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In 1977, Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner managed his team for a game before being told that was illegal. In 1919, the New York ...
In 1970, Richard Petty had a horrible wreck at Darlington that resulted in NASCAR mandating window nets as a safety feature. In 1984, the Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers played a 25 inning marathon game that is still the longest game in terms of innings in American League history and is the longest game in Major League Baseball history in terms of time. In 1991, a pigeon landed on the court a couple of times during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons. Larry Bird started to play better after, leading Boston to the win. In 2002, former Notre Dame football coach Dan Devine died. Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/33183372?utm_source=youtube This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network, the headquarters for sports' yesteryear https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ (video made with https://www.headliner.app)
In 2009, Carolina's Jussi Jokinen redirected the game winner past New Jersey's Marty Brodeur with .02 left in the game. In 1951 ...
In 1931, Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne was killed in a plane crash in Kansas. The crash led to reforms in airplane ...
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In 1974, the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals got into a bench clearing brawl after Bill Madlock walked away from the plate ...
August 12, 1984—Padres vs. Braves. 17 ejections, fans arrested, and the two guys who started it all never got tossed. Here's how ...
In 1979 New York Yankee catcher Thurman Munson was killed in a plane crash. In 1960, the Continental Baseball League ...