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  • Most home runs in a season by a player traded during the year: *--* Player Year Teams Home Runs Mark McGwire 1997 Oakland A’s-St.

    Aug. 31, 1997

  • With the induction of Tony Perez and Sparky Anderson, the 1975 and 1976 Cincinnati Reds became the 41st and 42nd World Series championship teams to have at least four members in the Hall of Fame, and only the fourth since 1960.

    July 24, 2000

  • Imagine,if you can, the Washington Redskins traveling to Dallas to play on a field 110 yards long, then flying to San Francisco to play on a 90-yard field, then back to Washington, where the goal post is on the goal line, and off to Philadelphia, where it is at the end of the end zone but 10 feet narrower.

    April 22, 1990

  • In a seven-year career with the Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds, Billy Hatcher has batted .263 and seldom found his name in headlines.

    Oct. 18, 1990

  • The longest consecutive-game hitting streaks in the major leagues since 1901: * Joe DiMaggio, 1941...56 * Pete Rose 1978...44 * George Sisler, 1922...41 * Ty Cobb, 1911...40 * Paul Molitor, 1987...39 * x-Jimmy Rollins, 2005-06...38 * Tommy Holmes, 1945...37 * Luis Castillo, 2002...35 * Ty Cobb, 1917...35 * Benito Santiago, 1987...34 * Dom DiMaggio, 1949...34 * George McQuinn, 1938...34 * George Sisler, 1925...34 * Heinie Manush, 1933...33 * Rogers Hornsby, 1922...33 * Hal Chase, 1907...33 * y-Chase Utley, 2006...31 * Vladimir Guerrero, 1999...31 * Ken Landreaux, 1980...31 * Rico Carty, 1970...31 * Willie Davis, 1969...31 * Sam Rice, 1924...31 * Nap Lajoie, 1906...31 * Albert Pujols, 2003...30 * Luis Gonzalez, 1999...30 * Sandy Alomar Jr., 1997...30 * Eric Davis, 1997...30 * Nomar Garciaparra, 1997...30 * Jerome Walton, 1989...30 * George Brett, 1980...30 * Ron LeFlore, 1976...30 * Stan Musial, 1950...30 * Goose Goslin, 1934...30 * Bing Miller, 1929...30 * Tris Speaker, 1912...30 x-36 games were from 2005 season. y-active * Source: Associated Press

    July 31, 2006

  • Even though the words have been changed a little, you probably know this one: “Where have you gone, Paul Molitor . . . ?”

    Aug. 30, 1987

  • Tony Kornheiser of the Washington Post reported that Kevin Koch, the man who dressed as a Parrot and served as a mascot for the Pittsburgh Pirates, had quit the job after six years, citing personal reasons.

    June 24, 1985

  • The Washington Post of June 5 carried a Shirley Povich column in which the great man gently chided a colleague who suggested Mark McGwire is a better home run hitter than Babe Ruth.

    June 14, 1998

  • Falling in love with a baseball team has lifetime permanency.

    July 9, 1989

  • The Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, N.Y., has been declared off-limits for tailgate parties.

    Dec. 17, 1996

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