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September 9, 1950

After leading off the first with a single, Dom DiMaggio swipes second base, advances to third on an error, and then scores the first run of the game on a ground out in the Red Sox' 11-3 rout of Philadelphia at Fenway Park. The stolen base is the final one the 'Little Perfesser' will get this season, but he will finish leading the American League with 15, the lowest total that has ever led either league.

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September 10, 1959

Tim McCarver makes his major league debut at the age of 17 when he flies out to right field as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning of the Cardinals' 7-4 loss to Milwaukee at County Stadium. The high school catcher, who was scouted by Hall of Fame catcher Bill Dickey, turns down football scholarships from Notre Dame and Tennessee to play baseball.

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October 7, 2000

Benny Agbayani's 13th inning home run ends the longest LDS game ever played, 5 hours and 22 minutes. The dramatic homer by the Mets outfielder, who was voted the 36th greatest athlete from Hawaii by Sports Illustrated, gives New York a 3-2 victory and 2-1 series advantage over the Giants.

Ed. Note: I apologize for the late post today. My phone is a brick, and my computer doesn’t play nicely with tumblr.

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May 31, 1927

Although it will be another 42 years before the next one, an unassisted triple play is made for the second consecutive day in the major leagues. During the ninth inning, first baseman Johnny Neun saves the Tigers’ 1-0 victory when he completes the rare play by catching a Homer Summa line drive, tagging Charlie Jamieson, who was on first, and beating Glenn Myatt to second base, making it the first time the last three outs of a game result from solo triple killing.

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September 19, 1980

George Brett goes 2-for-4 in the Royals' 13-3 victory over the A’s. Brett’s two singles keep his batting average at .400, the latest date in the season the plateau has been reached since the feat was last accomplished in 1941 by Ted Williams.

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September 15, 2000 Passing both Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, Mariner Rickey Henderson scores two runs to take over second place on the career list for runs scored. Henderson, with a total of 2,175 will need 71 more runs to pass all time leader, Ty Cobb (2,245).

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September 14, 1975 Mel Ott's forty-seven-year-old record is broken when Brewers shortstop Robin Yount plays his 242nd major league game as a teenager. Yount was 18 years, 2 months and six days old when made his debut with Milwaukee in 1973.