In this edition of the Sports Break we cover the top events in sports history along with the players and athletes that were a part of them for August 9. As a bonus we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
9 August in Sports History
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Daily Digits August 9
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.
14 - 23 - 29 - 45 - 99
August 9, 1925 - We had the only time the the Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth was pinch-hit for. In this occurence Bobby Veach flied out as the Bambino and everyone in the stands asked ,"Why?"
August 9, 1946 - 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night
August 9, 1964 - Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Jim Bunning, Number 14 had been pitching a perfect game to New York Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Number 23, Joe Christopher laid down and then beat out a bunt. Bunning lasted a total of 15 innings on the mound.
August 9, 1971 - Negro League and MLB legend Satchel Paige, most famously with wore the Number 29 was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame
August 9, 1976 - Pittsburgh Pirates hurler John Candelaria, Number 45 no-hit the LA Dodgers in a 2-0 Bucco victory.
August 9, 1977 - NHL votes down the merger of 6 WHA clubs
August 9, 1988 - The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets 6-4 in their 1st official game under the lights at Wrigley Field
August 9, 1988 - The cash strapped Edmonton Oilers traded the Great One, Number 99, Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 million
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A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: On This Day Sports, the Sports Reference's family of website databases & Stathead.com.
Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of the 1924 Bobby Veach of the Boston Red Sox, taken by an unknown.
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