On this day in Yankee history...
1903: In a game with the Highlanders, White Sox outfielder Danny Green is called out at first base by umpire Jack Sheridan. Green disputes the call, and after returning to the bench continues to yell at the arbiter. Sheridan finally rushes the bench and hits Green with his mask. Green then punches the ump, who is removed from the grounds and locked up on charges of disorderly conduct. An hour later, he is released after bail is posted by Highlander president Joseph Gordon.
1921: Major League-leading slugger Babe Ruth brings the Yankees but apparently little else ~ least of all his A-game ~ to Forbes Field for an exhibition contest against the NL-leading Pirates. Ralph Davis of the Pittsburgh Press is clearly not at all impressed: "Bambino Didn't Shine. Babe Ruth didn't have a batting average yesterday. His strikeout average was .500. The King of Swatters didn't look good against Hal Carlson's pitching. He struck wide at several pitches and fanned twice. His other efforts were flies to Max Carey and Dave Robertson. Rip Collins, the Yankee pitcher, witnessed the game from the press box. As Robertson captured Ruth's fly, he remarked: 'You can't make me believe that the National League ball is as lively as the American League sphere. If Ruth had cracked one like that in our league, the ball would have gone to kingdom come.' As a fielder, Ruth was a joke yesterday. Luckily for the Yanks, he didn't have many chances, but he surely looked slow and bad on those he had." One of those chances is Charlie Grimm's 2nd-inning triple which bounces over Ruth's head, scoring the Bucs' first run and setting up the second, which ties the contest at two all. One inning later, Robertson unties it with a tape-measure, two-run blast and the Bucs never look back.
1968: Chuck Knoblauch is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Knoblauch
1977: With an 8-2 win by Catfish Hunter, the Yankees complete a 3-game sweep of the Indians. Hunter goes the distance, giving up only 4 hits.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07070NYA1977.htm
1982: Joe Dugan dies at the age of 85.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dugan
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