May 12, 1982, The Minnesota Twins trade Roger Erickson and Butch Wynegar to the New York Yankees for Pete Filson, Larry Milbourne, John Pacella, and cash. People in Minnesota are upset. In...
On May 12, 1978 — At Royals Stadium, a potential game-ending routine fly ball becomes an Amos Otis walk-off inside-the-park home run as Reggie Jackson and Mickey Rivers collide in the outfield....
On May 12, 1959 — At Yankee Stadium, Yogi Berra commits an error as his errorless streak of 148 games for a catcher comes to an end in a New York 7...
On May 11, 1990, future Hall of Famer Dave Winfield rejects a trade that would have sent him from the New York Yankees to the California Angels for pitcher Mike Witt. A...
On May 11, 1946 — The Red Sox’ early-season winning streak comes to an end at 15 consecutive victories when right-hander Tiny Bonham, giving up just two hits in the Yankee Stadium...
On May 11, 1919 — Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators pitches 12 scoreless innings in a duel with Jack Quinn of the New York Yankees at the Polo Grounds. Johnson allows...
On May 10, 2015 — For his part, Michael Pineda of the Yankees strikes out a career-high 16 Orioles batters in 7 innings in picking up a 6 – 2 win. The...
On May 10, 1996, New York Yankees ace David Cone undergoes career-threatening surgery to remove an aneurysm from his pitching arm. Although the Yankees don’t know if Cone will ever pitch again,...
On May 10, 1934, an ailing Lou Gehrig removes himself from the New York Yankees’ lineup after five innings. Despite feeling ill with a severe cold Gehrig maintains his “Iron Horse” playing...
On May 9, 1990 — At New York, the A’s edge the Yankees, 2 – 1 in 11 innings. Rickey Henderson plates the first run, scoring from second base on a 6...