1914 — Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Naps collected his 3,000th hit in the opening game of a doubleheader, a 5-3 win over the New York Yankees at League Park II. Lajoie doubled off of Marty McHale for ...
It's hard to explain to younger people today exactly how much the summer of 1998 brought the nation together. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were chasing Roger Maris's long-standing record of 61 ...
Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh launched two homers on Wednesday to become the seventh player in MLB history to hit 60 home runs in a season.
1894 — Aqueduct Race Track opens its doors. The building is torn down in 1955 and the new Aqueduct reopens on Sept. 14, 1959. 1947 — Armed, then the world’s leading money-winning thoroughbred, meets ...