| 1972 | Minnesota's Jim Kaat, sporting a 10-2 record and a 2.07 ERA, broke his pitching hand while sliding. He missed the remainder of the season. Kaat got credit for the 6-4 win over the White Sox. Tom Bradley won his 10th in the nitecap, a 2-1 win for Chicago. If Kaat had not gotten injured during probably his most dominant season, would he be in the Hall of Fame now? |
| 1987 | Jim Eisenreich, making a comeback after being forced out of the major leagues by a nervous disorder in 1984, hit his first ML home run since 1982 to lead the Royals to a 10-3 win over his former club, the Twins. Eisenreich also added a double and four RBIs. |
| 2006 | Rookie sensation Francisco Liriano pitched eight shutout innings in an 8-0 victory over the Brewers to improve to 9-1 with a 1.99 ERA. Liriano allowed only three hits and one walk with 12 strikeouts. |
| 2007 | With manager Joe Torre watching from the Yankee dugout, Roger Clemens threw eight innings of two-hit ball in a 5-1 win over the Twins to become the eighth pitcher to record 350 career victories. The New York manager was the catcher for Warren Spahn's 350th win making him a participant of the only two occasions that a pitcher has reached the milestone since 1928. |
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 Wolves lose again by 22, Kevin Love down to 17 minutes. This is the worst possible situation for the Wolves. They are driving what is left of their fan base with a tremendous stretch of terrible basketball. Their best, or second-best, player has checked out and is getting buried on the bench. I doubt that Love is in their long term plans. How's that O.J. Mayo deal looking now? |
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