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July 15 in History!. Clement Clarke Moore. U.S. author “T’was the Night Before Christmas”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Clarke_Moore. July 15, 1973. Nolan Ryan threw two no-hitters in a season. http://nolanryanstats.com/about-me/. July 15, 1980.
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Clement Clarke Moore • U.S. author • “T’was the Night Before Christmas” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Clarke_Moore
July 15, 1973 • Nolan Ryan threw two no-hitters in a season http://nolanryanstats.com/about-me/
July 15, 1980 • Johnny Bench hit his 314th homerun • This broke Yogi Berra’s record http://www.johnnybench.com/
July 15, 1969 • Lee May hit 4 homeruns in a double-header http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/LeeMay.jpg
July 15, 1909 • Ty Cobb hit 2 inside the park homeruns!! http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1005/mlb.unbreakable.baseball.records/images/ty-cobb.jpg
July 15, 1960 • Brooks Robinson hit for the cycle going 5-5 with the Orioles. • Arguably hardest thing to do in baseball. http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/10971/11386130_1.jpg?v=8CE613004551D30
July 15, 1876 • Baseball’s first no-hitter!! • St. Louis’ George W Bradley! http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/attachments/ootp-mods-rosters-photos-quick-starts/206441d1296069514-gambo-t_wil1-photopack-george_bradley.jpg
July 15, 1985 • Baseball players voted to strike if no contract was reached with baseball owners. • The strike was just a one-day thing.
July 15, 1986 • The 57th MLB All-Star game was in Houston. • Roger Clemens was MVP. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Roger_Clemens_2005_(4).jpg/220px-Roger_Clemens_2005_(4).jpg
Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs. • “McCovey Cove” http://www.realclearsports.com http://tedsobel.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/mccovey-cove.jpg