Jun 28th 1957
Baseball commissioner Ford Frick removes three Cincinnati Reds from the starting All-Star lineup after fans in Cincinnati stuff the ballot box. Frick also invalidated a write-in campaign that saw Ben Dover get the most votes for A.L. catcher.
Jun 27th 1972
It's a bad night in for the Quarry brothers in Las Vegas, as Muhammad Ali knocks out Jerry Quarry in the seventh round of their heavyweight bout, and Bob Foster knocks out Mike Quarry in the fourth round of their light heavyweight fight. The night was capped by Ali and Foster having an orgy with the Quarry's wives and mother.
Jun 26th 1972
Roberto Duran wins the world lightweight boxing title over Ken Buchanan of Scotland in the 13th round. Fans sitting ringside were shocked and disgusted to see the prone Buchanan was not wearing any underwear beneath his kilt.
Jun 25th 1977
Amateur basketball player Ted St. Martin breaks his own record when he makes 2,036 consecutive free throws. Every player on the opposing team fouled out in the game.
Dec 31st 1969
Richard Higham becomes the only umpire in major league history to be suspended for life after it is discovered he had informed gamblers on how to bet on games he was umpiring. In Higham's defense, he claimed he'd done so only because the gamblers had promised to buy him glasses in exchange for information.
Jun 23rd 1963
Jimmy Piersall of the New York Mets celebrates his 100th career home run by running around the bases backwards at Shea Stadium. Piersall admitted after the game that he ran backwards because he didn't want the opposing team to see how excited he had become watching his home run clear the outfield wall.
Dec 31st 1969
The Louisville Cardinals set a major league record for futility when they lose their 26th game in a row on the way to a 27-111 season. Without the losing streak, the Cardinals played solid 27-85 baseball.
Jun 21st 1997
The WNBA opens play in its inaugural season. Play began with three games: New York Liberty 76, Los Angeles Sparks 57; Sacramento Monarchs 70, Utah Starzz 60; and Satan 1, Humanity 0.
Jun 20th 1966
The U.S. Open golf tournament is broadcast in color for the first time. The broadcast forced public course owners to invest heavily in fertilizer and irrigation systems for the first time, as they no longer could convince their customers that nice courses had gray fairways and greens.
Jun 19th 1936
Joe McCarthy of the Yankees is named the manager of the American League All-Star team in place of the Detroit's Mickey Cochrane, who was very close to suffering a nervous breakdown. McCarthy later claimed Cochrane cracked out of fear of being exposed as a communist.
