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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
Probably the Yankees have done it. To some fans, they hung the moon.
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1998 Yankees lost 3 in a row a few times
1906 Cubs did it once.
2001 Mariners did it once.

As far as I can tell, it appears that the top 10 teams record-wise have done it at least once. It would be pretty remarkable if they pull it off.
 
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On July 27 in Baseball History...​
  • 1890 - Brooklyn's American Association club holds a 13-8 lead over Columbus in the eighth inning at Long Island Grounds on a Sunday game when they run out of baseballs and are forced to forfeit. Brooklyn will win only 26 of 100 games and will disband on August 25.

  • 1927 - Mel Ott, 18 years old, hits his first Major League home run, an inside-the-park round-tripper. It is the only inside-the-park job of his 511 career homers.

  • 1945 - The Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from the New York Yankees in an unexpected waiver deal. Borowy, 10-5 with the Yankees, was put on waivers, apparently to solve a roster problem. The Cubs snatch him for $97,500, and he will help the Cubs win the pennant with an 11-2 record.

  • 1953 - Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. Along with them, the veterans committee enshrines Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, 19th-century manager Harry Wright, executive Ed Barrow, and umpires Bill Klem and Tom Connolly.

  • 1970 - The Expos beat the White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game, following the induction ceremonies for Lou Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, and Jesse Haines.

  • 1978 - The Yankees win the first game of a doubleheader 11-0, but the Indians rebound to win the second game 17-5. Duane Kuiper ties the Major League record with two bases-loaded triples in the nightcap, only the third player (after Bill Bruton and Elmer Valo) to do so in the twentieth century.

  • 1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson gets caught stealing three times by the Angels, across 13-innings. Not since 1932, has an American Leaguer been thrown out three times in a game.

  • 1983 - While picking up his first win as a member of the Royals, Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton as the third pitcher this season to reach 3,500 career strikeouts, fanning four Indians in a 5-4 victory to raise his total to 3,501.

  • 1984 - Pete Rose collects his 3,053rd career single off Steve Carlton in the seventh inning of Montreal's 6-1 win over Philadelphia, passing Ty Cobb as baseball's all-time singles king.

  • 1988 - Tommy John makes three errors on one play in the Yankees' 16-3 rout of the Brewers.

  • 1992 - Houston starts its club-record 26-game road trip with a grand slam by Eric Anthony. The Astros are sent away so the Republican National Convention can take over the Astrodome.
 
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VolPack22 said:
On July 27 in Baseball History...​

  • 1890 - Brooklyn's American Association club holds a 13-8 lead over Columbus in the eighth inning at Long Island Grounds on a Sunday game when they run out of baseballs and are forced to forfeit. Brooklyn will win only 26 of 100 games and will disband on August 25.

  • 1927 - Mel Ott, 18 years old, hits his first Major League home run, an inside-the-park round-tripper. It is the only inside-the-park job of his 511 career homers.

  • 1945 - The Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from the New York Yankees in an unexpected waiver deal. Borowy, 10-5 with the Yankees, was put on waivers, apparently to solve a roster problem. The Cubs snatch him for $97,500, and he will help the Cubs win the pennant with an 11-2 record.

  • 1953 - Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. Along with them, the veterans committee enshrines Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, 19th-century manager Harry Wright, executive Ed Barrow, and umpires Bill Klem and Tom Connolly.

  • 1970 - The Expos beat the White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game, following the induction ceremonies for Lou Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, and Jesse Haines.

  • 1978 - The Yankees win the first game of a doubleheader 11-0, but the Indians rebound to win the second game 17-5. Duane Kuiper ties the Major League record with two bases-loaded triples in the nightcap, only the third player (after Bill Bruton and Elmer Valo) to do so in the twentieth century.

  • 1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson gets caught stealing three times by the Angels, across 13-innings. Not since 1932, has an American Leaguer been thrown out three times in a game.

  • 1983 - While picking up his first win as a member of the Royals, Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton as the third pitcher this season to reach 3,500 career strikeouts, fanning four Indians in a 5-4 victory to raise his total to 3,501.

  • 1984 - Pete Rose collects his 3,053rd career single off Steve Carlton in the seventh inning of Montreal's 6-1 win over Philadelphia, passing Ty Cobb as baseball's all-time singles king.

  • 1988 - Tommy John makes three errors on one play in the Yankees' 16-3 rout of the Brewers.

  • 1992 - Houston starts its club-record 26-game road trip with a grand slam by Eric Anthony. The Astros are sent away so the Republican National Convention can take over the Astrodome.
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Lol, can’t imagine a player making 3 errors on one play.
 
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