Pujols hits 703rd HR to pass Babe for 2nd in RBI; Cards lose
Albert Pujols hit his 703rd home run, breaking a tie with Babe Ruth for second place in career RBIs, but the St. Louis Cardinals lost to Pittsburgh 3-2 when the Pirates drew four consecutive walks in the ninth inning to force home the winning run.
Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hits 702nd homer
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit his 702nd career homer in the third inning of Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pujols drove a 0-1 pitch from Roansy Contreras deep to center for a solo shot. The 42-year-old Pujols is fourth on the career home run list behind Babe Ruth (714), Hank Aaron (755) and Barry Bonds (762).
news.yahoo.comTigers’ Miguel Cabrera makes history with 3,000th hit
The Detroit Tigers star connected on his 3,000th hit on Saturday afternoon at Comerica Park. Cabrera is the 33rd player to join the 3,000-hit club and third to do so as a member of the Tigers, joining Ty Cobb and Al Kaline. Cabrera, who turned 39 on Monday, is the seventh player born outside the United States to reach 3,000 hits and the first from Venezuela. Unlike last year’s chase for 500 home runs, which produced 11 days of drama-filled at-bats after Cabrera hit No. During a lengthy interview this week, Cabrera spoke of his family, his childhood in Venezuela and even admitted he might cry upon reaching 3,000.
mlive.comDetroit Tigers well represented on ESPN list of ‘Top 100 MLB players of all time’
The Detroit Tigers are one of Major League Baseball’s oldest and most historic franchises. So, it makes sense that they would be well represented on any list of the game’s all-time greatest players. Several Detroit Tigers made the cut on the list, led by Ty Cobb, who checked in at No. “He played a game where you had to outthink the opponent, not outslug,” ESPN’s David Schoenfield wrote. “Few players have ever hit the ball as consistently hard as Cabrera, the only Triple Crown winner of the past 50 years,” Schoenfield wrote.
mlive.comWhy was Idaho so interested in Cam Newton in 2021?
The most-viewed player page on pro-football-reference.com by internet users in Alabama during the past year has all the stats about Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry. The player whose pro-football-reference.com page has been viewed the most by football fans in Idaho this year has been Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. Nationally, Newton had the 10th-most viewed page on the football site in 2021, with Henry at No. Aaron also had the most-viewed player page this year in Maryland and Montana. Curry had the most-view player page in six other states, too.
mlive.comHank Aaron provided the homer, but ‘boys from Saginaw’ provided the fireworks
“Those are my fireworks.”In 1974, Broad worked in Saginaw for Nationwide Fireworks, which was owned by Dave Opperman. “Many of the ballparks had fireworks nights, and our job was to set up the fireworks,” Opperman said. One of our clients was the Atlanta Braves.”In 1974, fireworks were a bit more complicated. We did that a number of times, setting up the whole show, only to bring it back down.”The firework setup began in 1973 after Aaron hit No. “And the boys from Saginaw were the ones shooting those off.”MOREBaseball legend Hank Aaron dies at 86
mlive.comPassage: Baseball great Hank Aaron
Passage: Baseball great Hank Aaron "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at the life of Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, who in 1974 overcame racist threats and abuse to break one of the most coveted records in all of sports: Babe Ruth's career home run record.
cbsnews.comHank Aaron, baseball legend, remembered after death
Hank Aaron, baseball legend, remembered after death Baseball is mourning the loss of one of its all-time greats on and off the field. MLB legend and pioneer Hank Aaron died on Friday at the age of 86. Jim Axelrod looks back on the Hall of Fame slugger's indelible mark on the sport that came with a steep and ugly price.
cbsnews.comHank Aaron, baseball legend and civil rights icon, dies at 86
Hank Aaron, baseball legend and civil rights icon, dies at 86 Hank Aaron, one of baseball's greatest players, died at age 86. What made him great wasn't just what he did, but how he did it. Jim Axelrod pays tribute to the baseball legend.
cbsnews.comHank Aaron, legendary baseball slugger, dies at age 86
Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, who rose from poverty in segregated Alabama to become one of the greatest players of all time, has died. Aaron "died peacefully in his sleep," the Atlanta Braves said in a statement Friday. There was no information immediately available about when Aaron died or the cause of death. "We are absolutely devastated by the passing of our beloved Hank," Braves Chairman Terry McGuirk said in a statement. At age 40, Hammerin' Hank Aaron broke the mark on April 8, 1974, while playing with the Atlanta Braves.
cnbc.comFormer Detroit Tiger Denny McLain Offers Up Thousands Of Pieces Of Baseball Memorabilia From His Personal Collection – Many Rare – To The Public, Oct. 2-4
Presented by Aaron’s Estate Sales, the Estate of Dennis McLain sale runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 through Sunday, Oct. 4. The cost of the VIP Day is $400, and it includes a one year VIP membership to Aaron’s Estate Sales. To purchase tickets to the Dennis McLain Estate Sale VIP DAY, visit https://aaron-s-estate-sales.mykajabi.com/offers/hrv2VzMp/checkout. Based in Birmingham, Michigan, Aaron’s Estate Sales is a family-owned, award-winning estate sale company. SOURCE Aaron’s Estate Sales© 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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