citrin@ucbvax.ARPA (Wayne Citrin) (08/19/85)
This year, the New York Times has been publishing a "Today in Baseball"
feature listing the notable things which happened on that particular
date in previous years. Often the events haven't been so notable,
but today, August 19, there was an unusually interesting collection.
The years listed below are guesses, since I don't have the paper with me.
1909 - The Philadelphia Phillies were rained out for the tenth consecutive
day, still a major league record.
1951 - Eddie Gaedel, the midget, made his first and only major league
appearance, for the Chicago White Sox. He walked and was immediately
replaced with a pinch-runner.
1956 - Horace Stoneham, owner of the New York Giants, announced that the
Giants' board of directors had voted to move the team to San Francisco.
1965 - Jim Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds pitched his second no-hitter of
the season. In both games he pitched ten innings of no-hit ball.
Wayne Citrin
(ucbvax!citrin)