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<blockquote data-quote="floridays" data-source="post: 4555882" data-attributes="member: 68849"><p>Just for you [USER=10933]@Covemastah[/USER] ,</p><p></p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>1921</strong></td><td>At Navin Field in Detroit, Babe Ruth becomes the all-time home run leader when he hits his 139th career blast as a major leaguer. The Yankee slugger&#039;s 36th homer of the season, a mammoth shot that travels over 500 feet, puts him ahead of Roger Connor, who connected for 138 round-trippers during his 18 years in the National League.</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>1976</strong></td><td>After the Red Sox drops eight of its last 11 games, the fifth-place team (41-45) fire Darrell Johnson, replacing their manager, who led the team to the American League pennant last season, with third-base coach Don Zimmer. Although last year&#039;s AL&#039;s champs, posting a mediocre 41-45 record and trailing the division-leading Yankees by 13 games, climbed above the .500 mark earlier in the month, they couldn&#039;t overcome their poor start, when they lost 15 of their first 21 decisions.</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>1987</strong></td><td>With his home run leading off the top of the fourth inning off Jose Guzman in the Yankees&#039; 7-2 loss to Texas at Arlington Stadium, Don Mattingly ties Dale Long&#039;s 1956 major-league record by homering in eight consecutive games. Ken Griffey Jr. will equal the mark in 1993 with the Mariners.</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>1999</strong></td><td><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">On Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium, David Cone becomes the 16th pitcher in major league history and the third Yankee to toss a perfect game when he beats the Expos, 6-0. In pregame ceremonies, Don Larsen threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Yogi, commemorating his 1956 World Series perfect game.</span></td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="floridays, post: 4555882, member: 68849"] Just for you [USER=10933]@Covemastah[/USER] , [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]1921[/B][/TD] [TD]At Navin Field in Detroit, Babe Ruth becomes the all-time home run leader when he hits his 139th career blast as a major leaguer. The Yankee slugger's 36th homer of the season, a mammoth shot that travels over 500 feet, puts him ahead of Roger Connor, who connected for 138 round-trippers during his 18 years in the National League.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]1976[/B][/TD] [TD]After the Red Sox drops eight of its last 11 games, the fifth-place team (41-45) fire Darrell Johnson, replacing their manager, who led the team to the American League pennant last season, with third-base coach Don Zimmer. Although last year's AL's champs, posting a mediocre 41-45 record and trailing the division-leading Yankees by 13 games, climbed above the .500 mark earlier in the month, they couldn't overcome their poor start, when they lost 15 of their first 21 decisions.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]1987[/B][/TD] [TD]With his home run leading off the top of the fourth inning off Jose Guzman in the Yankees' 7-2 loss to Texas at Arlington Stadium, Don Mattingly ties Dale Long's 1956 major-league record by homering in eight consecutive games. Ken Griffey Jr. will equal the mark in 1993 with the Mariners.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]1999[/B][/TD] [TD][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]On Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium, David Cone becomes the 16th pitcher in major league history and the third Yankee to toss a perfect game when he beats the Expos, 6-0. In pregame ceremonies, Don Larsen threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Yogi, commemorating his 1956 World Series perfect game.[/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]

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