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Today in Sports History: August 26th
8/26/1987 - Molitor's streak ends Paul Molitor has his hitting streak end at 39 straight games, as his Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cleveland Indians 1-0 in ten innings. Molitor went 0-4 but could have had another at-bat to extend his hitting streak; instead, pinch-hitter Rick Manning drove in the...
Today in Sports History: May 9th
5/09/1984 - White Sox beat Brewers in 25 The Chicago White Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 after 25 innings of baseball. The game finished one inning shy of the record for most innings -- in 1920, the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers played 26 innings before the game was called a tie due to...
Today in Sports History: September 9th
9/09/1960 - Broncos win inaugural AFL game The Denver Broncos defeat the Boston Patriots, 13-10, in the first ever game played in the American Football League. The Broncos had lost all five of their exhibition games and wouldn't experience a winning season until 1973 -- after they had already...
Today in Sports History: July 20th
(Tim Donaghy looks on. File photo by Rocky Widner, Getty Images) 7/20/1969 - The Moon Landing and Gaylord Perry In 1962, Giants rookies pitcher Gaylord Perry was taking batting practice when Harry Jupiter of the San Francisco Chronicle approached his manager, Alvin Dark. Noting that Perry was...
Today in Sports History: September 28th
9/28/1941 - Williams hits .406Entering the final day of the regular season, Ted William's batting average stood at .3995. Statistically, Williams was assured that his batting average would be rounded up to .400, which would make him the first man to bat that high since Bill Terry of the New York...
Today in Sports History: July 9th
(Photo of an AP article in the Fitchburg Sentinel, 1968) 7/09/1914 - Wagner climbs to 3,000 At the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner doubles off Erskin Mayer to earn the 3,000th hit of his career -- joining Cap Anson as the only men to do so. Wagner was one...
Brewers Prospect Out 6-8 Weeks
Keith Law of ESPN.com is reporting that Brewers prospect Lorenzo Cain will be out for 4-6 weeks with a torn posterior cruciate ligament. The injury happened when Cain made a diving play for a ball last Thursday, but the injury won't require surgery.Cain was 0-14 prior to going down for the Double-A...
Ticket Exchanges: April 29-30-May 1 Series
This post is for ticket requests/sales for the series against the Brewers, April 29, April 30 and May 1. Game times: April 29 & 30, 7:05; May 1, 1:20. Reminder, face value only for tickets, please. If this post's comments get disabled, please email me and I'll re-enable them.
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