1934 — The Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies played the first legal Sunday baseball game in Philadelphia ... Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his ...

Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947. He stepped into the batter’s box at Ebbets Field in the Flatbush ...

1971 — Hank Aaron connected off Gaylord Perry for his 600th career home run in the Atlanta Braves’ 10-inning, 6-5 loss to the San Francisco Giants. 1982 — Philadelphia’s Pete Rose went 5-for-5 to tie ...

Days after Jackie Mitchell (center) struck out Yankee superstars (from left) Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth ... a lifelong baseball nerd, this was like learning that a hamster once played shortstop ...