Today In Sports History 6/7

Our past has shaped the present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history today.

Baseball

• In 1892 John J. Doyle of Cleveland Spiders is the first to pinch hit in a baseball game

Golf

• In 1952 at the Curtis Cup Women’s Golf, Muirfield, Scotland, Great Britain and Ireland score first ever win in the contest, they beat US 5-4

Miscellaneous

• In 1970 American jockey Bill Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 career win

NBA

• In 1978 in the 32nd NBA Championship, Washington Bullets beat Seattle Supersonics, 4 games to 3

NHL

• In 1989 Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years

Olympics

• In 1989 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires