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Bert Campaneris plays all 9 positions March 9
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Born March 9, 1942 in Pueblo Nuevo, Cuba, Surrounded by superstars, Bert Campaneris was a key contributor to the great Oakland teams with his competitive spirit and superb play. His memorable debut with the Kansas City A’s (July 23, 1964) included two home runs, one off the first major league pitch ever thrown to him. Bert became only the third player in big league history to hit two homers in his first game. He made headlines in one of club owner Charlie Finley’s publicity stunts in 1965. On September 9, Campaneris played every position in a nine inning game.
Game of the DayGame 7 1972 World Series
Cincinnati Reds vs Oakland Athletics
Campy scores the go ahead run
Did you know?
March 9, 1967 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ted Davidson was shot by his estranged wife Mary in an alley alongside the Chicken Delight Restaurant in Tampa, Florida. Davidson was shot twice in the right shoulder and the left side of the abdomen with a .22-caliber automatic. The incident happened after the two had an argument inside the restaurant. Davidson was on the critical list for days, but recovered and returned to the playing field in June.
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Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history?
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Trivia:
Campy hit a homerun on the first pitch he ever saw in the big leagues off the Minnesota Twins in 1965. How did he take deep?
Mudcast Grant
Jim Kaat
Jim Perry
Camilo Pascual
Hint: The answer is below
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
March 9, 1912, future Hall of Famer Joseph “Arky” Vaughan is born in Clifty, Arkansas. Vaughan, a hard-hitting shortstop, will make his major league debut in 1932 and will go on to hit .318 during a 14-year career with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers. Vaughan will be elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee in 1985.
March 9, 1963 — Songwriters Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz introduced the official Met theme song, Meet the Mets, to the public. The tune will be modernized in 1984, adding Long Island, New Jersey, Brooklyn, Queens, Uptown and Down, to the team’s East side, West side geographical realm.
March 9, 1981, the Chicago White Sox sign prized free agent catcher Carlton Fisk. The future Hall of Fame receiver was declared a free agent in February after the Boston Red Sox had failed to mail him a contract by the deadline imposed under the Basic Agreement. Fisk batted .289 with 18 home runs for the Red Sox in 1980.
March 9, 2010 -- Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis dies at age 69 in Burbank, CA.
Quote of the day:
“You can talk about Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, and Sal Bando, all those great players, but it was Campy who made everything go.” - Charlie Finley, to Peter Gammons, The Sporting News, October 4, 1980
MILESTONES
Birthday Boys
Arky Vaughan, Bert Camaneris, Billy Southworth, Darrel Chaney, Ed Acosta, Jackie Jensen, Jim Landis, John Curtis, John McLean, Myril Hoag and Ron Kline
Debuts
None today
Final Games
None Today
Passings
Willie Davis, Zeke Bonura, Jim Synder, Hal Quick, Elbie Fletcher, Bill Hands, Aaron Robinson
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Trivia Answer: In his big league debut on July 23rd, he hit a home run off Jim Kaat of the Minnesota Twins on the first pitch he saw. He added another homer off Kaat in the 7th inning to become the second player in history to hit two home runs in his first major league game.
