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On This Day In Sports History (Official Thread)

NightmaresDad;970235; said:
This date in 1999:
CCI sets new record by "hitting it" with a combined 3,059 pounds of women in one day. Breaking the previous record of 2,986 pounds held by Wilt Chamberlain.
Wilt's feat is still considered more prodigious due to his was with 26 women, whereas CCI's was only with 5.
:slappy:
:groove:
 
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Today is Saturday, October 27, 2007

1985 - Anthony Carter began a National Football League (NFL) streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions.

1995 - The contract that finalized the Cleveland Browns' move to Baltimore was signed in secret.

1996 - Bud Adams, owner of the Houston Oilers, announced that he would allow his team to play one final season in Houston before moving the team to Nashville, TN.

1996 - Irving Fryer (Philadelphia Eagles) became the 15th player in NFL history to catch 600 passes in a career.

1961 - The American Basketball League began play.

1973 - The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers for the first time.

2002 - The Anaheim Angels won their first World Series. The beat the San Francisco Giants in Game 7 of the series.

2002 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) became the all-time leading rusher in the NFL when he extended his career yardage to 16,743. He achieved the record in his 193rd game. He also scored his 150th career touchdown.

2003 - The Monday Night Football game between the San Diego Chargers and the Miami Dolphins was played in Tempe, Arizona. The game had been moved from San Diego due to wild fires.

2004 - Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball was sold at auction for $804,129.
 
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Sunday, October 28, 2007

1961 - Construction began on Municipal (Shea) Stadium for the New York Mets.

1996 - Members of the New York Yankees and their manager appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman.

1923 - Fats Henry kicked a 94-yard punt. It was the longest punt in NFL history.

1984 - The New York City Marathon was marred by its first fatality when a French runner who collapsed and died.

1993 - Ron Francis (Pittsburgh Penguins) became only the 38th player in NHL history to achieve 1,000 career points.

1994 - The NFL Management Council and the NFL Players Association announced an agreement for the formulation and implementation of the most comprehensive drug and alcohol policy in sports.

1997 - The NBA announced that they had hired the first women to officiate a major-league all-male sport. The women were Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer.
 
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On this day in sports history in 1962....

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Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain didn't have the ability to use the "100" emoji on March 2, 1962, so he had to settle for a simple piece of paper to illustrate his level of dominance that night.

"The Big Dipper" dropped 100 points in 48 minutes of work as the Philadelphia Warriors defeated the New York Knicks, 169-147. In leading the Warriors to victory, Chamberlain broke his own single-game scoring record of 78 points set on Dec. 8, 1961, against the Los Angeles Lakers, a game that included multiple overtime periods. Only one player has even eclipsed the 80-point threshold since Chamberlain's historic night — the late Kobe Bryant poured in 81 against the Raptors on Jan. 22, 2006.
 
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AT 44, NOLAN RYAN TOSSES SEVENTH NO-HITTER

On the same day that Rickey Henderson broke Lou Brock’s all-time steals record, Nolan Ryan made history as well, recording his major league record seventh no-hitter.

On May 1, 1991, at the age of 44, Ryan became the oldest player to register a no-hitter. Facing the best hitting team in baseball, Ryan kept the Blue Jays hitless – striking out at least one batter in each inning, finishing with 16 while walking two in the 3-0 victory for the Rangers. The 33,439 in attendance witnessed the first no-hitter by a Rangers pitcher in Arlington Stadium. In doing so, Ryan had authored three more no-hitters than Sandy Koufax – who is alone in second place with four.

“It was the most rewarding no-hitter of them all because it came in front of my fans on Arlington Appreciation Night, my career is complete now. I got one for the fans in Arlington,” said Ryan.

Ryan struck out future Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar to end the game.

Entire article: https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/ryan-throws-seventh-no-hitter

Just sayin'; The record of 7 no hitters could be broken, but the way the game is played today (i.e. pitch counts), it probably never will.
 
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AT 44, NOLAN RYAN TOSSES SEVENTH NO-HITTER

On the same day that Rickey Henderson broke Lou Brock’s all-time steals record, Nolan Ryan made history as well, recording his major league record seventh no-hitter.

On May 1, 1991, at the age of 44, Ryan became the oldest player to register a no-hitter. Facing the best hitting team in baseball, Ryan kept the Blue Jays hitless – striking out at least one batter in each inning, finishing with 16 while walking two in the 3-0 victory for the Rangers. The 33,439 in attendance witnessed the first no-hitter by a Rangers pitcher in Arlington Stadium. In doing so, Ryan had authored three more no-hitters than Sandy Koufax – who is alone in second place with four.

“It was the most rewarding no-hitter of them all because it came in front of my fans on Arlington Appreciation Night, my career is complete now. I got one for the fans in Arlington,” said Ryan.

Ryan struck out future Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar to end the game.

Entire article: https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/ryan-throws-seventh-no-hitter

Just sayin'; The record of 7 no hitters could be broken, but the way the game is played today (i.e. pitch counts), it probably never will.


Ryan was probably the most dominant pitcher of the modern era. People simply didn't get hits off of him in the 70s and early 80s. You either struck out or you walked. How he never won a Cy Young award in his career is a mystery. Had he gotten even average run support for the majority of his career I think he could have approached 400 wins. No one is ever going to come close to Cy Young's 511.
 
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