After a long off-season, it is nearly the first day of baseball season. This is the best time of year for any baseball fan. On opening day every fan can still be optimistic about his teams chances. Other than the All-Star Game and World Series, opening day is probably the most hyped event in baseball all year.
Throughout the years there have been interesting events that have happened on opening day and I would like to share some of them with you here.
1. The only no-hitter in opening day history was thrown by Bob Feller in 1940.
2. In 1974, Hank Aaron hit his 714th career home run which tied him with Babe Ruth.
3. Greg Maddux is 6-0 in seven career opening day starts.
4. Frank Robinson and Ken Griffey, Jr. each have hit eight career opening day home runs
5. The longest opening day game in history was a 15 inning game between the Tigers and Indians in 1960.
6. Several times games have been delayed or cancelled due to snow on opening day. One of the most famous happened occurrences of this was in 1907.
What happened in 1907?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the triva dan
ReplyDeleteim with Luke. what did happen in 1907?
ReplyDeleteYea what did happen in 1907
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