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Today in Baseball History:

  • 1918 - The Star Spangled Banner is played for what is believed to be the first time during the seventh inning of a World Series game. The custom of playing it before a game will not begin until World War II.
  • 1979 - Oakland pitcher Matt Keough beats the Brewers, earning the victory after fourteen straight losses.
  • 1998 - Mark McGwire becomes only the third player ever to hit sixty homeruns...

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  • Matt Olson homered twice yesterday.