The Making of the President 1968 by Theodore H. White

IL president Randy Mobley said he believed the suspension was the longest in the league’s 123-year history. After his base hit, McDougall had a solo homer in the second inning, a three-run shot in the fourth, a solo homer in the sixth, a three-run shot in the seventh, a grand slam in the eighth and a three-run shot in the ninth.Ģ006 - Tampa Bay prospect Delmon Young was suspended for 50 games without pay by the International League for throwing a bat that hit a replacement umpire in the chest. The second baseman opened with an RBI single, then hit six straight homers.

He is the 14th Cub to do so.ġ999 - Marshall McDougall hit six consecutive homers and knocked in 16 runs - both NCAA records - in Florida State’s 26-2 rout of Maryland. Bench drove in seven runs in Cincinnati’s 9-7 victory.ġ987 - Baltimore’s Eddie Murray became the first major leaguer to homer from both sides of the plate in consecutive games as the Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 15-6 at Comiskey Park.ġ993 - Cubs 1B Mark Grace hits for the cycle in Chicago’s 5-4 loss to the Padres. Baltimore wins, 6-3, at home.ġ967 - Cardinals outfielder # 9 Roger Maris hits his first National League home run on the ninth day of the month in seat 9 of section 9.ġ973 - Johnny Bench of the Reds hit three home runs off Philadelphia’s Steve Carlton for the second time in his career.

1901 - Earl Moore of the Cleveland Indians pitched nine hitless innings against the Chicago White Sox before giving up two hits in the 10th to lose 4-2.ġ937 - Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds went 6-for-6 in a 21-10 rout of the Phillies in Philadelphia.ġ947 - In his first game outside of New York City, Jackie Robinson has two hits and scores twice in the Dodgers’ 6-5 loss to the Phillies.ġ961 - Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles hit consecutive grand slams in the first and second innings of a 13-5 rout of Minnesota.ġ962 - Brooks Robinson becomes the 6th major leaguer this century to hit grand slams in back-to-back games, as he hits one against Kansas City’s Ed Rakow.

The Making of the President 1968 by Theodore H. White