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On August 2 in Baseball History...​
  • 1906 - Doc White launches the White Sox on a 19-game winning streak (longest in AL history) with a 3-0 win over Boston. The streak, interrupted only by a tie with New York, catapults Chicago from fourth place to first in ten days.

  • 1907 - Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit. The first hit off him is a bunt single by Ty Cobb.

  • 1921 - A Chicago jury brings in a verdict of not guilty against the Black Sox. That night, jurors and defendants celebrate with a party in an Italian restaurant. Ignoring the verdict, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans all eight defendants from baseball for life.

  • 1938 - Larry MacPhail has official baseballs dyed dandelion yellow, and they are used in the first game of a doubleheader between the Dodgers and Cardinals at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers win 6-2. The Dodgers will use up their yellow balls in three more games in 1939.

  • 1959 - Bill Bruton of Milwaukee hit two bases-loaded triples to lead the Braves to an 11-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the nightcap of a doubleheader.

  • 1959 - Giants first baseman Willie McCovey hits the first of his 521 major league home runs, off Ron Kline, as San Francisco downs the Pirates 5-3. Johnny Antonelli wins his 15th game.

  • 1970 - In their last meeting of the year, Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10-8. It is the Orioles' 23rd straight win over the Royals over a two-year span, a major league mark.

  • 1979 - Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, 32, perishes at Canton, Ohio, in a crash of the plane he was piloting. A crowd of 51,151 will attend the memorial tribute at Yankee Stadium the following day.

  • 1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season in a 6-5 win over Seattle, tying the American League record he set last season. Henderson is the first player ever to steal 100 bases twice.

  • 1986 - Dodgers Alejandro Pena and Tom Niedenfuer combine to one-hit the Reds, 7-1, allowing only Eddie Milner's leadoff home run off Pena in the sixth inning. It is the fifth time Milner has collected the only hit in a one-hitter, tying Cesar Tovar's Major League record.

  • 1987 - Eric Davis led off the bottom of the 11th inning with his 30th home run of the season, giving the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Davis' homer made him the seventh player with 30 homers and 30 steals in the same season.

  • 1987 - Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6 with two homers and drove in seven runs to pace a 20-hit Kansas City attack as the Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 13-5 in 102-degree heat.

  • 1990 - Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his tenth home run in just 77 at bats, the fastest any player has ever reached that mark. But the Yanks lose to Detroit 6-5 in 11 innings.

  • 1991 - Mike Jeffcoat becomes the first American League pitcher to get an RBI since 1972 in a 15-1 Rangers rout of Milwaukee.

  • 1992 - Tom Seaver, Rollie Fingers, Hal Newhouser and Bill McGowan are enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

  • 1993 - An investor team of Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos and Cincinnati businessman William DeWitt submit a winning bid for the Orioles during a bankruptcy court auction in New York City. Also on the winning team are popular author Tom Clancy and ABC broadcaster Jim McKay.
 
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On August 2 in Baseball History...​
  • 1906 - Doc White launches the White Sox on a 19-game winning streak (longest in AL history) with a 3-0 win over Boston. The streak, interrupted only by a tie with New York, catapults Chicago from fourth place to first in ten days.

  • 1907 - Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit. The first hit off him is a bunt single by Ty Cobb.

  • 1921 - A Chicago jury brings in a verdict of not guilty against the Black Sox. That night, jurors and defendants celebrate with a party in an Italian restaurant. Ignoring the verdict, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans all eight defendants from baseball for life.

  • 1938 - Larry MacPhail has official baseballs dyed dandelion yellow, and they are used in the first game of a doubleheader between the Dodgers and Cardinals at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers win 6-2. The Dodgers will use up their yellow balls in three more games in 1939.

  • 1959 - Bill Bruton of Milwaukee hit two bases-loaded triples to lead the Braves to an 11-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the nightcap of a doubleheader.

  • 1959 - Giants first baseman Willie McCovey hits the first of his 521 major league home runs, off Ron Kline, as San Francisco downs the Pirates 5-3. Johnny Antonelli wins his 15th game.

  • 1970 - In their last meeting of the year, Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10-8. It is the Orioles' 23rd straight win over the Royals over a two-year span, a major league mark.

  • 1979 - Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, 32, perishes at Canton, Ohio, in a crash of the plane he was piloting. A crowd of 51,151 will attend the memorial tribute at Yankee Stadium the following day.

  • 1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season in a 6-5 win over Seattle, tying the American League record he set last season. Henderson is the first player ever to steal 100 bases twice.

  • 1986 - Dodgers Alejandro Pena and Tom Niedenfuer combine to one-hit the Reds, 7-1, allowing only Eddie Milner's leadoff home run off Pena in the sixth inning. It is the fifth time Milner has collected the only hit in a one-hitter, tying Cesar Tovar's Major League record.

  • 1987 - Eric Davis led off the bottom of the 11th inning with his 30th home run of the season, giving the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Davis' homer made him the seventh player with 30 homers and 30 steals in the same season.

  • 1987 - Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6 with two homers and drove in seven runs to pace a 20-hit Kansas City attack as the Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 13-5 in 102-degree heat.

  • 1990 - Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his tenth home run in just 77 at bats, the fastest any player has ever reached that mark. But the Yanks lose to Detroit 6-5 in 11 innings.

  • 1991 - Mike Jeffcoat becomes the first American League pitcher to get an RBI since 1972 in a 15-1 Rangers rout of Milwaukee.

  • 1992 - Tom Seaver, Rollie Fingers, Hal Newhouser and Bill McGowan are enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

  • 1993 - An investor team of Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos and Cincinnati businessman William DeWitt submit a winning bid for the Orioles during a bankruptcy court auction in New York City. Also on the winning team are popular author Tom Clancy and ABC broadcaster Jim McKay.
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remember that tragic day in 1979
 
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VolPack22 said:
On August 2 in Baseball History...​

  • 1906 - Doc White launches the White Sox on a 19-game winning streak (longest in AL history) with a 3-0 win over Boston. The streak, interrupted only by a tie with New York, catapults Chicago from fourth place to first in ten days.

  • 1907 - Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit. The first hit off him is a bunt single by Ty Cobb.

  • 1921 - A Chicago jury brings in a verdict of not guilty against the Black Sox. That night, jurors and defendants celebrate with a party in an Italian restaurant. Ignoring the verdict, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans all eight defendants from baseball for life.

  • 1938 - Larry MacPhail has official baseballs dyed dandelion yellow, and they are used in the first game of a doubleheader between the Dodgers and Cardinals at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers win 6-2. The Dodgers will use up their yellow balls in three more games in 1939.

  • 1959 - Bill Bruton of Milwaukee hit two bases-loaded triples to lead the Braves to an 11-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the nightcap of a doubleheader.

  • 1959 - Giants first baseman Willie McCovey hits the first of his 521 major league home runs, off Ron Kline, as San Francisco downs the Pirates 5-3. Johnny Antonelli wins his 15th game.

  • 1970 - In their last meeting of the year, Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10-8. It is the Orioles' 23rd straight win over the Royals over a two-year span, a major league mark.

  • 1979 - Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, 32, perishes at Canton, Ohio, in a crash of the plane he was piloting. A crowd of 51,151 will attend the memorial tribute at Yankee Stadium the following day.

  • 1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season in a 6-5 win over Seattle, tying the American League record he set last season. Henderson is the first player ever to steal 100 bases twice.

  • 1986 - Dodgers Alejandro Pena and Tom Niedenfuer combine to one-hit the Reds, 7-1, allowing only Eddie Milner's leadoff home run off Pena in the sixth inning. It is the fifth time Milner has collected the only hit in a one-hitter, tying Cesar Tovar's Major League record.

  • 1987 - Eric Davis led off the bottom of the 11th inning with his 30th home run of the season, giving the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Davis' homer made him the seventh player with 30 homers and 30 steals in the same season.

  • 1987 - Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6 with two homers and drove in seven runs to pace a 20-hit Kansas City attack as the Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 13-5 in 102-degree heat.

  • 1990 - Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his tenth home run in just 77 at bats, the fastest any player has ever reached that mark. But the Yanks lose to Detroit 6-5 in 11 innings.

  • 1991 - Mike Jeffcoat becomes the first American League pitcher to get an RBI since 1972 in a 15-1 Rangers rout of Milwaukee.

  • 1992 - Tom Seaver, Rollie Fingers, Hal Newhouser and Bill McGowan are enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

  • 1993 - An investor team of Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos and Cincinnati businessman William DeWitt submit a winning bid for the Orioles during a bankruptcy court auction in New York City. Also on the winning team are popular author Tom Clancy and ABC broadcaster Jim McKay.
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Bet you Judge Landis was a Cubs fan.
 
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Tiger Woods Was Offered LIV Golf Contract in $700M-$800M Range, Greg Norman Says — Bleacher Report

Holy s*** Batman! That’s a lot of money to hit a little white ball.
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People with millions of $$$ have their priorities all out of wack these days. How about feeding the thousands that go hungry & provide shelter to the homeless Americans living on the streets FIRST and all these other things shall be added unto you. This was once said by a very smart man a very long time ago. Just a suggestion on my part.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
People with millions of $$$ have their priorities all out of wack these days. How about feeding the thousands that are hungry & provide shelter to the homeless Americans living on the streets FIRST and all these other things shall be added unto you. This was once said by a very smart man a very long time ago. Just a suggestion on my part.
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This! I was just thinking about the $billion powerball, the other day.
Obviously you wouldn’t get the whole billion, but you could give 100 people $1 million and never even miss it!
 
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This! I was just thinking about the $billion powerball, the other day.
Obviously you wouldn’t get the whole billion, but you could give 100 people $1 million and never even miss it!
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Sadly we live in a broken world where it's "me" first & all the others can suck it.
I know if I had, say won that Powerball money, I'd have to give most of that stuff away to family & friends. You can always be a blessing to others who are in need. God uses people in this world to do good things & if you are blessed to have large sums of money in this world then you should look to the poor & downtrodden first to give of your talents & time plus your money if need be. Rant over ... I hope.
 
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On August 2 in Baseball History...​

  • 1906 - Doc White launches the White Sox on a 19-game winning streak (longest in AL history) with a 3-0 win over Boston. The streak, interrupted only by a tie with New York, catapults Chicago from fourth place to first in ten days.

  • 1907 - Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit. The first hit off him is a bunt single by Ty Cobb.

  • 1921 - A Chicago jury brings in a verdict of not guilty against the Black Sox. That night, jurors and defendants celebrate with a party in an Italian restaurant. Ignoring the verdict, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans all eight defendants from baseball for life.

  • 1938 - Larry MacPhail has official baseballs dyed dandelion yellow, and they are used in the first game of a doubleheader between the Dodgers and Cardinals at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers win 6-2. The Dodgers will use up their yellow balls in three more games in 1939.

  • 1959 - Bill Bruton of Milwaukee hit two bases-loaded triples to lead the Braves to an 11-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the nightcap of a doubleheader.

  • 1959 - Giants first baseman Willie McCovey hits the first of his 521 major league home runs, off Ron Kline, as San Francisco downs the Pirates 5-3. Johnny Antonelli wins his 15th game.

  • 1970 - In their last meeting of the year, Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10-8. It is the Orioles' 23rd straight win over the Royals over a two-year span, a major league mark.

  • 1979 - Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, 32, perishes at Canton, Ohio, in a crash of the plane he was piloting. A crowd of 51,151 will attend the memorial tribute at Yankee Stadium the following day.

  • 1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season in a 6-5 win over Seattle, tying the American League record he set last season. Henderson is the first player ever to steal 100 bases twice.

  • 1986 - Dodgers Alejandro Pena and Tom Niedenfuer combine to one-hit the Reds, 7-1, allowing only Eddie Milner's leadoff home run off Pena in the sixth inning. It is the fifth time Milner has collected the only hit in a one-hitter, tying Cesar Tovar's Major League record.

  • 1987 - Eric Davis led off the bottom of the 11th inning with his 30th home run of the season, giving the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Davis' homer made him the seventh player with 30 homers and 30 steals in the same season.

  • 1987 - Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6 with two homers and drove in seven runs to pace a 20-hit Kansas City attack as the Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 13-5 in 102-degree heat.

  • 1990 - Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his tenth home run in just 77 at bats, the fastest any player has ever reached that mark. But the Yanks lose to Detroit 6-5 in 11 innings.

  • 1991 - Mike Jeffcoat becomes the first American League pitcher to get an RBI since 1972 in a 15-1 Rangers rout of Milwaukee.

  • 1992 - Tom Seaver, Rollie Fingers, Hal Newhouser and Bill McGowan are enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

  • 1993 - An investor team of Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos and Cincinnati businessman William DeWitt submit a winning bid for the Orioles during a bankruptcy court auction in New York City. Also on the winning team are popular author Tom Clancy and ABC broadcaster Jim McKay.
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1907- how fun would it had been to watch that matchup?!😮
1938 - I suppose it’s better than being blue.🤷‍♂️
1987a - one of my childhood favorites, even though the Reds suck!
 
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