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6 March in Sports History

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The jersey numbers making history on March 6

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.

3 - 9 - 21 - 77

March 6, 1922 - The New York Yankees signed star slugger, Number 3, Babe Ruth to a $52,000 per year contract.

March 6, 1982 - The Highest scoring game in NBA history occurred when the San Antonio Spurs knocked off the Milwaukee Bucks 171-161 after three Over Time sessions!

March 6, 1985 - Legends from the diamond, Enos Slaughter, Number 9 the lefthanded batting right fielder most famously of the St Louis Cardinals during the 1940s, and Arky Vaughan, Number 21 the longtime infielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates are both elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

March 6, 2000 - Ray Bourque the vaunted defenseman and longtime captain of the Boston Briuns was traded to the the Colorado Avalanche. He famously wore the Number 77 on his sweater with both clubs

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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.

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