On This Day: February 5
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On This Day: January 2
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1977
Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspends Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner for one year as a result of tampering charges in the Gary Matthews free-agency signing. (Matthews is pictured below from his days with the Phillies.) The Braves are permitted to keep the outfielder, however.
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On This Day: August 29
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1954
A disappointed crowd of 45,922 at Milwaukee’s County Stadium sees the Dodgers take take both ends of a doubleheader from the Braves, 12-4, and 11-4. In game one, the Dodgers break a tie with a record eight runs in the eleventh inning. Even so, the Braves establish a new National League attendance mark of 1,841,666 on their way to a…
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On This Day: August 20
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1965
Eddie Mathews hits his 28th home run of the season as the Braves win 4-3 at Pittsburgh. The duo of Mathews and Hank Aaron, during the years of 1954-1965, becomes the top home run tandem in major league history, passing the Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig total of 772 home runs while playing together with the New York Yankees.
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On This Day: July 14
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1967
Eddie Mathews, while in his brief stint with the Houston Astros, hit his career 500th home run off San Francisco’s Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park. Houston beat the Giants 8-6. Mathews retired after the 1968 season with 512 career homers. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978.
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