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On August 27 in Baseball History...​
  • 1897 - Roger Bresnahan, later a Hall of Fame catcher, made his major-league debut as a pitcher for the Washington Senators by beating the St. Louis Browns, 3-0.

  • 1910 - Using twenty 137,000 candlepower arc lights, two amateur teams play a night game in White Sox Park before 20,000. The first American League night game in the park will be in 1939.

  • 1918 - Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in the chemical warfare branch of the Army.

  • 1937 - Brooklyn's Fred Frankhouse pitched a rain-shortened no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds. The game was stopped with two out in the eighth inning and the Dodgers leading, 5-0.

  • 1955 - Dodgers bonus baby Sandy Koufax fans 14 Redlegs in a 7-0 win, as the two teams total 23 strikeouts.

  • 1974 - Benny Ayala of the Mets became the first National League player in 13 years to hit a home run in his first major league at-bat, connecting against Houston's Tom Griffin in New York's 4-2 victory at Shea Stadium.

  • 1977 - Toby Harrah and Bump Wills of the Texas Rangers hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs on consecutive pitches in the seventh inning as the Rangers beat New York, 8-2, at Yankee Stadium.

  • 1978 - Joe Morgan of the Cincinnati Reds hit his 200th career home run to become the first major leaguer to have 200 homers and 500 stolen bases.

  • 1982 - Rickey Henderson steals four bases in Oakland's 5-4 loss to Milwaukee to raise his total to 122 and break Lou Brock's single-season record of 118. The record-breaking 119th steal comes off pitcher Doc Medich and catcher Ted Simmons on a third-inning pitchout.

  • 1988 - Tommy Lasorda wins his 1,000th game as a manager as Los Angeles tops Philadelphia 4-2.

  • 1990 - The Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed thirty-five minutes when a huge swarm of gnats descends onto the field through the open SkyDome roof. Milwaukee scratches out a 4-2 win.
 
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Record on 5/31:
Mets: 34-17 (.667)
Braves: 23-27 (.460) 10.5GB

Record since 6/1:
Mets: 47-29 (.618)
Braves: 56-21 (.727) 2GB

Projected final record with current pace since June:
Mets: 103-59 (.636)
Braves: 104-58 (.642)

The Mets have played very well since the start of June, but the Braves have just been historically great during that same stretch. If you project out that record since June over an entire season, it would equate to 118 wins.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Anybody going to watch college football today? No ranked teams. The only game that semi-interests me is Nebraska vs Northwestern. The game is being played in Dublin, Ireland.
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FS1 had a game on at like 5 am this morning. Michigan vs Michigan St.
It didn't say "live" or replay. I didn't know what to make of it. I didn't care either.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Anybody going to watch college football today? No ranked teams. The only game that semi-interests me is Nebraska vs Northwestern. The game is being played in Dublin, Ireland.
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I’m still upset that we open on Thursday night again!! I get up at 4:30 in the morning, I can’t be staying up all late on a Thursday night!!🤬
 
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