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10 in a game played against the Baltimore Orioles on September 14, 1987, a game won by the Blue Jays 18-3. Ernie Whitt hit 3 home runs, George Bell and Rance Mulliniks each hit 2 home runs, and Rob Ducey, Lloyd Moseby, and Fred McGriff each hit 1 home run.

LIEPAJA, Latvia - Slovakia won the Group A of the Women's Olympic Pre-Qualification and have advanced to the Final Olympic Qualification. Slovakia started with a pair of two-goal wins against Latvia (2-0) and Italy (3-1). Next, the Slovaks beat Croatia 18-1, and finally handed newcomer Bulgaria a record 82-0 loss in a game with 139-0 shots-on-goal tally. International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) confirmed the new record score for a women's IIHF-sanctioned event. However, it didn't beat the 92-0 win of South Korea over Thailand in the men's 1998 Asia-Oceania U18 Championship.

Buster Posey won two World Serries with the San Francisco Giants and he's a Rookie Catcher and other people too but GO GIANTS WOO HOO 2012 WORLD SERRIES CHAMPIONS HAHAHA BOO A'S

The most runs the Yankees have scored in one inning is 14in the 5th inning of a game against the Washington Nationals on July 6, 1920.

Hector Villanueva wore 19 during the 1991 & 1992 seasons with the Cubs. He wore #32 when he was a rookie in 1990 but the following season the Cubs signed Pitcher Danny Jackson and he wore 32, so Hector switched to #19. Other Cubs who wore 19 were: Manny Trillo Elder White Pat Bourque Hee Seop Choi

Nick Swisher was the Yankees starting right fielder for 2011.

In Major League Baseball, the club house attendents or umpires rub at least 5 dozen balls before each game.

The 1927 Yankees, arguably the greatest baseball team of all-time, had a winning percentage of .714 (coincidentally the number of career homeruns by Babe Ruth) by going 110-44. In 1998, they had a winning percentage of .704 with a won-loss record of 114-48.

These are the only years their winning percentage was above .700. They swept the World Series in both of these years.

Currently, there are only a handful of Cuban born players in MLB.

Danys Baez, Yuniesky Betancourt, Jose Contreas, Adrian Hernandez, Livan Hernandez, Orlando Hernandez, Eli Marrero, Kendry Morales, Vladimir Nunez, Rey Ordonez, Eddie Oropesa, Brayan Pena, Alex Sanchez, Alay Soler, and Michael Tejera.

Click on the 'MLB players born in Cuba' link on this page to see all players who have played in the majors that were born in Cuba.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Through games played on June 15, 2009 Griffey Jr. is the active player with the most base hits with 2714. Omar Viquel is second with 2676.

John Costello played in 4 games at pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1990, starting in none of them. He played for a total of 13 outs, equivalent to .48 9-inning games.

He made no putouts, had no assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per 9-inning game. He had no double plays.

The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and San Francisco Giants do not display their players' names on their home uniforms. While the Red Sox and Giants have their players' names on their away jerseys, the Yankees do not display them on their road jerseys.

The Boston Red Sox won 9 games against the New York Yankees in 2009, and lost 9.

No player ever hit a home run to the center field bleachers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

Detroit Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya on Oct. 10, 2006 recorded a pitched fastball in a game at 104.8 MPH. It's the only recorded pitch over 103MPH.

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your so wrong it's Stephen Strasburgh he's 19 ( i think ) and is being drafted onto the Washington Nationals in 2010. the pitch was 117mph

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Recorded when and by whom?

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Recorded July 10th, 2009
who: well i dont know but i read in the NEWSPAPER it happened


That's called a press release. Never happened.

Yadier Molina and Evan Longoria each have 26.

There are now 4 in MLB ...

1) Babe Ruth (born February 6, 1895) on May 25, 1935 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. These were the last 3 home runs of his MLB career.

2) Stan Musial (born November 21, 1920) on July 8, 1962 against the New York Mets.

3) Reggie Jackson (born May 18, 1946) on September 18, 1986 against the Kansas City Royals.

4) Jason Giambi (born January 8, 1971) on May 19, 2011 agaainst the Philadelphia Phillies.

All 30 have aleast one Dominican unless they are on the DL.

no he had 7 no hitters but never could get that perfect game due to the fact that he never had very good control. no he had 7 no hitters but never could get that perfect game due to the fact that he never had very good control.

The 1950 Yankees starting lineup:

1b- Johnny Mize

2b- Jerry Coleman

SS - Phil Rizzuto

3b- Billy Johnson

LF - Gene Woodling

CF - Joe DiMaggio

RF - Hank Bauer

C - Yogi Berra

Except for Bauer and Berra, there were lots of changes in the Yanks' lineup between '51 and '59.

The 1959 Yankee starting lineup:

1b - Bill Skowron

2b- Bobby Richardson

SS - Tony Kubek

3b - Hector Lopez (acquired during the season)

LF - Norm Siebern

CF- Mickey Mantle

RF - Hank Bauer

C - Yogi Berra

The present Saint Louis Cardinals are a direct descendant of the team formed in 1882, that played in the American Association. In 1891, that league went bankrupt, but the Saint Louis team went to the National League, where they remain to this day.

Records show that 63 people have managed this team over the decades.

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Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra both had their # 8 retired