Sports History Network April 15, 1911 – 4 Ks in one inning? We all know that aside is retired in baseball once the team on the field has registered three outs. That is what makes this story all the more impressive. Washington Senators legendary pitcher, Walter Johnson threw a record-tying 4 strikeouts in one inning! How can a person fan 4 … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl XXXIV, which was held on January 30, 2000, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta between the AFC champion Tennessee Titans and the NFC champion St. Louis Rams. If you’re looking for the full story of this 1999 season, pick up my Nifty Nineties book and you’ll learn more than you ever wanted … Read more
April 14, 1969 – A historic day indeed as the first Major league baseball game was played outside the borders of the United States! The expansion Montreal Expos hosted the St Louis Cardinals in a real game that counted in the standings that was not played on American soil. The Expos won the game 8-7 at … Read more
As the Easter weekend approaches, it always calls to mind the decades of the 1980s and 1990s for me. Back in those days, it seemed that every Easter, I was packing up and going out of town to play in a hockey tournament. They were usually in Ontario or in the province of Quebec. I … Read more
MLB All-Star Mark Fidrych passed away in a truck accident on April 13, 2009. This is how author and sports historian Clayton Trutor remembered him. Speaking of MLB history, you can learn about some Atlanta Brave history from Clayton’s book, Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta – And How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports. Clayton Trutor … Read more