| July 28 |
|
1971 |
Sixteen time gold glove winner Brooks Robinson committed three errors in
the sixth inning against the Oakland Athletics, but it did not cost them
the game as Frank Robinson blasted a three-run homer to win the game for
Baltimore. |
|
1976 |
Chicago White Sox hurlers John Odom (five innings) and Francisco Barrios
(four innings) combined on a no hitter as the Sox edged the Oakland
Athletics, 2-1. |
|
1983 |
American League president Lee McPhail ruled that George Brett's "Pine
Tar" home run against the New York Yankees on July 24 should count. The
home plate umpire had disallowed Brett's controversial home run when he
found the pine tar on Brett's bat had exceeded the specified limit of 18
inches. |
|
1987 |
Jockey
Angel Cordero Jr. won his 6,000th victory in the Colleen Stakes at
Monmouth Park aboard Lost Kitty. He was the fourth rider in racing
history to accomplish that feat. |
|
1990 |
Cal
Ripken Jr. committed his first error in 95 games, the longest streak
ever for a shortstop. |
|
|
Jake
And Elwood won the Art Rooney Pace in 1:55 at Yonkers Raceway.
|
|
1991 |
Montreal's Dennis Martinez twirled a perfect game against Los Angeles,
winning, 2-0. |
|
1994 |
Texas
southpaw Kenny Rogers pitched a perfect game against California,
defeating the Angels, 4-0. |
|
1996 |
New
York Yankees Darryl Strawberry hit his 300th career home run in the
bottom of the ninth inning of the Yankees 3-2 win over the Kansas City
Royals. |
|
1999 |
Lions
running back Barry Sanders retired from football at the age of 31. He
was only 1,458 yards away from breaking Walter Payton's all time rushing
record. |
|
2002 |
Lance
Armstrong won his fourth consecutive Tour de France. |
|
2003 |
The
Cincinnati Reds fired Manager Bob Boone and GM Jim Bowden.
|
|
2004 |
NFL
quarterback Steve Beuerline announced his retirement. |
|
2005 |
The
New York Knicks named Larry Brown their new head coach. |
|
|
University of Wisconsin head football coach Barry Alvarez announced he
would step down at the end of the season, but remain with the school as
its athletic director. |
|
2009 |
Michael Phelps was beaten at the World Swim Championships losing to
Germany's Paul Biedermann in the final of the men's 200-meter freestyle.
|
|
|
The
New Orleans Hornets acquired center Emeka Okafor from the Charlotte
Bobcats in exchange for center Tyson Chandler. |
|
|
Coming
off the 18th perfect game in major league history, Chicago White Sox
pitcher Mark Buehrle retired the first 17 batters to set a record with
45 outs, until it all unraveled, as Minnesota finally got to the White
Sox southpaw and held on for a 5-3 victory at the Metrodome.
|
|
|
Jim
Johnson, a longtime defensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles,
passed away at the age of 68 after a battle with melanoma skin cancer.
|
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Birthdays |
Bill Bradley (1943) -
NBA player; Doug Collins (1951) - NBA player and coach; Vida Blue (1949)
- MLB pitcher. |
