked Brewers Player Manager and Future Hall of Famer Hugh Duffy, decides to bring in Pete Husting, except he never had a chance to warm up to get the final two outs. Hustings was not faring well allowing 4 of 5 Tigers to reach base, Frank Dillon stepped to the plate and with two on and two outs Dillon lined Husting offering over outfielder Bill Hallmans head, allowing Doc Casey to score the tying run and Kid Gleason to score the winning run for the Tigers, giving the new franchise the most incredible walk off debut in baseball history as they scored 10 runs in their last at-bat to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 14-13.
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Trivia:
Who was the first draft pick in MLB history?
Hint: The answer is below
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
April 25, 1957, the major leagues adopt a new rule that prohibits baserunners from interfering with batted balls in the field of play. The rule is adopted in reaction to recent actions by several Cincinnati Reds baserunners. Earlier in the week, Don Hoak and Johnny Temple had intentionally interfered with batted balls as a way of preventing double plays.
April 25 1958, In front of 60,635 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Dodgers, who beat St. Louis, 5-2, set a National League record for the largest crowd to attend a night game during the regular season. The mark will be broken next season when 61,552 fans show up on Opening Night at the Coliseum to watch their team defeat the Cardinal’s again.
April 25 1961, Two weeks after the Boston Celtics win the NBA championship, their reserve center, Gene Conley, pitching for the Boston Red Sox, gets his first American League victory, a 6 – 1 win over the visiting Washington Senators.
April 25 1970, Earl Wilson nearly scores after he strikes out when Minnesota catcher Paul Ratliff, trapping a third strike, inadvertently rolls the ball to the mound instead off tagging the batter or throwing to first base. With the Twins heading to the dugout believing the inning is over, the Detroit hurler begins running the bases and is heading home when outfielder Brant Alyea retrieves the ball and throws it to shortstop Leo Cardenas covering the plate, making the right-hander go back to third, resulting in a unique 7-6-7 run-down play.
April 25 1970, For the 7th time in his career (and the second time this week), Willie Stargell homers over Forbes Field’s right field roof, a two-out, two-run blast which erases a one-run deficit off future hall of famers Hoyt Wilhelm and provides the final margin of victory as the Bucs beat Atlanta, 8 – 7, in a barn-burner featuring 8 doubles, one triple and 2 tape measure home runs, the other being Rico Carty’s bases-empty blast over the Barney Dreyfuss monument in straight-away centerfield. Six future hall of famers played in the game including Roberto Clemente who collected 3 hits and 4 RBI’s.
April 25, 1972 – Phillies lefty Steve Carlton allows only a leadoff single to Chris Speier in beating the Giants‚ 3-0‚ for his 2nd shutout in a row. Carlton strikes out 14 to tie the club record for lefties. Juan Marichal (1-2) takes the loss.The Cubs’ 30 year-old fly chaser, who served six years in the Marine Reserves, will be presented the flag a month later in a pregame ceremony at Wrigley Field by L.A. executive Al Campanis as a gesture of patriotic thanks.
April 25 1984, In a 2-1 victory over Montreal at Olympic Stadium, Mets right-hander Dwight Gooden becomes the first teenager to strike out ten batters in a major league game since Bert Blyleven accomplished the feat with the Twins in 1970. The 19 year-old rookie will lead the National League with 276 strikeouts this season.
April 25 1997, Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners hits three home runs in a 13 – 8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. The three homers give Griffey a major league-leading 13 on the year, and a major-league record for the month of April. The first two dingers come off Roger Clemens and the third, hit off Mike Timlin, is the 250th of Griffey’s career. He also had a three-homer game in May of last year.
April 25 1999, The fifth monument unveiled in Yankee Stadium history pays tribute to Joe DiMaggio, who died last month at the age of 84. “Joltin’ Joe” becomes the fifth Bronx Bomber to be accorded this honor, joining Miller Huggins (1931), Lou Gehrig (1942), Babe Ruth (1949), and Mickey Mantle (1996). During the ceromony life-long Yankee fan Paul Simon, standing in centerfield, performs his 1968 classic Mrs. Robinson. The singer-songwriter’s iconic lyrics “Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you” brings cheers from the enthusiastic sell-out crowd at the Bronx ballpark.
Quote of the day:
"Rick Monday... You Made A Great Play..." - Dodger Stadium scoreboard, April 25, 1976, when Monday saved a flag from flames
MILESTONES
Birthday Boys
Highlights: Jimmy Brown, Fred Haney and Ken Tatum
Debuts
Notable: Alan Foster, Danny Litwhiler and Cliff Melton
Final Games
Highlights: Earl Averill & Curt Flood
Passings
Notable: Bob Hazle, Bruce Edwards and Mike Kreevich
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Trivia Answer:
Rick Monday was named College Player of the Year and an All-Star in the Western Athletic Conference in 1965 as he led Arizona State University to victory in the College World Series. Sal Bando and Duffy Dyer were also on that 1965 Arizona State University team. He became the first overall pick in the first ever amateur draft in 1965.
