Here are a few items that happened in Sports History on June 9: A big late ining rally sets an unbelievable record and an all-star pitching matchup of legends. Listen in to learn more about these stories of sports history and more from the uniforms and jerseys the players wore.
9 June in Sports History
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Daily Digits June 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.
9 - 2 - 6 - 5 - 3 - 33 - 20 - 41
June 9, 1966 - A group of five Minnesota Twins all hit home runs in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4. Number 9, Rich Rollins; Number 2 , Zoilo Versalles; Number 6 , Tony Oliva; Number 5, Don Mincher; and Number 3, Harmon Killebrew all smacked the Twins base clearing hits over the wall to lead the offensive onslaught.
Today in Sports History:
June 9, 1979 - In a 9-3 win over the @Braves, the @Phillies wear all- burgundy uniforms for the first and last time.@SportsHistoryHQ @PigskinDispatch @pigskintalespod @jeremy_mcfarlin @CFLAmerica @coolstub @bennetkelley @davidcieslinski pic.twitter.com/JwbvkxL9hc
— Historically Speaking 🎙️🏀⚾🏈🏟️ (@HistoricallySp2) June 9, 2022
June 9, 1985 - NBA Championship Finals Most Valuable Player was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Number 33. The series finished up at the Boston Garden as the Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 111-100 for a 4 games to 2 series victory.
June 9, 1986 - It was a battle of titans when future Baseball Hall of Fame starting pitchers California Angel Don Sutton, Number 20 who had 298 wins defeated Tom Seaver, Number 41 of the Chicago White Sox (306 wins), 3-0 at Comiskey Park.
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