The brilliant string of 77 sunk shots at the charity stripe for Cleveland Cavaliers Guard Number 25, Mark Price came to an end on April 2, 1993. Price was very close to tying the NBA record, falling one short of Calvin Murphy's then NBA record of 78 straight free throws. Quite an accomplishment either way though.
April 2, 1969 - Number 7, Phil Esposito and his Boston Bruins teammates made history by defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 10-0 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Esposito, a star player for the Bruins, scored a power play hattrick, contributing to the team's record-breaking six power play goals. However, the Leafs' Forbes Kennedy also made headlines by setting a playoff record for the most penalties in one game, with a total of eight penalties for 38 minutes in the penalty box, including four minors, two majors, a misconduct, and a game misconduct. Unsurprisingly, the Bruins went on to sweep the Leafs 4-0 in the series.
April 2, 1976 - What would be a very impactful trade occurred in the MLB. The Oakland Athletics traded players Number 9, Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, together with a minor league pitcher, to the Baltimore Orioles for outfielder Don Baylor and pitchers Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell.
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. 22 - 9 - 30 - 20 - 24 - 99 April 2, 1969 - Forbes Kennedy, Number 22 the center for the Toronto Maple Leafs set a very d...
Born April 2, 1945, in Clio, AL, was Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton.His MLB career started with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and the California Angels.
April 2, 1907 - The Baseball Powers of the era at the urging of baseball fans, decided to find the root history of the game. Thus, the Mills Commission was created to determine who invented the game of baseball. Spearheaded by the third President of the National League, Abraham Mills, they looked to find out and memorialize the origins of baseball. At the urging of A. G. Spalding, a baseball man who founded a sporting goods empire, the Civil War hero, Abner Doubleday was erroneously connected as the founder of the National Pastime. This was the accepted narrative for the origin of baseball for almost a century until researchers set the record straight. For more on the real story of baseball's origins visit Who Invented Baseball.
