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Today in Sports History: October 9th
10/09/1910 - Cobb wins batting title On the final day of the 1910 MLB season, Ty Cobb had a slim lead over Napolean "Nap" Lajoie in the American League batting race. The Chalmers Automobile company had promised to give the batting champions of both the American League and National League a brand...
Know Your Enemy: The Memphis Tigers Football Team
It's time to bring back Miner Rush's pre-game one stop shop for all things Enemy. Let's kick it off with the basics. The Basics: The Memphis Tigers (1-2, 0-1 C-USA) at UTEP Miners (2-1, 0-1 C-USA) All Time Record: Memphis Leads 3-0 Last Meeting: UTEP 20, Memphis 35 (Oct. 10, 2009) Head Coach: ...
Today in Sports History: August 3rd
8/03/1959 - Baseball plays second All-Star Game From 1959 to 1962, Major League Baseball did something very odd: they played two All-Star games. On this day in 1959, the American League defeated the National League, 5-3, in the second edition of the midsummer classic to take place in 1959 -- the...
Today in Sports History: July 23rd
(The famous photo of Cobb. Photo courtesy of Charley Conlon, The Sporting News) 7/23/1910 - Cobb slides into third base It was on this day in 1910 that Charles M. Conlon snapped one of the most famous photographs in all of sports. Jimmy Austin of the New York Highlanders, later known as the New...
Today in Sports History: June 28th
(Fidrych pads the mound. Photo by William T. Anderson, The Detroit News) 6/28/1976 - Fidrych comes on the scene Tigers pitcher Mark Fidrych was a character if baseball ever had one. He padded the pitcher's mound like a nest, he talked to the baseball as if it was a living creature, and he carried...
Today in Sports History: September 19th
(Mantle rounds third on homer run No. 535. Photo courtesy of Bettman/Corbis) Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Avast ye mateys! Today, September 19th, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! And believe it or not, there is a sports connection. The holiday was created by two men, John...
7/12/1979 - Disco Demolition Night
(7,000 fans ruined the twi-night doubleheader. Photo cortesy of AP Photos) Of all the wacky, out-of-control promotions that have been pulled at baseball games -- and there have been a few -- none is as infamous as Disco Demolition Night. The second game of a Thursday night doubleheader between the...
8/19/1951 - Eddie Gaedel walks into history
Eddie Gaedel's one-game stint in Major League Baseball produced nothing of statistical importance: 0-0, 1 walk. Yet the conditions surrounding his at-bat were so preposterous that his appearance in the batter's box is now a part of baseball lore.To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of both the...
Today in Sports History: August 19th
8/19/1921 - Cobb reaches 3KTy Cobb gets a base hit off Red Sox pitcher Elmer Myers, giving him 3,000 for his career. Cobb, who was 34 at the time, would become the first player to also tally 4,000 hits and held the record for the most ever until Pete Rose broke it in 1985. Cobb, whose lifetime .367...
Today in Sports History: May 15th
(The Clippers moved to L.A. on this day in '84. Photo by Noah Graham, Getty Images) 5/15/1912 - Cobb beats up hecklerTy Cobb left the game of baseball as the most respected player in the sport. He retired with more hits, runs, stolen bases, and a higher batting average than anyone in history, and...
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