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PITCHING SHENANIGANS (continued) ● In 1961, Cleveland Indian pitcher Herb Score was hit in the eye by a line drive hit by New York Yankee Gil McDougald. The ball bounced off Score’s head and rolled to first base, where the Cleveland first baseman nabbed it and put the batter out. Score was credited with an assist. ● William Kennedy was pitching for Brooklyn in 1897 when the umpire called a close decision against him. Kennedy lost his temper and hurled the baseball at the umpire, intending to smack him in the head. The ball narrowly missed the ump, who called the ball in play. A runner on base scored before the catcher could retrieve the ball. Brooklyn lost the game 2 - 1. ● Joe Engel, pitching in Washington, did not do a very good job. The question was not whether his pitches would go over the plate but whether they would stay in the ballpark. Manager Clark Griffith called him to his office one day and informed him he was being sent to Minneapolis. “Who am I being traded for?” Engel asked. “No one,” replied Griffith. “It’s an even trade!” ● In 1918, Otis Crandall was pitching for Los Angeles against Salt Lake City. He had a perfect no-hitter going. There were two out in the ninth inning and not a single man had reached base. Then his brother Karl came to bat for Salt Lake. He made a base hit — the only known instance where a no-hitter was broken by the pitcher’s brother. ● Bob Fothergill was a big man. He was a good hitter, but he was sensitive about his weight. As Leo Durocher got ready to pitch against him, he called out, “Stop the game!” and approached the umpire. When the ump asked what was wrong, Durocher replied, “Don’t you know the rules?” he asked, pointing at Fothergill. “BOTH those guys can’t bat at the same time!” Fothergill was so angry he couldn’t bat well and struck out.

● On April 2, 1513, near present-day St. Augustine, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon comes ashore on the Florida coast and claims the territory for the Spanish crown. Ponce de Leon is credited with the first recorded landing and the first detailed exploration of the Florida coast. ● On April 3, 1776, because it lacked sufficient funds to build a strong navy, the Continental Congress gives privateers permission to attack British ships. Any goods captured by the privateer were divided between the ship's owner and the government. ● On April 7, 1873, John McGraw, one of the winningest managers in baseball history, is born in Truxton, N.Y. McGraw's career total of 2,763 wins ranks second only to Connie Mack. Between 1902 and 1932, the New York Giants won 10 pennants, came in second place 11 times and won three World Series championships. ● On April 4, 1949, the United States and 11 other nations establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense pact aimed at containing possible Soviet aggression against Western Europe. The signatories agreed, "An armed attack against one or more of them ... shall be considered an attack against them all." ● On April 5, 1951, death sentences are imposed against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, after they were found guilty of conspiring to transmit atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The only seriously incriminating evidence came from a confessed spy who was given a reduced sentence to testify against them. ● On April 6, 1968, Stanley's Kubrick's science-fiction classic "2001: A Space Odyssey" makes its debut in movie theaters. The film clocked in at around three hours and contained less than 40 minutes of dialogue, with long stretches of absolute silence or of the sound of human breathing. ● On April 1, 1970, President Richard Nixon signs legislation officially banning cigarette ads on television and radio. In 1969, Congress had passed the Cigarette Smoking Act, requiring warning labels that stated: "Cigarette Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health."

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Jackie Mitchell was born in Tennessee in 1913. Her neighbor, Dazzy Vance, was a pitcher in the minor leagues. Though Jackie was only five, Dazzy taught her basic pitching techniques, and she quickly caught on. Dazzy told her she could become a great ball player. Jackie grew up believing him. ● At 16, Jackie played for a women’s team in Chattanooga. At 17, she attended a baseball school in Atlanta, where she was noticed by the owner of the Chattanooga Lookouts, a minor league team. He offered her a contract to play for the 1931 season. The newspapers ran stories about the first woman ever to play in the minor leagues. (However, in 1898, Lizzie Arlington played a single game for Reading, PA, technically making Jackie the second woman in minor league history.) ● Meanwhile, the New York Yankees had finished spring training in Florida and were on their way to New York. They stopped in Chattanooga to play the Lookouts in an exhibition game. ● The game began before a crowd of 4,000. Reporters, wire services, and a newsreel camera were on hand. The Lookouts’ manager sent Clyde Barfoot out to pitch the first inning. The Yankees’ lead-off batter slugged a double, and their next hitter smacked a single, allowing a run. The manager pulled Barfoot out and sent rookie southpaw Jackie to the mound. The next hitter up at bat was the legendary Babe Ruth. ● Jackie’s first pitch was a ball, but the next three pitches were strikes, with Babe taking a useless swing at the first two, and the third dropping across the plate for a strike. Jackie Mitchell struck Babe Ruth out. The crowd went wild! Babe Ruth kicked the dirt, called the umpire nasty names, gave his bat a wild heave, and stomped out to the Yank’s dugout.

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