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⚾ Tommy Lasorda goes deep on Dave Kingman
For about a minute Lasorda tells a reporter what he thinks of Kingman hitting three homeruns vs Dodgers
May 14, 1978, Dave Kingman of the Chicago Cubs hits three home runs, including a game-winning three-run blast in the 15th inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The game marks the second time in his career that “King Kong” has hit three homers and driven in eight runs in a game at Dodger Stadium.
much can be written about Kingman, in 2025 baseball he would be thought of much differently than he was in the 70s and 80s but on this particular day we will let Tommy Lasorda tell you all about his “performance”.
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May 14, 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers at Milwaukee Braves
May 14, 1961 Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees Game 1
May 14, 1961 Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees Game 2
May 14, 1971 Cleveland Indians at New York Yankees
Did you know?
May 14, 1967, around 4:16 pm in the bottom of the 7th Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees joins the 500-home run club when he connects against Stu Miller of the Baltimore Orioles. His shot went into the lower deck into the right-field corner of the lower deck at Yankee Stadium. It was the first time in his career that he had given up a home run to Mantle.
TRIVIA:
Who is the only player to hit homeruns for four different teams in one season?
Hint: Answer below
May 14, 1920, future Hall of Famer Walter Johnson wins his 300th career game - albeit in less than spectacular fashion. The Washington Senators’ ace emerges as the winner in a 9-8 slugfest against the Detroit Tigers. LISTEN HERE
May 14, 1939 -- At Comiskey Park, Mrs. William Feller smiled thru a swat of bandages today her appreciation of a Mother's day gift from her son Bob Feller, 20-year-old Cleveland Indian's pitching ace, which resulted in near tragedy. The bandages covered lacerations over her left eye suffered when she was struck by a foul tip from one of her son's pitches. LISTEN HERE
May 14, 1940, future Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx hits what is believed to be the longest home run in the history of Comiskey Park. The Boston Red Sox’ slugger hits a titanic blast against Johnny Rigney that clears the left-field roof. Lefty Grove picks up the win 7-6.LISTEN HERE
May 14, 1965 -- At Fenway Park, Carl Yastrzemski drives in five runs, hitting for the cycle with an additional home run. Yaz's effort, however, still falls short when the seventh-place Red Sox lose to Detroit, 12-8 in 10 innings when the Monster Dick Radatz falls as hot-hitting Willie Horton goes 4-5 with 2 home runs, Horton the 22-year-old has put together a sizzling streak to go 12-18, raising his average to a league leading.383.
May 14, 1972 -- After twenty-one seasons with the Giants, 41 year-old Willie Mays, playing his first game with the New York Mets, hits a game-winning home run off Don Carrithers against his former teammates, the San Francisco Giants 5-4. Just three days earlier, the Mets had acquired Mays from the Giants for a player, pitcher Charlie Williams, and cash. The blast is Mays 647th career homerun. LISTEN HERE
May 14, 1981: With a 3-2 win over Montreal in front of the largest Dodger Stadium crowd in seven years, rookie sensation Fernando Valenzuela improves his record to 8-0. The 20 year-old southpaw, who has started the season with five shutouts and a minuscule ERA of 0.50, gets the victory when right fielder Pedro Guerrero hits a leadoff game-ending home run off Steve Ratzer in the bottom of the ninth inning at Chavez Ravine. LISTEN HERE
May 14, 1986, California Angels slugger Reggie Jackson hits his 537th career home run Jackson's shot, gave the Angels a 2-0 lead against Roger Clemens and the Boston Red Sox in the first inning. The towering blast moved Jackson, who will turn 40 on Sunday, ahead of Mickey Mantle on the career list and moved him into 5th all time.LISTEN HERE
May 14, 1996, Dwight Gooden throws a no-hitter for the Yankees against the Mariners, at Yankee Stadium. The right-hander wins the game, 2-0, in hurling the first no-hit game of his career. Derek Jeter caught the final out of the Gem. Dwight Gooden threw one-hundred thirty six pitches during this game and seventy-five of them were strikes Dwight Gooden pitched the eighth regular season no-hitter for the New York Yankees organization. He was named, player of the week in the American League.LISTEN HERE
Quote of the day:
If I played every day, I could strike out maybe 400 times. I have no idea how many HRs I could hit if I played every day. I've never played every day." 1976 Bicentennial Year: Dave Kingman started out hitting four HRs in the first week of the season.
Milestones
Birthdays:Highlights: Tony Perez | Debuts:Notable: Marty Pattin |
Final Games:Highlights: Ron Taylor | Passings:Notable: Bob Watson |
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