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On April 4 in Baseball History...​
  • 1911 - The idea of selecting a Most Valuable Player is introduced. Hugh Chalmers, the automaker, offers a new car to the player in each league chosen M.V.P. by a committee of baseball writers.

  • 1974 - In his first swing of the season, Hank Aaron hits a three-run home run off Jack Billingham as the Braves lose to the Reds, 7-6. It is home run 714 for Aaron, tying him with Babe Ruth's career total.

  • 1988 - The Mets set an Opening Day record with six home runs in a 10-6 win over the Expos. Darryl Strawberry and Kevin McReynolds each connect twice for New York, with Strawberry's second blast (estimated at 525 feet) believed to be the longest ever hit at Olympic Stadium.

  • 1989 - Forty-five-year-old Tommy John starts for the Yankees on Opening Day and sets a modern major league record by appearing in his 26th season (a mark Nolan Ryan later surpasses). John also wins his 287th game, 4-2 over the Twins.

  • 1994 - Cubs outfielder Karl Rhodes, who hit three home runs in all of 1993, wallops three home runs off Mets starter Dwight Gooden on Opening Day at Wrigley Field. New York holds on for the 12-8 win, however.

  • 1997 - Turner Field opens and the Braves christen it with a 5-4 come-from-behind win against the Cubs.

  • 1998 - Mark McGwire hits a home run in his fourth consecutive game to start the season to tie the mark set by Willie Mays in 1971. McGwire's homer, which ties another league mark as his seventh in a six-game stretch (dating back to 1997), helps lead the Cardinals past the Padres, 8-6.

Baseball Birthdays on April 4... ​


Baseball Deaths on April 4... ​

 
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Volprofch05 said:
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From a story about this in the athletic:

“Coach, somebody made a bet that if you beat Alabama … ” one of Heupel’s assistants said as he introduced him.
“Oh? What was the bet?” Heupel asked before he caught himself. “Wait, you’re the guy!”

“I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m the guy,'” Jackson said....

Heupel set down a few things he was holding and got an up close look at his permanent likeness. Jackson asked what he thought when he first saw it.

“I had no idea what to think,” Heupel replied....

Jackson told Heupel he was glad Heupel signed a contract extension in January, less than two months after Jackson got the tattoo, that bumps the coach’s pay to $9 million a year through 2029. Heupel put his arm around Jackson.

“You don’t ever have to worry about me leaving for a long time,” Heupel said, as Jackson recounted.

Jackson attended Saturday’s scrimmage as part of the clinic, and a few players recognized him as they were leaving practice.
“Pull them shorts up!” they yelled.

He started laughing. And obliged.
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Name that song!

"He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal. He could clear the savannah after every meal"
 
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