This Day in Baseball History

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Well, I didn't come across nor did I find this particular thread so I'll start one up. I always enjoy reading up on baseball history, so without further ado here is "Today in Baseball" for April 29th.

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[nyisles16]

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wow - nice link.. A lot of cool stuff there.

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[ChubbyBanana]

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These are really cool. Nice Find!

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[fugazi]

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Rickey's Record Breaker

and

A Nolan No-No

on the same day...1991.

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----> This Day in Baseball History May 3rd <----

[ChubbyBanana]

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Michael Orschlin becomes the third fan this season to jump onto field at Kauffman Stadium during the ninth inning of a Royals' loss. Orschlin, who jumped to win a $400 bet from a friend, delays the game for 15 minutes as he taken away on a stretcher as a result of broken foot, and the 22-year old will face a fine of $1,000 for trespassing.

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[ChubbyBanana]

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The second inning Chase Field match up of Julio Franco hitting against Randy Johnson marks the oldest hitter-pitcher confrontation in big league history. With a mere 92+ years of age between the two of them, the nearly 49-year old Mets first baseman takes the Diamondback southpaw, four months shy of 44, deep to extend his own record as the oldest player to homer, and with his ninth inning swipe of second he continues to be the oldest to steal a base .

Gotta Love Julio Franco.

[Darkleaf]

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Gotta Love Julio Franco.

I was gonna say the same thing.49 years old wow and he was still swiping bags.

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[ChubbyBanana]

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2008 At Coors field, Derek Lowe throws 43 pitches before he retires the first Rockies batter of the game. The Dodgers starting pitcher never recovers from the 50-pitch, three-run inning first inning leaving after the fifth of an 7-2 eventual loss to Colorado.

I'm gonna call BS on this. First off, that game was played on May 4th, 2008.

Here's the box from Baseball-Reference.com

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...00805040.shtml

The pitch counts don't add up either. They say he had a 50 pitch bottom of the first, the box score says 55.

I don't know where they got it wrong, but still 55 pitches in a single inning is a lot of pitches.

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