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• 1903 - Ed Delahanty (Washington) died from a fall from a railroad bridge at Niagra Falls.

• 1941 - Joe DiMaggio got a hit in his 45th consecutive game.

• 1994 - Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar was shot to death in Medellin. 10 days earlier he had accidentally scored a goal against his own team in World Cup competition.

• 1995 - Hideo Nomo became the first Japanese player to be selected for a major league baseball All-Star Game.

• 1996 - Alex Rodriguez became the third youngest player to be selected to the American League All Star team. Dwight Gooden and Ken Griffey Jr. were the two younger than Rodriguez.

• 2002 - A record 62 home runs were hit in 16 major league baseball games.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.

Born: February 6, 1895, Pigtown, Baltimore, MD

Died: August 16, 1948 (age 53 years), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York - Main Hospital, New York, NY

He Is Credited With This Famous Quote

“Some say it was just a myth in a movie but we believe The Sandlot movie, Heroes and Legends, Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart and you'll never go wrong ”

- George Herman

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TODAY'S SPORTS TRIVIA QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS

1) Which player holds the record for most MVP awards?

2) Which player holds the record for most Cy Young Awards?

3) Who is the only player in history to hit a walk-off inside-the-park grand slam home run?

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