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Today In Sports History: September 22, 2011

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Today In Sports History: September 22, 2011

1911 – Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511

1920 – Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series

1927 – In Chicago, IL, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous “long-count” fight.

1934 – The NHL approved a new rule that allowed the awarding of penalty shots.

1945 – Stan Musial gets 5 hits off 5 pitchers on 5 consecutive pitches

1968 – Cesar Tovar became the second major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.

1969 – Willie Mays hit his 600th career home run.

1987 – NFL players go on strike for 24 days

1991 – Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory

2006 – Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) tied Hank Aaron’s National League home run record when he hit is 733rd.

Lincecum challenging fans to video competition

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One fortunate fan will get a chance to take swings off Tim Lincecum next spring.

The San Francisco Giants ace is challenging fans to a video competition in which they are asked to duplicate his unorthodox delivery on video for an opportunity to hit – or strike out, for that matter – against the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner at spring training next year.

The entry period for fans to submit their best version of the right-hander’s pitching motion began Tuesday and goes through Sept. 16. They can go to facebook.com/timlincecum.

Lincecum says the “Red Bull Ultimate” competition will be judged in multiple rounds based on creativity, originality, performance and skill level, and demonstrated passion for the sport and Lincecum.

Entries are limited to one per person.

Lincecum, the shaggy haired four-time All-Star, is 10-9 with a 2.69 ERA and 165 strikeouts this season for the reigning World Series champions.

© 2011 The Associated Press

Today In Sports History: August 6, 2011

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1890 – Cy Young pitches & wins 1st game

1949 – Chicago White Sox player Luke Appling played in the 2,154th game of his 19-year, major league career.

1952 – Satchel Paige, at age 46, became the oldest pitcher to complete a major league baseball game.

1953 – Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from the military

1969 – The first fair ball to be hit completely out of Dodger Stadium occurred. Willie “Pops” Stargell, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit the ball 506 feet from home plate.

1981 – Lee Trevino was disqualified from the PGA Championship in Duluth, GA when he had his scorecard signed by Tom Weiskopf instead of himself.

1989 – Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski’s #8

1990 – NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th HR in 1st 86 at bats

Today In Sports History: July 12, 2011

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1901 – Cy Young wins his 300th game

1914 – Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox

1921 – Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs

1928 – 1st televised tennis match

1931 – 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game & 21 in 2nd game for 32

1945 – Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games

1949 – Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence

1954 – Major League Baseball Players Assn founded

1959 – NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during ankee-Red Sox game

1979 – “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild & causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers

1987 – Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief

1988 – Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Boggs had an affair with her

1996 – Kirby Puckett, retires from Minnesota Twins

1996 – Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million

1997 – Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive gane with out being no-hit

1997 – Pirates Francisco Cordova & Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn

Today In Sports History: May 19, 2011

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1909 – Jack Johnson fights Jack O’Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title

1910 – Cleveland Indians Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings

1911 – Philadelphia Athletics are 12½ games back in AL, & will win World Series

1912 – AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb’s suspension, they will be banned from baseball

1935 – NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936

1942 – Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson & Wagner)

1960 – Juan Marichal debuts as SF Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter

1962 – Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner’s NL hit record with 3,431

1984 – Pat Lafontaine scores 2 goals within 22 sec in an NHL playoff game

1988 – Red Sox retire Bobby Doerr’s #1

1991 – Willy T Ribbs becomes 1st black driver to make Indianapolis 500

1994 – Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center

Today In Sports History: May 5, 2011

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1863 – Joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for US boxing title in 63rd round

1904 – Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Phila A’s (3-0)

1925 – Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases)

1938 – Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning

1956 – World championships of Judo are 1st held, in Tokyo

1966 – Willie Mays hit his 512th HR

1978 – Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits

1987 – Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East

1995 – Last basketball game at Boston Garden (Magic beats Celtics)

Today In Sports History: May 1, 2011

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1883 – Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st NL game since 1876

1883 – NY Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer

1891 – Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland’s League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati

1901 – Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox

1901 – Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League

1920 – Babe Ruth’s 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds

1940 – The 1940 Olympics are cancelled

1947 – Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stadium

1951 – Mickey Mantle’s 1st HR

1959 – White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR

1983 – Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508)

1991 – A’s Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks

1991 – Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0)

1992 – LA Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King

1996 – Gerald Williams is 1st NY Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game