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Daily Rewind - January 7 Tom is terrific
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For today, January 7, we are highlighting enshrinement into Cooperstown for: Rollie Fingers, Lou Brock, Tom Seaver and Hoyt Wilhelm four all time greats! Check it out below!
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TODAY ON THE DAILY HIGHLIGHT
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Today’s Highlighted Reel:
Jackie Robinson Radio Show Episode 108 Editorial Boxing
Jimmy Scott's High & Tight: The Rollie Fingers Interview
Bill Stern Sports Newsreel January 7, 1949 with Eddie Cantor
January 7, 1924 — The New York Yankees buy the contract of Louisville Colonels star outfielder Earle Combs, who hit .380 last year for Louisville. Colonels owner Bill Kneblekamp gets $50,000, outfielder Elmer Smith and another player, and demands that the Yankees play an exhibition game in Louisville with a guarantee that Babe Ruth is in the lineup.
Born on January 7, 1945 . . . . No matter how you measure it, Tony Conigliaro’s career got off to a terrific start, but tragedy repeatedly intervened and the great promise of his early years remained unfulfilled. A local boy made good, Tony was born and raised in the Boston area, signed with the hometown team, and made his major league debut in 1964 soon after he turned 19 years old. In his very first at-bat at Fenway Park, Tony turned on the very first pitch he saw, and pounded it out of the park for a home run. By hitting 24 home runs in his rookie season, he set a record for the most home runs ever hit by a teenager. When he led the league in homers with 32 the following year, he became the youngest player ever to take the home run crown. When he hit home run #100, during the first game of a doubleheader on July 23, 1967, he was only 22 – the youngest A.L. player to reach the 100 homer plateau. He hit #101 in the day’s second game. (his page has several interviews including the one right after he was hit with Howard Cosell)
January 7, 1971, Cincinnati Reds star Bobby Tolan ruptures his Achilles tendon while playing basketball. Tolan will miss the entire season and will never regain the form that he displayed in 1970, when he batted .316 and stole a league-leading 57 bases.
January 7, 1985, Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
January 7, 1992, Rollie Fingers and Tom Seaver are elected to the Hall of Fame. Seaver, ‘Tom Terrific,’ the author of 311 victories, receives the highest percentage in the voting history of the BBWAA. (Audio highlight: Jimmy Scott's High & Tight: The Rollie Fingers Interview or Tom Seaver’s 19 Strikeout Game vs the Padres)
HIGHLIGHTED GAME OF THE DAY:
Game 1 of a Doubleheader between the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets at the Polo Grounds, Lou Brock in his first full season launches a historic homerun at the Polo Grounds.
Trivia:
Who won the Gold Glove at third base for the American League in 1998 and National League in 1999?
Scott Rolen
Scott Brosius
Ken Caminiti
Robin Ventura
Hint: The answer is below
MILESTONES
Birthday Boys!
Al Dark, Dick Schofield, Frank Grube, Jim Hannan, Jim Lefebvre, Jim Pendleton, Joe Keough, Johnny McCarthy, Johnny Mize, Ross Grimsley and Tony Conigliaro
Passings.
Bill Champion, Dick Young, George Gerberman, Red Borom, and Tom Lasorda (Don’t miss his epic rant about Dave Kingman’s performance)
Quote of the day:
Sometimes I’d go into Dodger Stadium just to be alone. The game might start at eight and I’d get there at one and sit in the stands and look at the field. It was beautiful.
Dodger infielder Jim Lefebvre
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Trivia Answer: Robin Ventura
