This Day in Baseball: 1988, Jose Canseco steals his 40th base, then hits his 41st homer later that same game and becomes the first player ever to go 40-40. Then he ripped second base right out of the ground and kept it as a souvenir. Beast
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This Day in Baseball: Randy Johnson aka "The Big Unit" is born in 1963.
303 wins, 4,875 strikeouts, 5 Cy Youngs, a perfect game , and an exploded bird.
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TDIB 9/8/1965: Sandy Koufax throws a perfect game against the Cubs, striking out 14 and no-hitting them 1-0. His 4th career no-hitter. Filthy.
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This Day in Baseball: On 9/3/1917, Grover Cleveland Alexander threw BOTH games of a doubleheader. 18 innings, 2 CG wins, just 7 hits allowed. Workhorse.
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On this day in 1964, Masanori Murakami took the mound for the Giants — the first Japanese-born player in MLB history. Opened the door for every NPB star who followed. 🇯🇵⚾️
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On this day in 1987, Mike Schmidt crushed his 522nd career HR — passing Ted Williams AND Willie McCovey on the all-time list in one swing.
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