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January 7, 1971

In Frankfort, Kentucky, Bobby Tolan ruptures his Achilles tendon while playing with a traveling basketball team which performed in the Tri-State area at charity events put together by his Reds teammates. The Cincinnati outfielder will miss the entire season but will return to the Reds in 1972, winning both the Comeback Player of the Year and Hutch awards, hitting .283 and knocking in 82 runs for the National League champs.

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Bobby Tolan

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January 7, 1971

Bobby Tolan ruptures his Achilles tendon while playing in an off-season basketball game. The Cincinnati outfielder will miss the entire season but will return to the Reds in 1972, winning both the Comeback Player of the Year and Hutch awards, hitting .283 and knocking in 82 runs for the National League champs.

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Bill Singer Earns Baseball's First Official Save - April 7 1969

@Dodgers Bill Singer Earns Baseball's First Official Save - April 7 1969

There was a time when Opening Day meant two games before any others – in the American League, it was the Senators hosting and in the National League, it was Cincinnati at Crosley Field. On April 7, 1969, after the parade through downtown Cincy, it was the Reds hosting the Dodgers with Gary Nolan on the mound for Cincinnati and Don Drysdale for Los Angeles.

The Birth of the Save

1969 was the birth…

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Civil Rights Case against Texas police begins for police brutality victim Robbie Tolan

Civil Rights Case against Texas police begins for police brutality victim Robbie Tolan

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On December 31, 2008, 23-year-old Robbie Tolan was shot in his own driveway after police in Bellaire, Texas, a suburb of Houston, mistakenly accused him and his cousin of stealing their own family car.

The car, however, wasn’t stolen. The police entered the wrong number into the computer and retrieved the…

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