MLB Schedule - 6/26 Reds at Pirates - 5:40Astros at Tigers - 5:40Nationals at Orioles - 6:05Rangers at Blue Jays - 6:07Diamondbacks at Rays - 6:10Yankees at Red Sox - 6:10Phillies at Mets - 6:10Mariners at Guardians - 6:10Royals at White Sox - 6:40Cubs at Brewers -...
1819 – Abner Doubleday, the man largely credited with inventing baseball, is born. 1916 – The White Sox and Indians play in a game where the players had numbers on their sleeves, making it the first game that players were identified by numbers. 1944 – The New York...
1903 - Boston Beaneater pitcher Wiley Piatt becomes the only pitcher in the 20th century to lose two complete games in one day, dropping both games to Pittsburgh 1-0 and 5-3. 1918 - Babe Ruth becomes the second player in American League History to hit a home run in...
1882 – Richard Higham becomes the only umpire to be banished from baseball after it is discovered he was part of fixing games. 1922 – The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League. 1922 – The Chicago Staleys change their name...
1917 – After Babe Ruth is ejected for throwing a pitch at an umpire, Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore enters the game and retires all 26 hitters that he faced in a win over the Washington Senators. It is ruled as a combined no-hitter. 1922 – Johnny Weissmuller breaks his...
1937 – Joe Louis knocks out James J. Braddock to win his first heavyweight boxing title. 1979 – The NHL expands to 21 teams as the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques, and Winnipeg Jets, all part of the WHA, join the league. 1981 – Tennis player John...
1932 – German boxer Max Schmeling loses the NYSAC, NBA and lineal heavyweight boxing titles in a controversial split points decision to American Jack Sharkey. 1939 – The Yankees announce Lou Gehrig’s retirement after he is diagnosed with ALS. 1960 – Armin Hary of West...
1903 – Boston Beaneater pitcher Wiley Piatt becomes the only pitcher in the 20th century to...
