Today In Sports History 4/28

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

Baseball

• 1901 – Cleveland Blues’ pitcher Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Blues 13-1.
• 1930 – First night organized baseball game (Independence, Kansas).
• 1934 – Detroit Tigers’ Goose Goslin grounds into four straight double plays.
• 1956 – Cincinnati Reds’ Frank Robinson hits his first of 586 home runs.
• 1961 – Warren Spahn pitches second no-hitter at age 41, beats San Francisco Giants, 1-0.
• 1966 – Cleveland Indians tie record with 10th straight win since Opening Day.
• 1985 – Billy Martin named New York Yankees’ manager for fourth time.
• 1985 – Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless innings to start season.
• 1988 – Baltimore Orioles lose American League record 21 games in a row.
• 1992 – Milwaukee Brewers beat Toronto Blue Jays 22-2 with American League record 31 hits in 9 innings.

Basketball

• 1966 – 20th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3.
• 1987 – NBA announces expansion to Charlotte, North Carolina and Miami, Florida in 1988 and Minneapolis, Minnesota and Orlando, Florida in 1989.
• 1990 – Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat New York Knicks 157-128.

Boxing

• 1967 – Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and is stripped of boxing title.

Golf

• 1952 – Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open.
• 1957 – Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open.
• 1963 – Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
• 1968 – Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies’ Golf Invitational.
• 1974 – Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic.
• 1985 – Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic.
• 1996 – Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic.

Hockey 

• 1988 – New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes.
• 1993 – New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals four to one in playoffs, Capitals Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey’s worst cheap shot.

Miscellaneous

• 1965 – Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola.

Olympics

• 1931 – Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track and field events.

Soccer

• 1901 – First soccer game between Belgium (8) and Netherlands (0).
• 1923 – Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers versus West Ham United (FA Cup).
• 1934 – Soccer team Blue White ’34 forms.