Monday, July 7, 2008

Weekly Sports History

I'm going to start something new and we'll see how it goes. I love sports history and I was thinking of starting something titled Weekly Sports History where we review what took place at the current time of the year in the world of sports for a period of a week at a time like you see below. I apologize because I may miss a couple weeks here or there, but hey, this is the first so here you go:

July 7, 1997
- Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open
July 8, 1900- 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)
July 8, 1918 - Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to a triple
July 9, 1877 - 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held
July 9, 1997 - Mike Tyson is banned from boxing, for biting Holyfield's ear
July 10, 1914 - Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles
July 11, 1914 - Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleve 4-3
July 11, 1988 - Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
July 11, 1989 - President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game
July 12, 1928 - 1st televised tennis match
July 12, 1959 - NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during ankee-Red Sox game
July 13, 1985 - NY Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniforms

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