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VolPack22 said:
On April 8 in Baseball History...​

  • 1963 - The Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for the $25,000 waiver price.

  • 1968 - Opening Day is postponed because of the pending funderal of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was assassinated on April 4, 1968.

  • 1969 - Expansion teams Kansas City Royals, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, and Seattle Pilots make things look easy by winning their first regular-season games. The Expos win by scoring 11 runs against the Mets to win, 11-10. The Mets have yet to win an opener.

  • 1969 - After a long recovery following a 1967 beaning, Tony Conigliaro starts his first game for Boston. His dramatic two-run 10th-inning home run gives the Red Sox a brief lead, and his 12th-inning run wins it.

  • 1974 - In the fourth inning of the Braves home opener against the Dodgers, Hank Aaron parks an Al Downing pitch in the left-center field stands for career home run No. 715, breaking Ruth's once thought to be unapproachable record. With former teammate Eddie Mathews watching as Braves manager, that makes 1,227 home runs for just two players. The Braves win, 7-4.

  • 1975 - Frank Robinson, making his debut as the Indians player-manager, homers in his first at bat (as a DH) during a 5-3 win over the Yankees. It is Robinson's eighth Opening Day home run, setting a major league record.

  • 1987 - Faced with a storm of public criticism, the Dodgers fire vice president Al Campanis for racially insensitive remarks he made on the April 6 telecast of ABC-TV's Nightline news show. Campanis had said that blacks may lack some of the necessities to be a field manager or general manager.

  • 1989 - One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott makes his major league debut but lasts only 4.2 innings in California's 7-0 loss to Seattle. Abbott, who bypassed the minors completely after starring at the University of Michigan, will finish the season 12-12 with a 3.92 ERA.

  • 1993 - Carlos Baerga is the first player in major league history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same inning. The Cleveland second baseman clouts a two-run shot against Yankee southpaw Steve Howe in the seventh inning and finishes the frame with a home run from the left side of the plate against Steve Farr. He has two other hits in the 15-5 rout by the Indians.

  • 1994 - Braves lefthander Kent Mercker no-hits the Dodgers, 6-0, in his first career complete game.

Baseball Birthdays on April 8... ​


Baseball Deaths on April 8... ​

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One of the most important days in MLB.
 
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mad4vols said:
One of the most important days in MLB.
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I would say next to the first game played after 9/11, this was the most important moment in MLB history. Babe Ruth was looked at as a baseball god and that record was never meant to be broken. Vin Scully had a great call on that moment. Shots fired at Babe and the Yankees 🤣

 
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taylorvol said:
Drive-bys and NegaVols swarm at the first sign of adversity. it’s hard to watch.
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They are all “know-it-alls” and claim to have been fans for multiple decades. Well, if you’ve been around the program that long then you’ve seen a lot worse baseball so why are you b****ing and complaining? What they don’t realize is that I am also a “know-it-all” and will have a rebuttal for literally everything 😂
 
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taylorvol said:
I try to but then feel that silence is acceptance.
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No, it’s not always acceptance, sometimes, it’s just not worth the trouble. I enjoy the camaraderie with everyone here, whether we’re winning or losing. When it becomes ugly, I tune out. There’s enough division in the world today, I don’t need it watching baseball. Everyone has an opinion-just like everyone has something else. I recognize the Vols are struggling, hell, anyone can see it. I’m not sure what the answer is for Tony, but I do know I’m not arguing with someone on a computer about it.

Just my 2 cents. Now y’all just carry on. 😎
 
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VolGirl81 said:
No, it’s not always acceptance, sometimes, it’s just not worth the trouble. I enjoy the camaraderie with everyone here, whether we’re winning or losing. When it becomes ugly, I tune out. There’s enough division in the world today, I don’t need it watching baseball. Everyone has an opinion-just like everyone has something else. I recognize the Vols are struggling, hell, anyone can see it. I’m not sure what the answer is for Tony, but I do know I’m not arguing with someone on a computer about it.

Just my 2 cents. Now y’all just carry on. 😎
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Forgive us. We’re just boys being boys 😂
 
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VolGirl81 said:
No, it’s not always acceptance, sometimes, it’s just not worth the trouble. I enjoy the camaraderie with everyone here, whether we’re winning or losing. When it becomes ugly, I tune out. There’s enough division in the world today, I don’t need it watching baseball. Everyone has an opinion-just like everyone has something else. I recognize the Vols are struggling, hell, anyone can see it. I’m not sure what the answer is for Tony, but I do know I’m not arguing with someone on a computer about it.

Just my 2 cents. Now y’all just carry on. 😎
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Agreed. I just think there’s a way to provide constructive feedback without demeaning someone. Most are good at walking the line. Some are so over the top with personal attacks and absurd criticism, it’s hard to believe they aren’t trolls. I ignore most of the time or tune out but some folks need to be checked when they go over the line.
 
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VolPack22 said:
I would say next to the first game played after 9/11, this was the most important moment in MLB history. Babe Ruth was looked at as a baseball god and that record was never meant to be broken. Vin Scully had a great call on that moment. Shots fired at Babe and the Yankees 🤣

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Remember that like it was yesterday. I was sitting on the floor with my brothers in front of a black and white tv.
 
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