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2001 — Barry Bonds became the 17th major leaguer to hit 500 home runs. Bonds’ two-run, eighth-inning drive off Terry Adams went into San Francisco Bay to lead the Giants over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3 ...
1974 — In the opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run off Los Angeles ...
1993 — The Colorado Rockies beat the Montreal Expos 11-4 for their first win and set a National ... 1994 — Recently-retired NBA legend Michael Jordan makes his professional baseball debut by going ...
2015 — The Los Angeles Dodgers set a baseball record with a $270 million opening-day payroll, including nearly $44 million going to players no longer on the team. Major League Baseball’s average ...
He drove in eight runs. 1983 — Nolan Ryan strikes out seven Expos in a 6-3 Houston victory to become only the second pitcher in major league history to record 3,500 career strikeouts. 2000 — Major ...
The two couldn’t be more different on the surface: Chisholm is all flash, gold chains, and swagger. Roessler is a ...
2016 — Bryce Harper makes the 100th home run of his career his first-ever grand slam. 2017 — The Braves open their new ...
Roessler is a straight-faced, dry-humored baseball lifer whose coaching career spans four decades, including stints with the Expos, Mets, and now his second go-around with the Yankees. But the ...
“BASEBALL IS THE SPORT WITHOUT A CLOCK ... Fashion went out with Connie Mack. 26. THE MONTREAL EXPOS. We miss those red, white and blue caps. 27. CAREER 1.000 BATTING AVERAGE.
But baseball is discovering that this next generation ... MLB has been eyeing more foreign franchises ever since the Montreal Expos were founded in 1969 (the Blue Jays became the second Canadian ...