This Date in Baseball

"...Jackie did more to tear down segregation, hotels and
sports arenas than any other man. Nobody will ever do more, because it won't
ever be necessary again." -DON NEWCOMBE, Dodger teammate

1908 Baseball's anthem, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, is introduced by Bill Murray. The song writing team of Albert Von Tilzer (music) and Jack Norworth (words) who created the immortal tune have never seen a game.

1911 The World Series is resumed after six days of rain. The A's, behind the pitching of Chief Bender, beat the Giants and Christy Mathewson 4-2 to give Philadelphia a 3-1 game lead in the Fall Classic.
1951 Larry MacPhail suggests there should be four new major leagues including one located on the West Coast.
1972 The first black player of 20th century dies of heart disease at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. The 53-year old Hall of Famer broke the color line playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
1987 Amidst the deafening noise crowd of the hanky-waving fans in the Metrodome, the Twins staved off elimination as the team scores eight runs in the 5th and 6th innings of Game 6 to beat the Cardinals, 11-5.
1992 In Game 6, Canada wins its first-ever World Series as the Blue Jays beat the Braves, 4-3. Forty-one year old Dave Winfield's 11th inning double is the key hit in Toronto's victory.

2000 Orlando Hernandez (8-0, 1.90) losses his first postseason game as the Mets defeat the Yankees on a tie breaking eight inning double by Benny Agbayani, 4-2. New York native John Franco gets the win ending the Yankees' record 14-game World Series winning streak.
2000 Roger Clemens is fined a reported $50,000 for throwing the jagged barrel of a shattered bat in the direction of Mets catcher Mike Piazza in the first inning Game 2 of the World Series.
2006 Seven month after negotiations began, the Players' Association and MLB officials announce a five-year collective bargaining agreement has been reached. The longest accord in baseball history, which will end in 2011, assures the game will have a span of 16 years without a work stoppage.