On This Date in Baseball: May 5

1935 - At Braves Field, young pitcher Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals faced the Boston Braves and 40-year-old veteran Babe Ruth. Dean walked Ruth his first two times up, then with two strikes on the Bambino, Dean waved his outfielders back and threw a fastball down the middle that Ruth missed for a strikeout. Dean won the game, 7 - 0, and in his first at bat, hit a home run over Ruth's head in right field. Dean will face Ruth again on May 19th, holding him hitless again, and winning that game as well.

1999 - At Wrigley Field, the Colorado Rockies became the first team in 35 years and only the third in the 20th century to score in every inning in a 13 - 6 win over the Chicago Cubs. The last time a team scored in all nine innings was also at Chicago, when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cubs on September 13, 1964. Hmmmm...imagine that. Yet more proof that...

2001 - Sammy Sosa homered and had four RBI, and Julian Tavarez pitched seven solid innings as the Chicago Cubs beat the Dodgers 20 - 1 at Wrigley Field. Chicago scored eight runs in each of the last two innings.

While the Cubs looked good for a night, they still finished behind the Cardinals in the Central Division in 2001 because Jesus hates them.

On This Date in Baseball: September 30

1927 - Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season. 60 would stand as the record for 34 years until Roger Maris hit 61 in 1961.

1934 - Dizzy Dean beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-0, for his 30th victory of the year as the St. Louis Cardinals clinched the National League pennant. The only pitcher to reach 30 wins in a season since Dizzy was Denny McClain in 1968.


1972 - Roberto Clemente doubled for his 3,000th and last hit. He was killed in a plane crash during the offseason.

1988 - Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers broke Don Drysdale's record of 58 consecutive scoreless innings.