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September 14th ...

I don't think God cares that we're not hitting.                                                   If he did, then Billy Graham would be hitting .400.                                          - Chris Sabo, Cincinnati Reds infielder,                                         when owner Marge Schott asked if                                    prayers would help the team

• 1865 6th British Golf Open: Andrew Strath shoots a 162 at Prestwick Golf Club
• 1868 Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole)
• 1903 - New York Giants' Red Ames no-hits Saint Louis, 5-0 in a five-inning game.
• 1905 - RAC Tourist Trophy is first run on the Isle of Man.
• 1913 Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0)
• 1916 - Christy Mathewson (Cincinnati Reds) won his 373rd career game. It was the only victory he had earned for a team other than the New York Giants during his 17-year career. 
• 1923 Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1923 Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play
• 1924 Walter Johnson selected as the American League MVP
• 1929 A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox
• 1929 US Men's National Tennis Championship, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins 7th US title; beats Francis Hunter 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• 1930 - Portsmouth Spartans play first NFL game, win 13-6.

   

 

• 1942 - New York Yankees clinch pennant #13.
• 1943 - New York Yankees clinch pennant #14.
• 1947 67th U.S. Men's National Championship: Jack Kramer beats Frank Parker (4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0, 6-3)
• 1947 61st U.S. Women's National Championship: Louise Brough beats Margaret Osborne duPoint (8-6, 4-6, 6-1)
• 1951 - New York Giants' Bob Niemans homers on his first two at bats.
• 1954 Giants' Willie Mays gets 82nd extra-base hit, breaks Mel Ott's record
• 1959 - The $32 million Aqueduct, operated by the New York Racing Association, opened. 
• 1968 - Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of the season.
• 1968 Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1971 - Cleveland Indians and Washington Senators play 20 innings.
• 1973 - Indianapolis is awarded a WHA franchise.
• 1973 - US President Richard Nixon signs into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout.
• 1978 Braves' Jim Bouton, 38, beats Giants, his 1st win since 1970

                 

            

• 1980 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
• 1980 Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
• 1982 - Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5 feet 5.7 inches.
• 1986 - At Royals Stadium, Kansas City Royals' rookie outfieder Bo Jackson hits his first major league home run. The 475-foot hit by the NFL running back is the longest homer ever hit in the ballpark.
• 1986 Judy Dickinson wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
• 1986 - Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats play first Canadian Football League regular-season overtime game.
• 1986 - Bob Brenley (San Francisco) tied a major league baseball record when he committed four errors in one inning. 
• 1987 - Tony Magnuson cleared 9.5 feet above the top of the U-ramp and set a new skateboard high jump record. 
• 1987 - The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 18-3; the Blue Jays set a major league record of ten home runs; Orioles' player Cal Ripken Junior sets record consecutive-innings streak of 8,243, spanning 904 games.
• 1987 US Open Men's Tennis: Ivan Lendl wins 3rd straight US title; beats Sweden's Mats Wilander 6-7, 6-0, 7-6, 6-4
• 1989 - Calgary Flames become first NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2.               

      

         

• 1990 - Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. (Seattle Mariners) hit back-to-back home runs off California Angels pitcher Kirk McCaskill in the first inning. The Angels won the game 7-5. 
• 1991 Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushed for NCAA record
• 1994 - It was announced that the season was over for the National Baseball League on the 34th day of the players strike. The final days of the regular season were canceled. Baseball owners had voted 26-2 in favor of ending the season. The result was a year with no World Series for the first time since 1904. 
• 1999 - Leon Lett (Dallas Cowboys) was suspended for seven games as punishment for a fifth violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy. 
• 2002 - Tim Montgomery (American) set a world record in the 100 meters when he finished in 9.78 seconds. The previous record had been set in 1999 by Maurice Green (9.79 seconds). 
• 2003 - Jamal Lewis (Baltimore Ravens) set an NFL record for yards gained in a single-game when he gained 295 yards rushing. The Ravens beat the Cleveland Browns 33-13. 
• 2003 - Vinny Testaverde (New York Jets) became the ninth player in NFL history to pass for over 40,000 yards. 
• 2009 US Open Men's Tennis: Juan Martín del Potro of Argentina wins his first Grand Slam title; beats Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2