"I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive."
-Roberto Clemente
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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.
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.
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