In 1988, Orel Hershiser set the record in Major League Baseball for consecutive scoreless innings pitched. The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher's streak of 59 innings spanned from the sixth inning of an August 30 game against the Montreal Expos to the tenth inning of a September 28 game against the San Diego Padres, not counting eight scoreless innings he pitched to start Game 1 of the 1988 National League Championship Series on October 4. The previous record of 58 2⁄3 innings was set by former Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale in 1968; as the team's radio announcer, Drysdale called Hershiser's streak as he pursued the new record. Following the regular season, Hershiser was awarded the National League Cy Young Award. In the playoffs, he earned both the National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) and the World Series MVP Award. He also secured Sportsman of the Year and Associated Press Athlete of the Year honors. He continued to be an effective pitcher for many seasons, making two additional appearances in the World Series and winning the 1995 American League Championship Series MVP Award.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1811:
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, an early leader of the Mexican War of Independence, was executed by Spanish authorities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Hidalgo_y_Costilla
1825:
Malden Island, now one of Kiribati's Line Islands, was discovered by Captain The 7th Lord Byron. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malden_Island
1916:
German agents caused a major explosion when they sabotaged American ammunition supplies in New Jersey to prevent the materiel from being used by the Allies of World War I. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tom_explosion
1950:
Four striking workers were shot dead by the Gendarmerie in Belgium at the height of the political crisis known as the Royal Question. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Question
2006:
Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near the South Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least 28 civilians, including 16 children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana_airstrike
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
sett: 1. The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger. 2. The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan. 3. A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sett
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Soon it will be the phase of the moon When people tune in. Every girl knows about the punctual blues, But who's to know the power behind our moves? A day of coincidence with the radio And a word that won't go away We know what they're all going to say "G" arrives, funny, had a feeling he was on his way … We raise our hats to the strange phenomena. Soul-birds of a feather flock together. --Kate Bush https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Bush