On This Date in Baseball

1928 - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander opens his 18th season by shutting out the Pittsburgh Pirates 5 - 0. Kyle Lohse accomplished the same feat today by shutting out the Houston Astros. Interesting...

1980 - At County Stadium, Cecil Cooper and Don Money of the Milwaukee Brewers each hit second inning grand slams against the Boston Red Sox. Too bad that the Astros (managed by the same Cecil Cooper) couldn't manage more than three singles off of Kyle Lohse today. Interesting...

On This Date in Baseball: June 12

1939 - The greatest-ever gathering of members and future inductees of the Baseball Hall of Fame assembles in Cooperstown, N.Y., for the dedication of the museum: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander, Nap Lajoie, George Sisler, Eddie Collins, Tris Speaker, Cy Young and Connie Mack accept their plaques. They also celebrate the centennial of Abner Doubleday's "invention" of baseball.

1957 - Stan Musial plays in his 823rd game for a new N.L. consecutive-game streak.