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Fox Sports – Nolan Ryan and Robin Ventura’s first meeting in 19 years was much more peaceful than the last one. And less public.
Ryan and Ventura engaged in a famous on-field fight back on Aug. 4, 1993, after Ryan plunked Ventura with a fastball.
The two had never spoken since then, merely by circumstance. Ryan, now the Rangers CEO and part owner, quietly went into the White Sox clubhouse before Friday’s Opening Day game to meet with Ventura.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers fan killed last month when he fell from the stands at Rangers Ballpark while reaching for a ball will be honored with a bronze statue at the stadium.
The Rangers announced Monday that the statue will depict Brownwood firefighter Shannon Stone and his 6-year-old son Cooper at a Rangers game. The statue likely will be in place for next season outside the park’s home plate gate.
Rangers CEO and President Nolan Ryan said it’s a fitting tribute to honor Stone, who fell as he reached for a foul ball tossed his way by Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton.
Stone’s wife, Jenny, said her family was “touched and grateful” and hoped the sculpture would be a reminder of “the importance of a family’s love – love of each other, love of spending time together, and love of the game.”
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1945 – Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually
1970 – Mrs. Pat Palinkas became the first woman to ‘play’ in a pro football game when she held the ball for the Orlando, FL, Panthers.
1984 – Pete Rose returned to become player and manager of the Cincinnati Reds. He had been away from his hometown for six years. Rose had been in Philadelphia and Montreal.
1989 – Cancer sufferer/SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound
1990 – Mark McGwire hit a grand slam in the 10th inning to become the first major league player to hit 30 or more homers in his first four seasons. The Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2.
1993 – Nolan Ryan got his 324th and final victory. The Texas Rangers beat the Indians 4-1.
1997 – Dan Wilson hit the 3,000th Seattle Mariners homerun.
1997 – The Los Angeles Dodgers retired Tommy Lasorda’s #2.
Texas Rangers CEO and president Nolan Ryan underwent a series of precautionary tests in a Houston hospital on Monday that revealed no new developments with the recurrence of his heart condition, the club announced Monday afternoon.
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1876 – Baseball’s 1st no-hitter, St Louis’ George W Bradley no-hits Hartford
1909 – Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs
1960 – Baltimore Orioles Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle
1970 – Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship
1973 – California Angels Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0
1980 – Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra’s record
1991 – Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men’s pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks & Phila Spirit
1994 – NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit
1999 – The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners’ Safeco Field was held in Seattle, Washington.
1914 – Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleve 4-3
1923 – Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M
1985 – Astros’ Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets’ Danny Heep)
1987 – Orioles Cal Ripken becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
1987 – Bo Jackson signed a contract to play football for the L.A. Raiders for 5 years. He was also continued to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals.
1988 – Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
1877 – 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held
1953 – Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games
1988 – Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3
1991 – South Africa readmitted to Olympics
1994 – 11,000th HR in NY Yankees history (Matt Nokes)
1997 – Mike Tyson is banned from boxing, for biting Holyfield’s ear
2000 – Pete Sampras of the United States set a record when he won the men’s singles tennis championship at Wimbledon. It was his 13th Grand Slam title.
2002 – The major league baseball All-Star game ended in a 7-7 tie after 11 innings. Baseball commission Bud Selig called the game after both team managers informed him that they had run out of players.
1910 – Race riots broke out all over the United States after African-American Jack Johnson knocked out Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match.
1919 – Jack Dempsey won the world heavyweight champion when he defeated Jess Willard.
1934 – Boxer Joe Louis won his first professional fight.
1939 – Lou Gehrig retired from major league baseball.
1980 – Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) got his 3,000th career strikeout.
1980 – Martina Navratilova won her sixth straight Wimbledon singles championship and her eighth overall.
2003 – Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers) was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after turning himself in to police. He was released after posting a $25,000 bond.
1901 – 1st golf championship is played
1933 – Lou Gehrig & Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn’t, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games
1952 – Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss
1963 – NY Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR
1965 – Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney no-hits NY Mets but loses in 11, 1-0
1969 – Oakland A’s Reggie Jackson gets 10 RBIs to beat Red Sox 21-7
1974 – Angels’ Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox in 12 innings
1979 – NY Giants Willie McCovey 513th HR is an NL lefty record
1989 – Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams
2004 – Jim Thome (Philadelphia Phillies) became the 37th player in major league history to reach 400 career home runs.
2005 – Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new Men’s 100 meters world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium
2009 – Phil Jackson (Los Angeles Lakers) recorded his 10th NBA title as coach
1895 – 1st auto race
1904 – Cub’s Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0
1911 – Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15
1927 – Babe Ruth hits 19th & 20th of 60 HRs
1961 – Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs
1967 – Chicago Cubs (7) & NY Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game
1990 – Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)
1992 – US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venezuela 20-0
1995 – Mark McGwire tied a major league record when he hit home runs in five consecutive games.
1995 – Lee Smith set a major league record when he got his 16th consecutive save in 16 appearances.
2010 – ESPN launched ESPN 3D.
1948 – Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecut hitting streak at 23
1952 – 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing
1955 – NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550′ HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
1974 – A’s Reggie Jackson & Bill North engage in clubhouse fight at Detroit
1977 – LA Dodgers retire Walt Alston’s #24
1981 – Astro’s Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader (1,777)
1989 – Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Milwaukee Brewers win 5-3
1917 – Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I
1918 – White Sox losing 5-4 against NY Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play
1923 – NY Giants beat Phillies, 22-5, Giants score in every inning
1925 – Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games)
1937 – Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St Louis Browns, 8-0
1938 – Protective baseball helmets 1st worn by batters
1939 – 1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer
1939 – 1st night game at Philadelphia’s Shribe Park (Pirates 5, Phillies 2)
1975 – California Angels Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Baltimore Orioles, 1-0
1982 – Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year
1989 – Robin Givens & Mike Tyson granted final divorce in NJ
1990 – Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974
1992 – Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games
1997 – Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village CC, 14 under par
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
1908 – 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
1947 – Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through out US
1956 – Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
1961 – NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio
1981 – 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL
1983 – Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
1905 – Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play
1912 – 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
1931 – Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season
1941 – A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
1961 – Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
1966 – Arnold “Red” Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic’s coach
1980 – Phillies’ Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards)
1988 – NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season
1990 – Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller’s record of pitching 12 1-hitters
1995 – Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
1919 – Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season
1939 – Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR
1950 – 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
1954 – Hammerin’ Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
1958 – Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game
1962 – NY Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1
1969 – LA Laker Jerry West scores 53 points
1989 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
1989 – Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning