This Day in Baseball - The Daily Rewind
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September 21, 1958 At Fenway Park, the Red Sox complete a three-game sweep of the
Senators, all by 2 - 0 shutouts.. Today's win, however, is marred when Ted
Williams, after striking out looking with two aboard to end the third inning,
flings his bat aside in a fit of anger.
Unfortunately,the intended flip along the ground sails into the stands and striking, of all
people, Boston GM Joe Cronin's 69-year-old housekeeper, Gladys Heffernan, in
the head. "I didn't mean to throw the bat that way," explains the
distraught Williams. "I started to flip it along the ground but the sticky
stuff on my hands stuck to it and it left my hands on the fly instead. I was
sick." Thankfully Heffernan was not badly hurt.
September21, 2001 A crowd of 41,235 at Shea Stadium witness the return of baseball to
New York City for the first time since the terrorist attacks of September 11.
Uplifting ceremonies before and during the game, which include singers Diana
Ross, Marc Anthony and Liza Minnelli as well as bagpipers, pay tribute to
victims of the tragedy.
September 21, 1934 - The Dean Brothers shut out the Dodgers. After Dizzy gives up just 3
hits in a 13 - 0 victory, allowing no hits until the 8th, Paul wins a no hitter
3 - 0. Diz says: "If'n Paul had told me he was gonna pitch a no-hitter,
I'd of throwed one, too."
September21, 1970 The A's Vida Blue no-hits the Twins 6 - 0, becoming the youngest
pitcher to perform the feat since Paul Dean, 36 years ago to the day. An Oakland crowd of only 4,284 watches Blue's 2nd ML start.
September21, 1981 - Steve Carlton fans 12 Expos in 10 innings to break Bob Gibson's
National League strikeout record. Carlton now has 3,128 K’s, but the Phillies
lose to the Expos 1 - 0 in 17 innings.
September21, 1987 - With two stolen bases against the Cubs, Darryl Strawberry joins
teammate Howard Johnson as a member of the 30/30 club. It is the first time in
major league history players on the same team have hit 30 homers and have
stolen 30 bases in the same year
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