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 - 51 - 34
May 7, 1917 - Babe Ruth was an outstanding hitter right? Well he was a pretty good pitcher too. On this day in history, as a member of the Boston Red Sox, the Bambino won a 1-0 decision on the hill against the Washington Senators and their ace hurler, Hall of Famer Walter Johnson.
Johnson had a great game pitched too. He retired the Red Sox in just 19 pitches inthe first two innings and held them scoreless until the seventh inning.
May 7, 1925 - Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop, Glenn Wright made an unassisted triple play against the St Louis Cardinals. The Cards with men on first and second in the ninth inning and Jim Bottomley at the plate, smacked a line drive to the young shortstop, who caight it cleanly, touched second base before the runner could get back and then tagged out the runner who had been on first.
May 7, 1960 - The LA Dodgers put brothers Larry Sherry, Number 51 and Norm Sherry, Number 34 as a pitcher and catcher duo in a game against the Philadelphia Phillies. The siblings baseball's 10th brother battery. It was catcher Norm Sherry's Home Run in the 11th inning HR that won the game for brother Larry in a 3-2 Dodgers dramatic victory.
