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July 7 1936 – The National League, having lost the first three All-Star Games, wins the 1936 All-Star Game, 4 – 3 at Braves Field, Boston’s National League Park with four different Cub players (Augie Galan, Billy Herman, Gabby Hartnett and Frank Demaree) scoring runs. After Dizzy Dean and Carl Hubbell each pitch scoreless three-inning stints, Curt Davis is hammered by the American League, including Lou Gehrig’s home run, but Lon Warneke shuts the door. Meanwhile, the NL is helped by Joe DiMaggio’s loose fielding and error and Augie Galan’s home run. Joe DiMaggio is the first rookie to play in an All-Star Game. The NL plays its starting lineup except for two late-inning pinch hitters. Local favorite and three-time starter Wally Berger doesn’t appear. Missing from the NL roster are Dolph Camilli and Buck Jordan, co-leaders in the batting race at .348, as well as the eventual batting champ, Paul Waner.

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Dizzy Dean career changes in a blink of an eye

July 7, 1937 President Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first President to attend an All-Star game as he is invited to throw out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C. The President and the rest of the sellout crowd of 31,391 at the 5th Annual All-Star game had to deal with a very hot and muggy afternoon. The game-time temperature was reported to be 90 degrees.

The D.C. heat did not seem to bother the Yankees’ first baseman Lou Gehrig who drove in four runs with a home run and a double to lead the American League to an 8-3 victory over the National League.

Dizzy Dean, the star Cardinal pitcher is not only the losing pitcher of the game he also gets his toe fractured when Earl Averill hits a ball that nails Dean in the foot. After that injury Dizzy will end up changing his pitching delivery. The change in his delivery will lead to a very bad arm injury.

The Washington Senators were represented on the American League squad by 2nd Baseman – Buddy Myer, Catcher – Rick Ferrell, and Pitcher – Wes Ferrell. Yankees’ skipper Joe McCarthy who was managing the American League did not allow any of the three Senators to make it into the game. With the American League leading the National League squad 8 to 3 after six innings you would think one of the Senator players could have made an appearance.

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Who was the first black player to hit a home run in a World Series game?

Hint: #1 He was also the first black player to hit a home run for his league in an All-Star game.

Hint: #2 He was the last player to lose a home run to a game being called on account of darkness.

July 7, 1959 All Star Game National League at American League Radio Broadcast

July 7 1964 - Johnny Callison's 9th-inning 3-run home run off Dick Radatz caps a 4-run rally and gives the National League a 7 - 4 win in the All-Star Game at Shea Stadium. This evens the series at 17.

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July 7 1971 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces that players from the Negro Leagues elected to the Hall of Fame will be given full membership in the museum. It had been previously announced that they would be honored in a separate wing, Satchel Paige was the first Negro League player inducted in 1971. In total over 35 players and executives who have been elected to the Hall of Fame from the Negro Leagues. In his Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech, Ted Williams made a strong plea for inclusion of Negro league stars in the Hall in 1966.

After the publication of Robert Peterson's landmark book Only the Ball was White in 1970, the Hall of Fame found itself under renewed pressure to find a way to honor Negro league players who would have been in the Hall had they not been barred from the major leagues due to the color of their skin.

July 7, 1979 Mike Schmidt homers in his first three times up for the Phillies, to give him a major league record-tying four straight over two games. Schmidt flies to the warning track in his next at bat, and the Phils lose, 8 – 6 to the Giants. Schmidt will hit three more home runs in the next three games to tie the National League record of seven home runs in five games.

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July 7, 1987 – After Andre Dawson had homered in the first off San Diego Padres Starting Pitcher Eric Show, Show comes up and in on Dawson hitting him in the face, in his next at-bat in the 3rd inning, touching off a bench-clearing brawl at Wrigley.

Show had already given up five runs and was sent to the showers after he scampered off the field.

Cubs starter that day, future Hall of Fame teammate Greg Maddux was told that if he didn’t get the win that day that he would be sent down to the minors. The Cubs had a big lead (5-2 in the 4th) and Maddux just had to get through the 5th inning to get the win. Maddux told Rick Sutcliffe, “I don’t care if I throw another pitch in the majors, the first batter is going down”. Maddux struck out the first two batters he faced and then plunked Benito Santiago. Maddux did not qualify for the win. Dawson had to rest his knees once in a while throughout the rest of his career, but he never sat out a game that Maddux started. The Cubs pulled this one out 7-5, and Dawson will finish the season with 49 home runs and win the MVP, Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Award. Dawson’s 49 home runs ranked second all-time for the Cubs at the time behind Hack Wilson’s 56, which at the time was the National League record.

Maddux did go down to the AA (minors) and pitched 3 games going 3-0 with a 0.98 ERA, he never again pitched in minor league baseball.

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July 7 2005 - The sports of baseball and softball are dropped from the for the 2012 Olympic Games scheduled to take place in London. It is the first time in 69 years that events have been cut from the games. There is criticism that these events are American-dominated, though the Cuban national team won Gold in 2004 and Australia won Silver. Japan and South Korea have appeared in the Silver Medal game in the past as well. Another reason given is that top professional players do not always appear, though Nippon Pro Baseball and the Korea Baseball Organization have routinely sent their top stars, as does the Cuban National League.

This Week In Baseball July 7 1984

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July 7, 2010 Rookie Buster Posey hits two homers including his first career grand slam in San Francisco’ 15 – 2 romp over Milwaukee. The Giants hit three homers to go up 4 – 0 in the 1st inning and never look back. Tim Lincecum strikes out 10 over 7 innings for the win.

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