In our previous edition, we wished a Happy Birthday to Dillon Maples, and provided other such information with which to enrich your experience. Today we have news of such exploits as National Baseball Day, Mr. Cub’s slam, Kerry Wood’s baker’s dozen K’s, and even more prodigious feats.
Today in baseball history:
- 1950 - Connecticut Senator Abe Ribicoff introduces legislation for the observance of a National Baseball Day. (1)
Ribicoff is known more for his role in the 1968 Democratic Convention (he famously opposed Mayor Richard J.