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Historical MLB Anniversary Highlights
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1955 At Kansas City's Municipal Stadium, the @WhiteSox tie a modern major league mark for most runs scored by a single team in a game when the team drubs the A's, 29-6. @MLB @Athletics

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1962 In the team's tenth attempt, the @Mets win their first game in franchise history, defeating the @Pirates at Forbes Field, 9-1. @MLB

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2008 Joining the @SFGiants, the @Cubs become the second franchise in @MLB history to win 10,000 games, beating the @Rockies in a ten-inning contest at Coors Field, 7-6.

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1999 Fernando Tatis becomes the only player in baseball history to hit two grand slams in one inning when he collects eight RBIs in one frame to breaks the old record of six. @Cardinals @Dodgers @MLB

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1954 At Busch Stadium, Hank Aaron hits the first of his 755 career home runs in his seventh major league game. @Braves @Cardinals @MLB

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2000 At Toronto's SkyDome, @Yankees Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada, in a 10-7 victory over the @BlueJays, become the first teammates to each homer from both sides of the plate in the same game. @MLB

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2018 Brandon Belt works the most extended at-bat in @MLB history, seeing 21 first-inning pitches from LA's Jaime Barria in the @SFGiants 4-2 victory at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Lasting 12m45s, and including 16 foul balls, 10 are consecutive. @MLB @Angels

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2000 @Angels Mo Vaughn, Tim Salmon, and Troy Glaus all go deep in the 4th inning against @RaysBaseball Dwight Gooden, and then they again homer off Roberto Hernandez in the 9th. It is the 1st time in @MLB history that the same 3 players homer in the same inning twice in a game.

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2010 The @Brewers, with a 20-0 rout at PNC Park, hand the @Pirates their most-lopsided loss in the 124-year history of the franchise. The victory completes a three-game sweep of the Bucs in which the Brew Crew outscored their opponents, 36-1. @MLB

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1959 In the seventh inning of a 20-6 rout of Kansas City, the @WhiteSox score 11 runs on just one hit. The other Municipal Stadium baserunners get on thanks to two errors, ten walks, and one hit batsman. @Royals @MLB

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2007 The @RedSox become the fifth big-league team to hit four consecutive homers in an inning when Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell, and Jason Varitek go deep with two outs in the third inning at Fenway off @Yankees starter Chase Wright. @MLB

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1903 In the first game of franchise history, the New York Highlanders (later to be renamed @Yankees) lose their opener to Washington at American League Park, 3-1. @MLB

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1891 Exposition Park, which opened last year as the home of the Pittsburgh Burghers of the short-lived Players' League, hosts its first @Pirates game, a National League contest that the Bucs lose to Chicago, 7-6. @Cubs @MLB

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1914 Babe Ruth, in his first pro game, blanks Providence to give Baltimore a 6-0 International League victory. @MLB #BabeRuth

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1876 Three thousand fans attend the Philadelphia @Athletics' 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Caps in the first game ever played in the National League. @RedSox @MLB

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2011 Bud Selig announces @MLB is taking over operations of the Dodgers because of concerns over team finances and the ability of Frank McCourt to run the franchise.

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2006 Appearing as a pinch-hitter at Petco Park, @Meta Julio Franco becomes the oldest major leaguer to hit a home run. (47 years, 240 days old) @Padres @MLB

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2013 In an emotional ceremony before the team's first game at Fenway Park since the bombing at the Boston Marathon, the @RedSox David Ortiz gives a memorable speech to fans in attendance. https://t.co/nm0PkwX8DL

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1988 The @Orioles break a major league record for consecutive losses at the start of a season, a mark the team shared with the 1904 Senators and 1920 Tigers when they lose their 14th straight contest since Opening Day, an 8-6 loss to the @Brewers. @MLB