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.
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May 21, 1926 - Chicago White Sox first baseman, Earl Sheely hit a record 6th consecutive double! Sheely hit three doubles the game priot to this and in this contest hit hit three more 2-basers plus a home run. Talk about a hot bat.
May 21, 1930 - New Yankees legend Number 3, Babe Ruth hit three Home Runs in a single game against the Philadelphia Athletics. It get even more interesting to learn that depite Ruth's offensive explosion the Yanks blew 6-0 lead in the 4th inning to go on to lose the game by a large margin, 15-7. The A's weren't just a bunch of bums, not they had some high caliber people themselves. Connie Mack was the manager of the team that included stars Jimmie Foxx, Jimmy Dykes and Mule Haas. In fact the Athletics finished with the best record in baseball that season and won the World Series 4 games to 2 over the St Louis Cardinals!
May 21, 1968 - Chicago Cubs player, Billy Williams, Number 26 set a record for MLB outfielders with participating in 695 straight games.
